Afternoons for Thursday 4 August 2022

 

First song: John Grenell Memorial Concert - Celebrating his life.

John Grenell was a country music icon and a national treasure. His music has inspired and moved thousands over the decades and his passing on July 27th 2022 has lead to many requests of how people can enable a celebration of his life.

We speak to his son Denver about the special plans they have this weekend and how you can help. If you are able to you can find the link below.

You can also live stream the concert through this link.

https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/john-grenell-memorial-concert-celebrating-his-life

1:15 Revolutionising bras for women who've had breast reconstruction surgery

While speaking to yesterday's Bookmarks guest, author Mahyar Amouzegar, he mentioned the work his daughters are doing and it piqued the interest of many listeners.

It's called the Bra Project, and it is aiming to revolutionise the design of bras to make them more comfortable, particularly for women who have experienced reconstructive surgery.

We decided we wanted to learn more about it so today we speak to Xuxu Amouzegar-Montero.

1:25 Modern twist on Māori weaving

The art of Raranga, or Māori weaving, is one of our most sacred traditions.

We've all seen the technique used to create things like mats, rourou or food baskets, and kete, but in a new exhibition, artist and weaver Anna Hayes is presenting a slightly more modern take.

In 'Apato', she showcases woven objects like golf club covers, surfboard bags and a guitar case.

Anna Hayes speaks to Jesse.

1:35 Top Dog Film Festival to launch this month

A special film festival is about to launch marking the special relationship between humans and canines.

The Top Dog Film Festival kicks off in Auckland on August 13th and finished in September in Christchurch with a very special session.

New Zealand tour operator Nat Ward talks to Jesse about the festival, now in its fifth year touring Aotearoa.

You can find out where to get tickets here.

1:45 Great album: Laura Jean

Today's link 3 winner will receive a vinyl copy of Laura Jean's self titled album from 2014.

2:10 Music Critic: Colin Morris

Today Colin talks about music from Gilbert O'Sullivan and a look behind the scenes at a track from Nick Lowe.

2:25 NZ Sporting History

Today for our NZ Sporting History segment, we are talking to the human who might know more about cold swimming than anyone else in the world. 

Lynne Cox has broken records globally. She was the first to swim a mile in Antarctica. Then swam in even colder sub zero water in Greenland. All without a wetsuit. 

She's most famously the first person to swim the Bering Strait between the US and Russia during the Cold War. But before that, she set a local record here in New Zealand. The first woman to swim the Cook Strait. 

Lynne talks to Jesse about that historic stormy day in 1975, when she swam the Cook Strait in just over 12 hours. 

3:10 Link 3

 

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Steve Wyn-Harris

Today farmer Steve Wyn-Harris talks to Jesse about the reaction to a recent Country Calendar episode on Lake Hawea Station.

He explains the alternative farming practices were criticised in rural quarters, but people need to realise the programme is actually produced with city folk in mind.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris

The history of national 'bounce backs' in NZ. NZ has been through a tough few years but are we on the verge of a 'bounce back'?  Today we will look at national 'bounce backs' throughout our history and discover what signs we should be looking for.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In the early 1980s, Dr Daniel Rose and his brother Professor Jed Rose created the nicotine patch. By the 1990s, they became commercially available all over the world. Professor Rose speaks to Ashley Byrne. A Made in Manchester production.

3:45 The Panel with Victoria Stewart and Peter Fa'afiu