Afternoons for Tuesday 9 July 2024

 

1:15 Call for better labelling on vegan and vegetarian products

The Vegan society is pushing for better labelling standards in Aotearoa with the rise in alternative products on the market.

Currently manufacturers are able to use the terms vegan and vegetarian without any standards applying. Some of those products may still contain ingredients from animals.

Vegan Society spokesperson Claire Insley speaks to Jesse.

1:25 NZ Unicycling champ off to compete at world event

Next week the world unicycle championships take place in Minnesota USA..

Former Unicycle Marathon world champion, 2024 competitor, and medical professional, Dr Ken Looi is primed and ready to compete against the best from around the world.

Dr Looi speaks to Jesse about his passion for the one wheeled bike and what his chances are at the world competition.

1:35 New pick a path book designed to save lives in the real world

We speak to the to the author of a new pick-a-path, which is a book where you become the hero.

You get to the end of a chapter and you're given a choice of where to go next.

The book which has just been released actually intends to save lives in the real world as well as on the page.

It's called The Tramp to the Blue Range Hut, and sees the reader control the fate of two young trampers setting off for the Tararua Rangers. We speak to author Caz Bartholomew.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Dan Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services Dan Watson talks to Jesse about what to look out for when buying second hand tech and what to beware of with a spike in recent sextortion scams.

2:10 Book Critic: Dominic Hoey 

Today Dominic Hoey talks to Jesse about Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, a 2023 dystopian novel depicting the struggles of the Stack Family.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster brings us up to speed on the tragic death of three children in a house fire in Sydney's west over the weekend, and reports on a zoo in Brisbane that has banned visitors from holding koalas.

He also talks rugby, a new Alice Springs curfew, more people calling for financial assistance, and news of Barbie actor Margot Robbie being pregnant.

2:30 Music feature: Celebrating 20 years of Play It Strange 

For 20 years the Play It Strange Trust has been supporting and encouraging young songwriters. 

To measure the success: over one thousand finalists have had their songs professionally produced. 

Over 7 thousand songs have been written and submitted to Play it Strange competitions. 

Dianne Swann, who you usually hear on Thursdays as our music critic, has a list of some of her favourite songs from Play It Strange Finalists over the years. 

3:10 The role of politics in life for everyday Americans

There is another divide in America beyond left and right, Democrat and Republican.

There is a huge chasm between people who are hyper engaged in politics and make it a central part of their lives and those who are disengaged and don't watch the news or pay attention to political stories on their social media feeds.

 Yanna Krupnikov is a professor of communication and media at the University of Michigan and she's been studying this phenomenon for years.

She says the people who are obsessed with politics get more attention, giving the impression that America is more polarized than it really is. Dr Krupnikov offers a new way to think about politics. 

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness history 

In 1969, Antonio Enríquez Savignac was given the go-ahead to transform a secluded Mexican island into a world-beating tourist destination.

The technocrat believed tourism was a cost effective solution for fixing the country's faltering economy.

He was given funding from the Mexican federal government to create infrastructure on the island, including an airport.

The resort would be called Cancún.

More than 50 years later, Cancún welcomes more than 20 million guests to its shores every year.

However, the island has become a crime hotspot and there are major pollution problems in the area.

Antonio's son, Juan Enríquez, shares his memories with Matt Pintus.

3:45 The pre-Panel