Afternoons for Tuesday 12 July 2022

 

1:15 Single mothers struggling with food insecurity

A University of Otago study has found a significant struggle for solo mothers feeding their families.

That's leading to the mums skipping meals, neglecting their own health and constant stress.

The study's just been published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, which explores the experiences fo food insecurity for low-income female sole- parent families.

Lead author Dr Grace Macaulay talks to Jesse.

1:25 Art which changes with light phases

An artist has spent hundreds of hours on his exhibition at Porirua's Pātaka Art  Museum only to be turning the gallery lights off.

Northland- based artist, Jack Trolove's textured paintings will change, disappear and re-appear as the lighting rises and falls passing through dusk, midnight, and dawn.

To explain his new exhibition "Thresholding" we're joined by Jack Trolove joins Jesse from our Wellington studio.

1:35 Magical accessible playground planned for Claudelands Park, Hamilton

Hamilton City Council has approved designs for what's being dubbed a 'Magical Playground' located in Claudelands Park.

It's pegged to be New Zealand's first fully inclusive playground, designed to account for people of all physical capabilities plus those who are neuro-divergent and have sensory impairments.

Hamilton Mayor Paula Southgate talks to Jesse.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

2:10 Book Critic: Lisa Glass

Today Lisa talks to Jesse about three non-fiction books which are loosely connected on the basis of the worst possible things happening. The books are: When The Dust Settles by Lucy Easthope, Doom, The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson and Survive Like a Spy by Jason Hanson.

2:20 Barbershop Quartets, the history behind them

Today's music feature is all about barbershop singing.

When you hear that you probably picture four guys in bowler hats and pinstriped suits singing in harmony, but there's a little more to it than that.

So, to tell us what it's really all about Josh Ellery, teaching fellow at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University joins Jesse.

He is also co-director of the barbershop chorus 'Vocal FX' and wrote his masters around the topic.

3:10 The power of friendship and how it shapes lives

Every week for three years, journalist Julie Beck talked to people in relationships that we often take for granted, but still depend on for wise counsel, lots of laughter and sometimes a bit of grace. She started a series of interviews with friends about friendship and it turned into a popular column called "The Friendship Files". She's now closed the file and shares the things she's learned about  how to start and sustain a friendship and the power these relationships  that shape and anchor our lives.  

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1961 the first openly gay person ran for public office in the United States. He was a drag queen called Jose Sarria, well known for his performances at the bohemian Black Cat bar in San Francisco. He was determined to stop gay people being second-class citizens. His friend and fellow drag performer Mike-Michelle spoke to Josephine McDermott about his memories of the campaign.

3:45 The Panel with Heather Roy and Garry Moore