Afternoons for Tuesday 17 May 2022

 

1:15 Sociopaths don't mellow with age, new research

A survey of friends, family members and partners of psychopaths has concluded that with age, their behaviour is just as bad if not worse.

The report just published in the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology was co-authored by Professor Martin Sellbom from Otago University's Department of psychology.

He talks to Jesse about their research and the findings.

1:30 Concerns we're not protected enough against meningococcal disease as we open borders up

Concern is growing that we could be facing a public health crisis if the rates for meningococcal disease don't increase rapidly.

While there has been a drop in the rate of the disease during the pandemic, because people have been staying home, there has also been a drop in the number of people getting vaccinated.

Now with borders reopening, and school and university students back in classrooms and halls, there's real concern we're heading for a crisis.

Meningitis Foundation is Andrea Brady talks to Jesse about their fears.

1:40 New World Beer and Cider awards announced

If you have a taste for beer or cider, we are spoiled for choice in New Zealand.  We've got a huge selection on the shelves and more choice than ever, but how do you pick a good one?

The New World Beer and Cider Awards have just been held with more than 700 entries from New Zealand and around the world. It's been a tough job for the judges but they've selected the Top 30, and there are a few surprises..

To share their picks,  author and beer writer and Chair of the judges, Michael Donaldson, joins Jesse.

1:50 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

This week on Tech Tuesday, owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Daniel Watson, is fresh back from riding the Otago rail trail on an e-bike. He talks to Jesse about electric bikes technology and what they're capable of.

2:10 Book Critic: Pip Adam

Today Pip talks to Jesse about her recent trip to the Brisbane Writers Festival and the outdated perception that people in the Pacific region don't read books from other countries.

She also talks about two books from Australian author Tony Birch.

2:20 Waiata Reo Māori concert, a celebration 

This coming Thursday is a special celebration of waiata reo Maori.

A private event is being held featuring some of Aotearoa's favourite performers, all focussing on the rapid growth of bilingual music making its way to our air waves and climbing the charts.

The event, while private will be streamed live from 7pm for everyone to enjoy.

Amy Boroevich, who performs under the name Hina and will also be playing at the concert, she talks to Jesse about the special concert.

2:30 Music feature: two-tone ska with Kirsten Zemke

As anyone who calls themselves a fan of bands like Fat Freddy's Drop and The Black Seeds will tell you, New Zealand music has in some ways always been indebted to traditional Jamaican sounds.

Another genre that was heavily influenced by these sounds was 2 Tone Ska music, which rose to prominence in the 1980s in England - and that's the focus of today's music feature.

To play some tracks and provide some context ethnomusicologist and Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at the University of Auckland Dr Kirsten Zemke joins Jesse.

3:10 Movie child star Wil Wheaton on surviving Hollywood

Looking back is an occupational hazard for an actor whose career starts at age seven. Wil Wheaton  is best known for his roles as Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me, Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and a version of himself on The Big Bang Theory. He  wrote his first memoir in 2004,  Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise.  Now, nearly 20 years later, he  reexamines the attitudes of his younger, angrier self with annotated comments and new honesty about abuse by his parents, regrets,  depression and surviving Hollywood in his new book, Still Just a Geek.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1989 Denmark became the first country in the world to celebrate same-sex civil unions. In 2015, Farhana Haider spoke to Ivan Larsen and Ove Carlsen, who were one of the first couples to sign on the dotted line.

3:45 The Panel with Sally Wenley and Dave Cormack