Afternoons for Wednesday 1 November 2023

 

1:15 'Bad Behaviour', a dark comedy featuring a lot of local talent in Aotearoa

Tomorrow we can look forward to a very exciting local film appearing in cinemas up and down the country.

Bad Behaviour is a dark comedy starring Jennifer Connolly attending a wellness retreat, with some of our most beloved local stars - Ana Scotney, Marlon Williams - even Tom Sainsbury, who we had on the show yesterday.

The film is written and directed by Alice Englert who is a well known actor and director in her own right - but you might also like to know is the daughter of beloved New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion.

Alice speaks to Jesse.

1:25 Harry the Hermit Crab, a new book from Wellington zookeeper Danni Rae

For her second book, Zookeeper Danni Rae's gone very small, in fact tiny!

She's shining a light on the little nippers known as hermit crabs, which is a follow up to her earlier bestseller Kara the Kākāpō.

Danni talks to Jesse about Harry the Hermit Crab.

1:35 Type 1 diabetes children falling behind in education

Almost 300,000 New Zealanders live with diabetes, and for kids who get diagnosed with type one diabetes - new research shows they have poorer educational outcomes.

The research was funded by Cure Kids who are calling for more equitable health and educational support for kids with diabetes.

It was a massive study looking at the health data of 442,320 kids, and Professor Ben Wheeler is an expert in diabetes at the University of Otago, he speaks to Jesse.

1:45 Enhancing medical training to improve services for patients

Roshit Bothara has applied his humble beginnings in Nepal to create opportunities for others in the medical world and been recognised with a number of awards, including the most recent one from Canterbury University.

Currently he's working as a paediatric registrar in the neonatal intensive care unit at Christchurch hospital, but he's also developed an initiative to connect New Zealand medical students with counterparts in Nepal, Samoa and Fiji.

It's all part of his effort to make sure everyone has opportunities for access to good health services. Roshit speaks to Jesse.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Evie Ashton

This week Evie Ashton shares with Jesse her thoughts on the podcasts she's been listening to.

2.20 Collectors Corner: Martin James

For this week's Collectors Corner we meet Martin James, a collector of recipe books from Edwardian, and sometimes, Victorian times.

He shares his passion with Jesse and why he's chose Edwardian times to focus on.

2:30 Bookmarks with Mandy Patmore

For Bookmarks today we have an award winning artist who has been helping youth in West Auckland for 10 years through art.

She's the person behind the eel footbridge in Piha, and the recipient of a Kiwibank Local Hero of the Year Medal in 2020.

Mandy Patmore is the founder and Creative Director of Kākano Youth Arts Collective. She joins Jesse to talk about her favourites to listen to, watch and read in her down time.

3:10 Comedian Phil Wang in Aotearoa for his 'Wang In There Baby!' show

Life is good for British Malaysian stand up comedian Phil Wang.

He's got a world tour, a Netflix special, a role on Life & Beth with Amy Schumer and he makes his debut film appearance alongside Timothee Chalamet in Wonka in December. 

His humor explores race, family, the mystery of where commonsense seems to have gone and why the British have an aversion to re-heating rice.

We'll talk to Phil Wang ahead of his show in Auckland, Wang In There, Baby!.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World - what exactly is El Niño, what does it mean for summer in Aotearoa, and what other climate drivers are in the mix?

3:45 The Panel with Jenni Giblin and David Cunnliffe