Afternoons for Tuesday 13 September 2022

 

1:15 One last spin on the Pukekohe race track for octogenarian Kenny Smith

A big weekend for motorsport fans as top drivers said goodbye to an iconic racetrack. It was announced in July that Pukekohe Park will stop hosting motorsports from April next year, instead hosting horses exclusively

Kenny Smith is a supercar legend, and he's raced at the Pukekohe racetrack every year since it opened.

He went for one last spin in an old Formula Ford car. Kenny shares his memories and thoughts on the track with Charlotte.

1:25 Delaying frailty, there's some simple ways to do this.

Healthy aging is entirely possible, according to research led by Dr Ruth Teh.

Cooking, exercise and socialising are some simple things that can allow us to sustain independence as we age.

Dr Ruth is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland with a background in human nutrition, and expertise in the health of older people. She talks to Charlotte about her current research into delaying frailty in older adults.

1:35 Making mask recycling simple

Now that masks are no longer mandatory in most settings, it's timely that company MEO has come up with a way to ensure more of them are recycled than discarded in landfill.

Kenneth Leong talks to Charlotte about how many people are unaware most masks can be recycled and removing barriers for people so that more face masks are recycled.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Daniel Watson is the owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services. He talks to Charlotte today about dating apps that can kill and AI which can take notes.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Catherine Ross is back with some recommendations for young readers, with the theme 'dystopian' for today.

You can find the choices and Catherine's notes on her blogspot here.

2:20 Crimes NZ : Elsie Walker unsolved murder

Today's we start a limited series of the popular Crimes NZ. 

To start the season, we're looking back to unsolved murder of young woman Elsie Walker. She was found dead in Auckland after going missing from the Bay of Plenty in 1928.

Crime author, Scott Bainbridge wrote about this mysterious case in his book Shot in the Dark. He joins Charlotte to talk about one of our country's oldest cold cases and who he thinks the main suspect is.

3:10 The science of motivation and how to get things done!

It's so hard to get things done when your motivation tank is on empty. Setting and achieving goals, from the to do list at home to the obligations at work, is hard. Distraction, boredom, lack of focus all seem to conspire to stop us from getting what we want or finishing what we start. Professor Ayelet Fishbach from the University of Chicago has focused her career on the science of motivation and achieving more. She shares her recipe for pulling yourself up and mastering motivation  Her book is called, Get It Done: Surprising Lessons From the Science of Motivation.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

Cheap, charismatic and virtually indestructible, the Fusca was many Brazilians' first car. It played a key role in the development of Brazil's economically and politically vital national car industry. In 2014, Candace Piette spoke to two Fusca superfans, Silio Boccanera and Edivaldo Fernandes.

3:45 The Panel with Boopsie Maran and Andrew Clay