Afternoons for Wednesday 8 February 2023

 

1:15 How not to start a cult

Anke Richter is an expert on cults and how they form.

Over the summer she's holding seminars at music festivals to warn people about how these groups start and the warning signs.

She talks to Jesse about how to avoid accidentally starting a cult yourself!

1:25 Ice hockey becoming a popular sport for NZ children

There's been such a big uptake of children playing ice hockey, Wellington Ice Hockey Association has had to hire a full time paid employee to manage the sport there.

Caleb Hance is the Wellington Ice Hockey Association General Manager. He talks to Jesse about the increasing popularity of the sport and why more children want to be involved.

1:35 Pub comes to the rescue when the town runs dry!

Earlier this month the water ran dry in Kaitangata in South Otago for almost an entire day.

This of course meant the shops, schools, cafes, and the local pool had to close. But at least the pub was left standing!

A bit of ingenuity kept the water running at the Crescent Bar & Grill, meaning it was one of the only public spaces allowed to open on the day.

Here to tell us how they did it is bar manager Kirsty Nolan talks to Jesse.

1:45 NZ Leonard Cohen super fan's pilgrimage to his Greek home

Photographer Constance Greece has been a super fan of Leonard Cohen's since childhood.

Recently she had the opportunity to visit his house in Hydra, Greece.

He talks to Jesse about the experience and her connection to the musician.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Elliot Childs

Today Elliot talks to Jesse about Lost Notes, a music podcast from KCRW, a radio station in California.

2:25 Bookmarks with Geoffrey Clendon

For Bookmarks today we're joined by playwright, author and actor Geoffrey Clendon.

He's had a long career in the performing arts world where he started life as an actor in the 1980s working with major theatre companies in Australia and New Zealand as well as in film and television.

After a stint in teaching he's coming back to the stage, this time though he's stepping behind the scenes as the writer and director of his own play, 'Rangitoto'.

It's playing at the PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna from the 23rd of Feb to the 5th of March, and on Waiheke from the 9th to the 12th of March.

3:10 Why online toxic content is attracting supporters

Andrew Tate is a self-described misogynist with 4.5 million followers on TikTok who buy what he's selling: that women belong at home and if they are attacked by men, it's their fault. Boys all over the world are listening to his advice about money, mental health and "how to be a man". Matt Defina works with The Man Cave, an organization that facilitates healthy masculinity for boys and young men. We'll talk to him about the appeal of these toxic views and what schools and parents can do about it.  

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon joins researchers from the University of Waikato to learn about the spiders they are studying, and about just how weird spider reproduction can get.

3:45 The Panel with Cas Carter and Simon Pound