Afternoons for Thursday 1 September 2022

1:15 Using AI to stop the spread of diseases in live stock

A New Zealand based company is hoping its state of the art technology can be used globally in the fight against foot and mouth and other livestock diseases.

Ingenum  builds disease detection and prediction tools and is now bringing together government, veterinary and agricultural technology companies to speed up diagnoses of these diseases.

Otago-based epidemiologist Tom Brownlie, who founded Ingenum talks to Jesse.

1:25 Plant based beverages not a 'replacement' for milk, new research

Research comparing cows milk with plant based beverages has found the latter to only have a fraction of the nutritional value of the animal product.

One of the study's authors, Professor of Nutritional Science at the Riddet Institute, Warren McNabb, talks to Jesse about the extra supplements needed if cows milk isn't part of your regular diet.

1:35 Living a life that leaves a smaller carbon footprint

Kate Hall's on a mission to help people find ways to live a life that's better for not just themselves, but the planet.

She's founded a company, called Ethically Kate, in order to spread her passion for living without a leaving a large carbon footprint or adding more than necessary to the land fill.

It wasn't always the life she'd imagined, but now, passionate and articulate about how we can all make a difference, Kate's written a book to help others along the way. She talks to Jesse about being Ethically Kate.

1:45 Great album: Songs Without Jokes by Bret McKenzie

2:10 Music Critic: Colin Morris

Today Colin Morris talks about music from Loudon Wainwright and the story behind the hit from The Cars, Drive.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: Yvette Corlett's career

Today's in NZ Sports History we're looking at Dame Yvette Corlett, the first woman from Aotearoa New Zealand to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the 1952 games in Helsinki.

70 years ago this year she jumped an incredible 6.24 metres using the hitch-kick technique, which was ground-breaking at the time.

Angela Walker wrote the biography "Ideals Are Like Stars: The Dame Yvette Williams' Story", she talks to Jesse about this amazing woman.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson

Today senior Herald writer, Simon Wilson, talks to Jesse about the upcoming local body elections and what makes a good mayor.

He says each candidate usually has some tag line accompanying them, but is that enough for them to great leaders?

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: The history of the Employment Court in NZ

The highest profile court case this week is actually being heard in our Employment Court rather than our High Court, Court of Appeal or Supreme Court. The Gloriavale case is just one example of the many high-profile cases heard in this court.  But how did a specialist court become so prominent in our society?  Today Dr Grant Morris traces the long history of New Zealand's employment court.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1985, Princess Diana and Prince Charles made their first joint visit to the US. The highlight of the tour was a gala dinner at the White House where the young princess danced with the star of Saturday Night Fever John Travolta. The Daily Mirror's royal correspondent James Whitaker told Kirsty Reid about the glamorous night in this programme first broadcast in 2011.

3:45 The Panel with Emma John and Nick Leggett