Afternoons for Tuesday 14 June 2022

1:10 Mel Parsons, first song live

To celebrate her upcoming album release and 11 date New Zealand tour, musician Mel Parsons is in the studio to perform a live first song for us.

1:20 Auckland bans red-eared slider turtles

From September, breeding, distributing, and selling these turtles will be banned in the Auckland Region.

To explain why they're such a big problem Auckland Council's Principal Biosecurity Advisor Dr Imogen Bassett talks to Jesse.

1:30 Patrick Gower on booze

Newshub National correspondent Patrick Gower's back with another two part series documentary, this time looking at alcohol.

He looks back at the culture of drinking in New Zealand and looking at his own personal relationship with booze.

He talks to Jesse about the series and how it became more personal.

1:40 Kiri and Lou to launch on Nickelodeon in the US

Beloved New Zealand made cartoon Kiri and Lou is launching in the US on the Nickelodeon network.

The animated series, aimed at 2- 5 year olds, has been a hit with adults and children, following the adventures of Kiri the feisty dinosaur and her best friend Lou, a gentle thoughtful creature.

Writer and director of the series, Harry Sinclair talks to Jesse about the success of the animation and what it's like to break into the US market.

 

1:50 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today Daniel Watson, owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, talks to Jesse about AI and why we shouldn't be worried about the future of it.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Robertson

This week author Catherine Robertson talks to Jesse about three recent books from New Zealand authors, who she feels deserve more attention than they are currently getting.

2:20 Music feature: Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam, one of the best-selling bands of all time and last year celebrated with a 30th anniversary of their debut record.
To talk about Pearl Jam's astounding 30+ year and play some highlights we're joined by music industry and professional writer, Marty Jones.

3:10 The secret power of secrets

Everyone has secrets. In fact, most of us have about 13 going at any one time according to Dr Michael Slepian who studies them at Columbia University. Hiding secrets is hard work, living with a secret is even harder. After surveying 50-thousand people around the globe, and finding out about a family secret himself, Dr Slepian says understands the power they have and what we can do to keep them, share them and learn from them. His book is called The Secret Power of Secrets.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC witness

In June 1968, US presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy was assassinated shortly after addressing his supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. It was less than five years after his older brother, President John F Kennedy, had also been assassinated. Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the crime, but many - including Kennedy's friend Paul Schrade - suspect a second gunman was involved. Schrade was shot himself that night and he told Rebecca Kesby about why he's campaigning for the case to be reopened.

3:45 The Panel with Jennie Moreton and Raj Chakraborti