Afternoons for Monday 4 April 2022

 

1:20 Simon O'Neill on winning a Grammy for the Best Choral Performance

Originally from Ashburton, tenor Simon O'Neill is regarded as one of the best heroic tenors to emerge in the last decade.

He's just won a Grammy as part of his performance in a rendition of Mahler's Symphony No.8 conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.

Simon speaks to Jesse about the win and what it means for his career.

1.30 Fair Go celebrates 45 years on television tonight

This week mark's 45 years since Fair Go first went to air on television in New Zealand.

It's the second longest running New Zealand produced programme behind Country Calendar.

Jesse speaks to current Fair Go host, Pippa Wetzell, about the milestone and some of the highlights over the past five decades.

1.40 Beautiful story behind award winning Hawke's Bay cheese producer

The NZ Champions of Cheese awards were announced today and one of the big winners was Hōhepa Hawke's Bay, which walked away with medals in six categories.

Hōhepa offers schooling and home-life care for those living with intellectual disabilities, which includes managing a farm where they produce a range of dairy products.

Manager Carl Storey talks to Jesse about their unique organisation and the recognition of their products.

1:45 Great NZ Album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Linda Burgess

Today Linda talks to Jesse about The Capote Tapes on Rialto, Outlaws, a new series from Stephen Merchant on Amazon Prime and Holding, written by Graham Norton.

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Today Sydney based correspondent Brad Foster talks about what's been happening on his side of the Tasman. He has the latest on their COVID numbers and a planned health worker strike in New South Wales. And he can't resist talking about the amazing effort by the Australian Women's Cricket team winning the world cup final!

2:30 BBQ expert Adam Roberts

The warmer weather may be on it's way out, but that doesn't mean you should put away the BBQ yet.

Today's expert is BBQ afficionado Adam Roberts.

He's the co-founder and general manager of the Australasian Barbecue Alliance, ambassador for Kingsford Charcoal, and has trained over a thousand barbecue competition judges.

3:10 Fighting the fake news war in Ukraine

Truth isn't  the first casualty of war. Disinformation, propaganda and downright lies often fly way before bullets do.   When Russia invaded the Crimea region of Ukraine 8 years ago, journalist Olga Yurkova and her colleagues started fighting a battle against disinformation from the Kremlin. She's the co-founder of Stopfake.org, an independent group of journalists and fact checkers working to curb propaganda.They counter false stories that  attempt to justify the  recent invasion of Ukraine. Olga Yurkova has been forced to flee Kyiv, but continues to fight the war of words and disinformation in both Ukraine and Russia.

3:35 Voices

In the latest episode of Voices, Kadambari meets someone who's bringing together his love for vodka, and his home country, Ukraine.

3:45 The Panel with Nikki Bezzant and Rajorshi Chakraborti