Afternoons for Tuesday 27 June 2023

 

1:15 Planning to build around climate change factors in the future

As we've seen in recent weather events, floods and slips go hand in hand. One researcher would like to see landslide risk factored into storm planning and response.

For example, Auckland Council's flood management programme 'Making Space for Water Initiative' doesn't factor in landslides, which leaves buildings vulnerable.

Martin Brook is an Associate Professor of Applied Geology at the University of Auckland. He has studied slopes in both Gisborne and Auckland. He talks to Jesse.

1:25 Rare Murray Ball Footrot Flats cartoon auctioned

It's quite rare to see an original Murray Ball Footrot Flats cartoon for sale

Around five thousand of his pieces were donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library by his family

But one appeared on TradeMe recently, and on Saturday at 8:06pm it was sold to the highest bidder at $10,607.

Murray's nephew, Nik Ball was involved. He talks to Jesse.

1:35 Story CO2 in geothermal wells to mitigate climate change effects

Storing carbon dioxide in geothermal wells could be a cheap way to mitigate climate change, and New Zealand is well placed to do it according to researchers at the University of Canterbury.

Too good to be true? Dr David Dempsey doesn't think so.

Last week the government floated options to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme, which included the possibility of establishing a "removals market".

David is a senior lecturer in civil and natural resources engineering at the University of Canterbury. He speaks to Jesse.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT services, Daniel Watson, shares some practical tips he's just picked up from doing a volunteer firefighters basic training course.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Robertson

Today Catherine talks to Jesse about how she accidentally became a children's book author writing Pearl in a Whirl.

She also talks about The Witching Tide, which is also by a New Zealand author, Margaret Meyer, but she's currently living in the UK.

2:30 Music feature: African pop music

According Lior Phillips, African music inspires almost all modern music.

For today's music feature we're heading over to South Africa to explore South African pop music.

Lior Phillips is the author of the book "South African Popular Music", which was released in May, she speaks to Jesse.

3:10 Gretchen Rubin: Life in Five Senses 

Studying the science of happiness doesn't always make you happy.  Gretchen Rubin is considered a global expert on happiness, with her podcast and books about finding ways to be happier. But she felt stuck, disconnected from the world and other people.

A case of pink eye that threatened her eyesight helped her figure out why. She says she had been neglecting an important part of our everyday experiences, our senses.

She explains how rediscovering the simple joy of smell, sight, hearing, taste and touch helps her appreciate life. Her new book is called, Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World.

You can try out Gretchen's quiz on the five senses here to discover your most neglected sense. 

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1971 Alan Shepard played golf on the moon. The commander of Apollo 14 became the first and only person to enjoy the sport on the lunar surface. The astronaut golfer's daughter Laura Shepard Churchley was inspired by her father's big journeys and later travelled to space herself, although she didn't pack golf clubs. Tricia Penrose hears Laura's recollections of life with her father and his unique sporting space trip.

3:45 The Panel with Victoria McLennan and Selwyn Manning