Afternoons for Wednesday 1 March 2023

 

1:15 Community response key to recovery in Hawke's Bay

The community response has been key to getting people through the last couple weeks in areas affected by the cyclone.

The Environment Centre Hawke's Bay coordinated more than 200 volunteers and dished out 3,000 meals - but are now moving into a different phase of recovery.

Emma Horgan-Heke is the CEO of the Environment Centre talks to Jesse.

1:25 Councils adopting flood ravaged cities to help them through the recovery

Marlborough District Council are part of a group of councils that have "Adopted-a-Community" that has been hard hit by the cyclone

Local Government NZ launched the initiative after Cyclone Gabrielle hit

It means Mayors from areas that are unaffected can practically help districts affected.

Marlborough district has adopted both Gisborne and Napier, and Mayor Nadine Taylor talks to Jesse.

1:35 National Farmers' Market Week

National Farmers' Market Week kicks off on the 11th of March.

It is a chance to discuss how we can support local growers and farmers, especially with so many devastated by flooding.

Alex Sims is a committee member of Grey Lynn Farmers Market, he talks to Jesse about what exactly a farmers' market truly is.

1:45 When humans are no longer learning about humanities

Cuts to arts subjects at Otago University were made back in 2016, with the university citing a drop in enrollments.

It's a now global trend.

Four-fifths of countries in the OECD have reported falling humanities enrollments in the past decade.

 Professor Paul Spoonley, Research Director for the College of Humanities and Social Science at Massey University talks to Jesse about what we lose when humans aren't learning about the humanities.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell

Today Paul talks to Jesse about old favourites staying new. He reviews Serial and This American Life which have been around for nine years and 28 years respectively.

2:25 Bookmarks with Sean Gourley

On Bookmarks today, Sean Gourley, is our guest.

He's the founder and CEO of San Francisco based artificial intelligence company Primer. He's a Canterbury University Graduate as well as an Oxford Rhodes Scholar and TEDx fellow.

Sean shares with he likes to read, watch and listen to when he's not focused on the complex systems and mathematical patterns underlying modern war.

3:10 Going old school for modern dating, the new trend

Modern dating is going old school. Dating apps are a multi-billion dollar industry, but more people are trying to find love in more traditional ways, like at the office. This is the view of Lakshmi Rengarajan, a former executive at both Match.com and WeWork. She says relationships that start in the office can slow burn, unlike the instant swipe left or right dating app.  She explores the last 10 years of dating and asks if romance is compatible with dating technology and profit on her podcast called Land of the Giants . 

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World.

Liz Garton hunts the mysterious Pekapeka-tou-roa in Tamaki Makaurau.

3:45 The Panel with Lavina Good and Conor English