Afternoons for Thursday 3 November 2022
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First song: Jess Cornelius
1:10 PM.Another live first song performance today! This time we've got Jess Cornelius in our Wellington studio. She's back in Aotearoa touring with Ebony Lamb. Read more Audio
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Hawkes Bay ice-cream goldfish being given a new home!
1:15 PM.Famous Hawke's Bay goldfish are being relocated from the Rush Munro's garden. Rush Munro's ice cream has been part of the Hastings community for over 90 years. Read more Audio
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Brushtail possum prostates helping with cancer research
1:25 PM.The prostate of a Brushtail possum is surprisingly similar to a humans. But because possums are seasonal breeders, the size of their prostate changes dramatically which could help researchers… Read more Audio
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Lost and Found a gem for flower lovers
1:35 PM. Zoë Field has just released her book Lost and Found which celebrates the joy and beauty of flowers throughout the seasons. She talks to Jesse about being inspired to put the book together by her… Read more Audio
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Music Critic: Tony Stamp
2:10 PM.Today Tony talks to Jesse about new music from Princess Chelsea, Kenny Beats and Maxine Funke. Audio
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NZ Sporting History: Sarah Ulmer
2:25 PM.Today's sporting history looks back to when our first and only ever cycling gold medal was won by Sarah Ulmer. She was racing at the 2004 Athens Olympics when she made history. Read more Audio
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Your Money with Mary Holm
3:15 PM.Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about which funds, in and out of Kiwisaver, are best at different life stages. She says it's less about age than it is about how you will spend the money and risk… Read more Audio
1:10 First song: Jess Cornelius
Another live first song performance today!
This time we've got Jess Cornelius in our Wellington studio. She's back in Aotearoa touring with Ebony Lamb.
Originally from the capital, Jess now calls LA home where she's signed with Panache Management. She's also just finished a US tour with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
She's playing Kitchen Floor live.
Jess Cornelius Photo: Adora Wilson
1:15 Hawkes Bay ice-cream goldfish being given a new home!
Famous Hawke's Bay goldfish are being relocated from the Rush Munro's garden.
Rush Munro's ice cream has been part of the Hastings community for over 90 years.
Since 1931, it has been housed on Heretunga Street after the original building fell in the 1931 earthquake.
Now, the site and it's gardens are being redeveloped into a petrol station.
Vaughan Currie, co-owner of Rush Munro's joins Jesse to say what's next for the goldfish, and the ice cream.
Rush Munroes ice cream in Hastings Photo: Simon Cartwright Photography Ltd
1:25 Brushtail possum prostates helping with cancer research
The prostate of a Brushtail possum is surprisingly similar to a humans.
But because possums are seasonal breeders, the size of their prostate changes dramatically which could help researchers understand prostate cancer.
Dr Melanie Laird from Otago University has just received a Marsden Fast-Start grant, to research this further.
She talks to Jesse about how the possum is the unlikely hero in the fight against prostate cancer.
Photo: Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye/ 123rf
1:35 Lost and Found a gem for flower lovers
Zoë Field has just released her book Lost and Found which celebrates the joy and beauty of flowers throughout the seasons.
She talks to Jesse about being inspired to put the book together by her flower filled life in Gisborne where she is a flower grower and florist.
Photo: Zoe Field
1:45 Great album: No Drama
Today's link 3 winner will receive a copy of the latest Hans Pucket album, due out tomorrow.
No Drama is the band's second full length album and first since signing with Car Park Records.
No Drama album cover Photo: supplied
2:10 Music Critic: Tony Stamp
Today Tony talks to Jesse about new music from Princess Chelsea, Kenny Beats and Maxine Funke.
2:25 NZ Sporting History: Sarah Ulmer
Today's sporting history looks back to when our first and only ever cycling gold medal was won by Sarah Ulmer.
She was racing at the 2004 Athens Olympics when she made history.
Sarah talks to Jesse about her cycling career, that golden moment and what she's doing now.
Sarah Ulmer celebrates her gold medal and a world record in the 3000m individual pursuit in Athens. Photo: Photosport
3:10 Link 3
3:15 Your Money with Mary Holm
Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about which funds, in and out of Kiwisaver, are best at different life stages.
She says it's less about age than it is about how you will spend the money and risk tolerance.
Photo: 123RF
3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness
A few days after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, she had her best chance of owning the winner of the derby, but first the horse would have to beat the British public's favourite jockey. Peter O'Sullevan - the BBC's voice of racing - talks to Julian Bedford.
Photo: bbc.co.uk
3:45 The Panel with Penny Ashton and Tom Harris
