Afternoons for Thursday 14 July 2022
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Virtual reality used to help cure phobias!
1:15 PM.A local company has been recognised for their innovative way of using virtual reality to overcome fears and anxieties. Read more Audio
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Another YWCA Y25 recipient
1:25 PM.Each year the YWCA announces a list of Y25 recipients. Y25 is a programme to support young women and non-binary people doing incredible things. Today we speak to recipient Mardiya Abdulaziz. Read more Audio
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Champagne tree lives on as cuttings do well
1:40 PM.A landmark tree, dubbed the 'champagne tree', felled in Timaru is living on through cuttings taken from it. Read more Audio
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Music Critic: Marty Jones
2:10 PM.Marty Jones, NZ music insider, joins Jesse to talk about music from Danzig and Lil Silva. Audio
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Linda Jones: the 1970s jockey who took on sexism in horseracing
2:25 PM.Linda Jones didn’t have a long career as a jockey, but she is a trailblazer for Kiwi women in horseracing. In 1977, Jones was the first New Zealand woman granted a race licence. The following year she… Read more Audio
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Your Money with Mary Holm
3:15 PM.Today Mary Holm answers questions from listeners who're concerned about their Kiwisaver balances going down and when they should consider changing out their funds. Read more Audio
1:15 Virtual reality used to help cure phobias!
A local company has been recognised for their innovative way of using virtual reality to overcome fears and anxieties.
It's called oVRcome, and the founders were recently awarded an Innovation & Growth award at the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum in Sydney.
The system underwent trials at the University of Otago, where participants experienced a 75 percent reduction in phobia symptoms after using the programme for six weeks.
The company's founder Adam Hutchinson talks to Jesse about their invention.
oVRcome founder Adam Hutchinson and University of Otago Associate Professor Cameron Lacey. Photo:
1:25 Another YWCA Y25 recipient
Each year the YWCA announces a list of Y25 recipients.
Y25 is a programme to support young women and non-binary people doing incredible things
This year there were over 100 nominations.
Today we speak to recipient Mardiya Abdulaziz.
Mardiya Abdulaziz Photo: crf.org.nz
Photo: NZ Tree register
1:40 Champagne tree lives on as cuttings do well
A landmark tree, dubbed by locals as the 'champagne tree' felled in Timaru is living on through cuttings taken from it.
The sequoia giganteum cuttings are in the care of Plantorama garden centre. Owner Dave Caird talks to Jesse about the progress they're making.
1:45 Great album
Today's link 3 winner will be getting a vinyl copy of - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook LP.
Ella At The Hollywood Bowl: The Irving Berlin Songbook LP Photo: Universal records
2:10 Music Critic: Marty Jones
Marty Jones, NZ music insider, joins Jesse to talk about music from Danzig and Lil Silva.
2:25 NZ Sporting History: Linda Jones
Today's NZ Sporting History looks back at the ground breaking career of jockey Linda Jones.
She was the first woman to be granted a race licence in New Zealand in 1977 and the first in Australasia to achieve four victories in a single day the following year.
She reflects on her trailblazing with Jesse.
Photo: supplied
3:10 Link 3
3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary Holm answers questions from listeners who're concerned about their Kiwisaver balances going down and when they should consider changing out their finds.
She talks about specific ways to change funds to limit the amount they are losing.
Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission's projections of retirement savings for men and women demonstrates the gender pension gap in retirement savings and retirement savings projections by age 65. Photo: Supplied
3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness
In 1928 the smear test was invented by Dr George Papanicoloau, a Greek immigrant who had made a new life in the United States. He discovered a way of detecting changes in cells from a woman's cervix, which meant cancer could be prevented from developing. His work has stopped millions of women worldwide getting cancer. The doctors great niece speaks to Laura Jones.
Dr George Papanicoloau Photo: bbc.co.uk
3:45 The Panel with Dr Parjeet Parmar and Ed Amon
