Afternoons for Monday 14 October 2024

1:15 Aotearoa's highest run

About 500 people turned out on Saturday to Christchurch's newest and New Zealand's highest park run.

Park runs are held weekly all over the world - they're free, 5km events that welcome runners, walkers, and volunteers.

Anna Phillips is one of the organisers for the new run and tells Jesse how it went down on the weekend.

1.25 Do we trust AI enough?

Would you trust AI to tell you what to do with your money? Apparently, it is pretty good at predicting risk and return but a new study shows that most of us still prefer to talk to a human when it comes to financial advice, even if it may not be as good.

Gertjan Verdickt from the University of Auckland's business school talks to Jesse about his study into human and AI trust.

1.35 Time with a taxidermy master

We're about to meet one of the country's most skilled taxidermists. Ross Brownson began the craft at the age of 12 and only stopped when his eyesight gave way. He's put fish in every corner of the country and beyond, with creations for DOC, Te Papa, and museums, boardrooms and lodges all around the world.

His house in Havelock is known for its colourful variety of sea creatures, most notably a twelve-foot shark.

Now that house is up for sale, and the creatures are too.

1:45 Feature album: Hot Fuss by the Killers

2:10 Television Critic: Nobody Wants This

Ali Ventura joins Jesse to review the show everyone is talking about: the romantic comedy starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. She also reveals she's started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. A s a newcomer does she think it's "pretty, pretty, pretty good?"  

2:20 Information Center Cold Call: Motueka 

This week Jesse cold calls the iSite Motueka. 

2.30 Expert Feature: the facts of life

For today's expert feature we're looking at 'the facts of life'. We've have prepared a 101 on genetics - the building blocks of life that make us who we are.  Distinguished Professor Jenny Marshall Graves of La Trobe University Melbourne is joins Jesse to answer any and all your burning questions. 

3:10 Feature interview: from Reagan to Trump 

Nostalgia has been a friend to Ronald Reagan. For decades since his first term as President of the United States in 1981, Reagan has been held up as representing the best of the Republican party, standing for small government, strong defense and conservative values. Washington Post columnist and biographer Max Boot spent 10 years scrutinizing the 40th US President and how the rise of Donald Trump has its roots in America's first Hollywood president. His book is called Reagan: His Life and Legend. 

3:35 Here Now

This week on Here Now, Kadambari Raghukumar checks out the arts and culture events lined up in the capital for the next few weeks ahead. 

3:45 The pre-Panel