Afternoons for Tuesday 1 November 2022

1:15 Earthquake guidelines for apartment dwellers

If you're in an apartment complex, and an earthquake starts, do you try get out or stay put?

When the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake shook Wellington, it revealed a hole in how prepared apartment dwellers are.

Associate Professor Julia Becker of Massey University led research looking into the issues, she talks to Jesse.

1:25 Job site set up to help new mums getting back to work

Getting by on a single income can be a stretch for many families.

For mums and parents, getting back to work is a challenge - it's a key driver of the pay gap which is currently 9.2 per cent.

This creates an untapped workforce, and an opportunity to improve equity.

Mela Lush set out to solve this issue and created an online platform called jobsformums.co.nz.

1:35 Houseplants and Design book released

A new book's out today, which would make a lovely gift for any green fingered family or friends - it's all about houseplants and placing them in your home.

It might seem a bit obvious, but author Liz Carlson's got some inspiring ideas and tips on how to create spaces of calm and peace simply through carefully placing your plants in rooms around the home as well as choosing the right ones.

The book is called, helpfully, Houseplants and Design, A New Zealand guide.

1:45 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Today neuropsychologist Hannah Korrel talks to Jesse about the recent surge of notable woman saying they've been diagnosed with ADHD and why many women aren't diganosed until they are adults.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Robertson

Today Catherine talks to Jesse about writers festivals.

She says they are a great way to find new books and authors.

She's also been reading Tarquin the Honest: The Hand of Glodd by Gareth Ward who's the owner of Wardinis bookshop.

2:30 Crimes NZ: Turning the tables on a conman

For Crimes NZ  this week we're looking at a conman who defrauded his ex-partner out of $300,000 in Glenorchy...until she conned him back.

In 2018 Emma Ferris was giving online dating a go and met Andrew Thomson, an entrepreneur with colourful stories about his past and future ventures

Emma transferred $250,000 to the conman believing it was destined for legitimate investment. The very next day she found out he wasn't who he said he was.

But the story doesn't end there. Emma joins Jesse to share her story!

3:10 Paul Newman's 'hidden' biography finally released

In the damp basement of the home shared by Hollywood legends Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, thousands upon thousands of pages of transcripts from an abandoned  memoir project were locked away and forgotten. Paul Newman spent years talking to a friend about his life, one hidden away like those pages of his thoughts. To the public, he was Cool Hand Luke, the mastermind in The Sting, the sexiest man alive. A family friend discovered the transcripts that  reveal an actor who was never comfortable with his good looks, his luck and the way his story had been told in the tabloids. He gave his family permission to publish a biography of his life to set the record straight. The result is Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man. We'll talk to his daughter Melissa Newman about  the father she knew and the conflicted man he wanted the world to see.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In October 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard made an impromptu speech in the Australian parliament setting out the misogyny she endured for years as a prominent female politician. Ten years on, she discusses with Alex Collins her career-defining speech which has been viewed by millions of people. 

3:45 The Panel with Sue Kedgley and Jock Anderson