Afternoons for Tuesday 4 July 2023

 

1:15 Betty the Women's Health Bus reaching women in rural Southland and Otago

Gynaecologist Dr Helen Paterson was used to seeing women travelling for hours to get healthcare and decided something needed to change.

She set up 'Betty' the bus to take the services to the women instead and has been 'on the road' for the past four years.

Dr Paterson talks to Jesse about the difference she and Betty are making in ensuring women are getting the check ups and healthcare they might otherwise miss out on.

1:25 ARL 'Aunties' on the sidelines to promote better behaviour

There's a new weapon in the ongoing battle to deal with bad behaviour on the side lines of league matches around Auckland!

The ARL Aunties initiative has been launched to encourage spectators to enjoy the games without aggression or over doing it on the beers.

Rebecca Russel CEO of Auckland Rugby League talks to Jesse about their campaign.

1:35 Master Carver sharing traditional skills with youngsters

Gifts can come in many shapes and sizes, and for Ascot Community School a massive pine log gifted by Invercargill City Council is the start of something special.

Taua Papatua is a Master Carver, who learnt his skills the "old school way" from his dad in the Cook Islands.

He's going to share his skills with the students at Ascot Community School, and together they're going to make their own waka.

1.45 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Today Hannah talks to Jesse about gaslighting, how to know when you're doing it and how to know when you're being gas lit!

2:10 Book Critic: Dominic Hoey

Today Dominic talks to Jesse about The Cold Vanish by Jon Billman.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster discusses Australia's controversial Ashes win and the ongoing fallout of the dismissal of England's Jonny Bairstow, holiday flight delays and cancellations over the past four days, and a few movie premieres in Sydney with some big name stars.

2:30 Music feature: The theremin

For today's music feature we celebrate one of the lesser appreciated instruments in music, the theremin.

It's  an electronic musical instrument that's controlled without the need for physical contact from the performer.

To tell us more about this weird and wonderful instrument, we have music artist and theremin enthusiast, Henika in the studio with a theremin to talk to Jesse.

3:10 A guide to understanding adolescent's emotions

It's hard to be a teenager, and it's hard to be a parent of one too. And while that's always been true, clinical psychologist Dr Lisa Damour says adolescent distress has changed over the past 25 years.

We're afraid to let our kids be unhappy. She offers strategies to parents about how to be more tolerant of big feelings and how to help our teens learn how to cope with them. 

Her new book is called  "The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents." 

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

On 12 September 2010 Lady Gaga, won an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. She accepted the award in a dress made entirely out of beef. 13 years later Franc Fernandez, the man behind the meat dress, speaks to Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty about his memories of designing the fleshy frock. He says, pulling apart the flesh and stitching it back together, had 'serial killer' vibes!

3:45 The Panel with Ella Henry and Mark Sainsbury