Afternoons for Monday 18 November 2024

1:10 18-year-old sings with Chris Martin

Frankie Venter joined Coldplay last Friday to sing to a crowd of 56 thousand. She was so good Chris Martin invited her back for a second night. 

Jesse talks to the aspiring singer about the experience.  

1.20 Teachers learning in a Samoan village 

For the past 20 years hundreds of Kiwi teachers have taken part in a programme that's allowed them to experience life in a Samoan village. The impact of that programme is now being assessed.

The initiative was started by Leali'ie'e Dr Tufulasi Taleni a Senior Lecturer in Education at Canterbury University. 

1.30 Elly and the Cyclone 

We speak to a few authors on this show, usually there's a commercial aspect to their releases.

Not so for our next guest, all the money from 13-year-old Elly Grady's debut children's book is going straight to her school. Her book "Cyclone Gabrielle" is almost an oral history. 

Elly interviewed members of her Kereru, Hawkes Bay community. She listened to the tales they shared and turned their words into rhymes with care. That book has now been published. 

You can order Cyclone Gabrielle by emailing eleanorgrady.books@gmail.com

1:40 The 'Ginaissance'

Craft Gin is experiencing a surge in popularity across New Zealand... and is set to see huge growth over the next two to three years.

 Said to be the biggest in New Zealand.. Scapegrace Distilling Company has just completed its impressive $30-million-dollar distillery.

Spirits writer Tash McGill joins Jesse to talk all things gin.

2:10 Television Critic: Matlock and A Remarkable Place to Die. 

Caitlin Cherry reviews two new TVNZ shows, Matlock and A Remarkable Place to Die.

2:20 Information Center Cold Call

So far Jesse has called Whakatāne, Motueka and Kurow to name just a few. 

Where will his producer send him next? Let's find out.

2.30 Expert Feature: everything you need to know about the Kūmera

Apaichu, Camote, Batata Doce, Sweet potato or as we know it: Kūmara.

First arriving with Polynesian settlers in in the 13th century, the humble root vegetable has grown to be a cherished part of our national identity. 

Our expert today is Ruawai kumara grower Warwick Simpson.

3:10 Feature interview:  No Such Thing As a Fish

A fact is a terrible thing to waste, even nuggets of information that are likely to be of no use at all like the shape of  wombat poop or how many times smartphone users touch their phones every day (answer 2,617 ).   

10 years ago, four friends working as Stephen Fry's fact "elves", digging up interesting tidbits for his show QI, found they had plenty of leftover facts, so they started a podcast to share them called No Such Thing As a Fish. It's still doing swimmingly well after a decade with a sold-out tour in New Zealand. Podcasters Dan Schreiber and Anna Ptaszynski join us to spread the joy of interesting facts.  

3:35 Here Now: COP16

This week on Here Now, Kadambari Raghukumar is in Colombia bringing us conversations from the ground at the recent COP16 conference, one of the world's largest biodiversity discussions.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman and his producer Carol Stiles joins Jesse to preview what's on The Panel tonight!