Afternoons for Tuesday 8 November 2022

 

1:15 Kākāpō pandemic mystery finally solved 

Research has just come out revealing what caused the 2019 Kākāpō pandemic.

It wiped out 10% of the kākāpō population, and Director of Genomics Aotearoa Professor Peter Dearden reckons it's like a detective story. He talks to Jesse about what they've uncovered.

1:25 Dunedin bedding bank overwhelmed by the need in the community 

Janine Walker started up the Dunedin bedding bank in August.

Since then she's been overwhelmed by the need in the community, and is already wondering how they'll get through winter next year.

Janine's talks to Jesse about how people can help and what is most needed by people coming to her

1:35 Amy Silcock setting her sights on another shearing world record

Trying to break sheep shearing records has been likened to running an ultra-marathon.

That sounds hard enough, but actually organising a World Record attempt has it's own challenges.

Amy Silcock wants to have a crack and put Pahiatua on the map. She talks to Jesse about her next record attempt.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Vertech IT Services owner and managing director Daniel Watson talks to Jesse about the importance of evaluating your screen time and has some ideas for a digital spring clean.

2:10 Book Critic: Lisa Glass

Today Lisa talks to Jesse about books which all have the theme of motherhood and adoption.

They are That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus and Loop Tracks by Sue Orr.

2:20 Oz correspondent Brad Foster

Brad Foster discusses the fallout of Australia's failed T20 World Cup campaign, the return to Australia of so-called `ISIS Brides' and their children from Syria, and a great Aussie movie that has flown under the radar but is definitely worth viewing.

2:30 Crimes NZ: Unsolved murder of pharmacist Arthur Blomfield 

On Crimes NZ today we are revisiting the historic unsolved murder of Auckland pharmacist, Arthur Blomfield.

Mr Blomfield was killed after being bludgeoned with a blunt object at Mackay's Dispensary on Wellesley St just after 5 o'clock on the 30th of October,1931.

One of New Zealand's best known true crimes writers, Scott Bainbridge, has looked back at this case and who could be the murder suspect. He talks to Jesse about the case.

3:10 Looking back at the 'year of the puppy', what an expert learned

Over the past 14 years, Dr Alexandra Horowitz has spent her days at the Dog Cognition Lab at  Barnard College in New York  trying to understand what it's like to be a dog; how they see the world and how they see us. But puppies are something else entirely.  At the start of the pandemic, her home became the lab when her family adopted a puppy from a litter born to a rescue dog. From the moment of she was born, Dr Horowitz documented development in her pup and in herself as the furry bundle of energy became a part of the family. Her new book is called The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves.  

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1972, a low-budget Jamaican film and its legendary soundtrack helped popularise reggae music in the world. Ben Henderson spoke to one of the most famous reggae artists ever, Jimmy Cliff, who played the film's protagonist and wrote a number of the songs. Jimmy explained why the film was so popular and how it reflected his own life.

3:45 The Panel with Anjum Rahman and Conor English