Afternoons for Thursday 14 December 2023

1:15 Volunteers and fundraising ideas sought for Northland Special Olympians 

It's less than two years until the 2025 Special Olympics National Summer Games to be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch.

The games happen every four years and attract more than 1500 athletes and coaches from across the country.

For local Special Olympics clubs, it means raising the funds to get them there.

Martin Barrie is chairperson for Special Olympics Whangārei and Dargaville, he talks to Jesse about the challenges they're hoping the public can help them with.

1:25 Worst Idea Of All Time - a fund raiser

Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery have been running their Worst Idea Of All Time podcast for 10 years.

This Saturday fans have a chance to see their hilarious last review of 2023 live which will be the first movie in The Fast and The Furious franchise. They've been watching the whole lot in reverse order this year.

Tim and Guy are with Jesse to talk about their show this weekend and raising money for the City Mission.

1:35 Vegan Christmas dinner with Flip Grater

Roast chicken, turkey or lamb will be on the menu for many Kiwis this Christmas.

But it appears an increasing number are opting for the non meat version.

Christchurch's Grater Goods produces plant based holidays roasts. Founder and CEO Flip Grater speaks to Jesse.

1:45 Great album: Rebel Diamonds

Today's link 3 winner will get a copy of the The Killers' 'best of' album, Rebel Diamonds. It's a collection of the band's hits from the past two decades and was released to coincide with their 2024 UK tour.

2:10 Music Critic: Colin Morris

Today Colin talks to Jesse about music from Dan Auerbach and Susan Boyle.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: ASB Classic tennis tournament

Today for NZ Sporting History we speak to the man who, for many years, was responsible for bringing some of the biggest names in tennis to Auckland.

Karl Budge, until recently, was the ASB Classic Tournament director. He joins us to talk about the history of the event, the players who've come here and the unique vantage point spectators have at the venue.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Ben Kepes

Today Ben's been thinking about the fundamental breakdown in society. He talks to Jesse about how social cohesion is failing and how it's all related to the fact that we all know our rights as citizens but few of us know our obligations.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris

It’s the end of the year and Dr Grant Morris is on another history trip to the Chatham Islands and ready to share some final history thoughts for 2023.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness: The origins of the video game DOOM

In December 1993, the release of a new video game captivated gamers around the world. It was called DOOM.

Set on a Martian military base overrun by zombified soldiers and demons, DOOM saw players take control of a nameless soldier called ‘The DOOM guy’ as he fights the demonic enemies to stop them taking over Earth.

The game was released at a time when violence in video games was big news and a topic of discussion in the United States Senate.

3:45 The Panel with Sally Wenley and Peter Dunne