Afternoons for Tuesday 27 February 2024

 

1:15 Long-distance walking challenge highlights earthquake risk

To prepare for a big earthquake, Wellington Regional Emergency Management (WREMO) is hosting its Long Walk Home.

WREMO's community resilience and recovery manager Dan Neely speaks to Jesse.

1:25 A very immersive theatre experience in Hamilton

It's not every theatre show where the actors rug up their audience in blankets and give them a snack for the performance.

But that is what you can expect from Spark, a multi-sensory production by the Glass Ceiling Arts Collective.

The show is back touring through March and April after last year's sold out season. This weekend they're at the Hamilton Arts Festival.

Glass Ceiling's Artistic Director Charlotte Nightingale talks to Jesse.

1:35 Taylor swift family of fans get the ultimate surprise

Taylor Swift has sung her last note on the Australian leg of The Eras Tour, which wrapped yesterday.

Many Kiwi's flocked to Australia to take part, and many missed out.

One family stumbled into some very good luck and snagged some unbelievable seats.

We meet Regan, she and her family had a night to remember without buying a ticket!

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

This week owner and managing director of Vertech IT services Dan Watson talks to Jesse about the intersection of IT and mental health services. He has some great tips for online tools to help as well.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Today Mt Roskill Grammar Library Manager Catherine Ross is along to talk about great books for younger readers. Her theme this week is 'Challenging Topics.' The books are:

For ages 11 + years:

Singing Home the Whale by Mandy Hager

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

For ages 12 + years

Mark a Hard Fist by Tina Shaw

Dear Martin by Nic Ston

For ages 13 + years

People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins

For ages 14 + years

What Was Never Said by Emma Craige

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster reports on the ongoing investigation into the search for two missing men who police allege were murdered by a senior police constable last week.

He also reports on last night's decision by the board of the gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, on this Saturday, to "uninvite" police officers from taking part in this year's event. He also talks NRL, cricket and the ongoing search for the missing Ballarat mum.

2:30 Music feature: Leonard Cohen with Caitlin Smith

We're looking into the music and life of one of Canada's most well known artists for today's music feature.

His musical career spanned nearly 50 years...

Love and hate, sex and spirituality, war and peace, ecstasy and depression... they're just some of the themes song-poet Leonard Cohen canvassed in his impressive body of work.

Artist and singer Caitlin Smith sings Cohen's songs regularly, and after a cracking music feature on Joni Mitchell last year, Caitlin and her keyboard are back with us for a session on Leonard Cohen!

3:10 Understanding menopause and the impact it has with leading UK expert

Knowledge is power. But when it comes to one very important aspect of women's health, frustration, confusion  gaslighting and outright misdiagnosis can get in the way of understanding menopause. 

Dr Louise Newson is is one of the UK's leading experts on menopause and peri-menopause.

She's written the definitive  book about it and has a podcast dedicated to answering questions about what it is and what can be done to reduce symptoms that can really interfere with quality of life.

She's taken on the medical establishment for under funding research into menopause and for better standards for the 1.2 billion women worldwide are currently going through it.

3:30 Spoken Feature: Healthy or Hoax

Love them or hate them, could mushrooms be the key to good health.

Stacey Morrison finds out in the latest episode of Healthy or Hoax which focuses on functional fungi.

3:45 The Panel with Zoe Goerge and Steve McCabe