Afternoons for Tuesday 24 January 2023

1:15 Historic bible turns up in Nelson, it's owner died in France in WWI

A bible belonging to the first ordained Presbyterian minister to volunteer for active service as a soldier during the First World War is going on sale in Nelson.

The 125 year old bible belonged to Adam R Madill, who volunteered for active service in 1916.

The proceeds of the Trade Me auction will go to Nelson Environment Centre and Kai Rescue.

CEO of the Nelson Environment Centre, Anton Drazevic talks to Jesse about how no one knows where the bible has been for the past 100 years.

1:25 New pest traps designed for forests

From his workshop in Inglewood, Taranaki,  Nick Jones has created a new pest trap that could soon be filling forests around the country.

The F-Bomb trap which is lighter and easier to use than its wooden counterpart, targets mustelids such a ferrets, rats and hedgehogs.

Owner of Rewild, Nick Jones talks to Jesse.

1:35 Alpine lake swimming challenge!

Hiking guide, Liana Smith's latest adventure involved a three-day tramp to plunge into one of the country's most remote lakes.

Liana took a dip into Otago's Lake Unknown to do her part in a challenge to swim all 344 lakes in the South Island.

She's already an accomplished swimmer having last year completed a 40km swim of Lake Taupo, 22 kms across the Cook Straight swim and a 28km swim of the Foveaux Strait .

She talks to Jesse about her latest challenge!

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today Dan Watson, owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services talks to Jesse about tech internships, new technology when buying and selling a house and a meme generator to annoy the kids with!

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Today Catherine talks about Librarian's Choices for younger readers.

For 11 to 12 years she's reviewing The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and A Kind of Spark by Ellie McNicoll.

For 12 years and over she talks about Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen and Flesh and Blood by Chris Priestley.

For readers aged 14 and over she talks about Sea of Tranquility by Emily St.John Mandel and The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy.

2:20 Music feature: Jon Toogood on Elton John 

Elton John arrives is in Aotearoa for the last time to perform his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.

To look back at the lengthy career and numerous hits of his career we've got Elton John super fan, Jon Toogood, in the studio. We'll hear his favourite tracks from Elton John and reflect on his incredible lengthy career.

3:10 The rise of the Xennials 

Somewhere between notoriously cynical Gen Xers and entitled Millennials is a demographic coming into its own in 2023. Xennials were born between 1977 and 1983 and Downing Street is full of them says columnist Esther Walker.  She writes for The Times and co-hosts a podcast with her husband called Giles Coren Has No Idea.  Walker says Xennials are the last generation to live a big chunk of their lives in the analogue world and still know how to talk to people to get things done. She explains how to spot the signs you are an Xennial and what impact this generation might have on the world in 2023. 

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

It is the 90th anniversary of the BBC World Service. Its broadcasting to countries behind the Iron Curtain without a free or independent media between 1947 to 1991 was arguably the service's finest hour. The BBC was on the front line of the information war as the BBC's former Moscow correspondent Bridget Kendall recalls. Programmes such as the German Service's Letters Without Signatures created a sense of community among isolated East Germans who could not air their views publicly at home. Meanwhile, Peter Udell, the former controller of European Services, had the challenge of trying to overcome the Soviet censors.

3:45 The Panel with Victoria MacLennan and Phil O'Reilly