Afternoons for Wednesday 18 January 2023
1:10 Revolver - Painting In Sound
Just four years after recording their debut single, Love Me Do, The Beatles released their inventive, psychedelic influenced album, Revolver in 1966. The album, newly remixed in a 2022 box set edition, is discussed by The Beatles and producers George and Giles Martin in the documentary series, Revolver - Painting In Sound.
The Beatles Revolver album cover Photo: Universal Music
1:35 Nau Mai Town: Tolaga Bay
Nau Mai Town is a RNZ podcast about Aotearoa place names, including names that get well, a bit mangled. The words 'Lost in Translation' could be said about how a small town on the East Coast was named 'Tolaga Bay'. Justine Murray joins Dr Wayne Ngata who explains why Tolaga Bay is a 'no-name' why the locals choose to call it something else.
Photo: RNZ / Krista Barnaby
2:10 Crimes NZ: International "Pumpkin" case, abandonment and murder
For Crimes NZ today...In September 2007 a three-year-old girl was found abandoned at Melbourne's Southern Cross railway station. Initially authorities were unable to verify her identity, so they gave her the nickname "Pumpkin" after the pumpkin patch branded clothing she was wearing. Her father had abandoned her at the train station before fleeing to the United States.
What the authorities didn't know at this point is that he'd murdered her mother back at the family home in Auckland.
Nai Yin Xue at Melbourne's Southern Cross station with 'Pumpkin' Photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13354064
Graham Nash: The 'boy' who still wants to know everything
Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash might have recently turned 80, but there appears little chance of him slowing down after more than half a century in the professional music industry.
A founding member of pop group The Hollies and part of the groundbreaking British-American folk rock supergroup, Crosby, Stills and Nash, the octogenarian has recently published a book of his photography, recorded a live version of his first two solo albums, and just completed a sold-out 22-show tour.
Graham Nash spoke to Jim Mora on Sunday Morning about his incredible musical journey and why so many of his iconic protest songs from decades ago are still completely relevant in 2022.
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3:10 NZ Sporting History: The underarm bowling scandal
We continue to look back at great sporting memories from Afternoons with Jesse....today....on the 1st of February 41 years ago the Australian and New Zealand men's Cricket teams were locked in a down-to-the wire contest in a One Day International match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Trevor Chappell in the infamous underarm bowling incident of 1981. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
3:35 AUT Doco: Why We Tell Jokes
Open mic comedy can be brutal to participate in. You mostly don't get paid, you perform in random places such as bars cafes and parks, to crowds as small as two people or even just other open miccers. So why do people do it ? What motivates open mic comedians to perform open mic comedy?
Over the summer holidays we're showcasing the work of AUT Communications students.
This programme, called Why We Tell Jokes, was made by Connor Hopkins.
