Afternoons for Tuesday 6 June 2023

 

1:15 Rare albatross washes up on Northland beach

A  rare type of albatross is recovering at the Whangārei Native Bird Recovery Centre after it tried to eat a balloon at sea.

The grey-headed mollymawk was found by someone walking along Waipu beach.

The bird as native to New Zealand, but it only nests at Campbell Island and Macquarie] Island- south-west of Stewart Island.

1:25 Is the latest Apple 'gadget' a game changer?

Apple's latest gadget to be released on the market looks to be quite the game changer!

It's being called the era of spatial computing and the gadget is called Apple Vision Pro.

It looks like avirtual reality headset goggles, similar to a pair of ski googles but does a whole lot more.

Tech commentator, owner and managing director of Vertech IT services, Dan Watson talks to Jesse.

1:35 Fundraising for future studies abroad - a talented teen's quest

A young New Zealander, just shy of 21 has defied the odds to be accepted into London's prestigious Royal Academy of Music to study musical theatre.

Holly Main-Grant will be one of only five New Zealander's in the last decade to attend the school... but she has had to overcome many obstacles to get to this point.

Holly became very ill with a Digestive Mobility Disorder at age nine, meaning she spent much of her teenage years missing weeks of school, performing arts and tertiary study.

She talks to Jesse about her fund raising efforts for her studies abroad!

1:45 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Today Hannah talks about the inter-generational divide in the workplace and how it's causing a few issues!

2:10 Book Critic: Pip Adam

Today Pip talks to Jesse about Animal Joy: A book of laughter and resuscitation by Nuar Alsadir, Unscripted: The Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy by James B Stewart and Rachel Abrams and The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act by Isaac Butler.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster reports on the release of Kathleen Folbigg after 20 years in prison following new evidence that casts doubt over whether she killed her four children, and the failed defamation case of Australia's most decorated soldier, Ben Robert-Smith. He also talks about Australia's own version of The Office which starts filming in Sydney this month.

2.30 Music feature: Talking Heads

For today's music feature we've got Phoenix Foundation founding member Samuel Flynn-Scott to talk about one of his all time favourite band, Talking Heads.

The band emerged in the late 70s and quickly made an impact with their second single, Psycho Killer, then going on to record 8 studio albums which are credited as pioneering the new wave movement.

3:10 Under the Weather - a forecast for Aotearoa in Climate Change

We have always enjoyed Goldilocks climate in New Zealand, not too hot and  not too cold. But the weather so many of us grew up with is gone  says Professor James Renwick, Victoria University's  senior climate scientist. Cyclone Gabrielle is the wake up call that Goldilocks has left the building. We are now facing climate extremes we've watched the rest of the world endure. Professor Renwick  zeros in on what that means here and what we can do to make sure this story has a happy ending. His new book is called Under the Weather A Future Forecast for New Zealand.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

Laika the Russian stray was the first dog to orbit the Earth. She was sent into space on a flight in 1957 which had been timed to mark the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. She died after orbiting Earth four times.

Professor Victor Yazdovsky's father was in charge of the dogs in the Russian space programme.

In 2017, Professor Yazdovsky spoke to Olga Smirnova about playing with Laika, before her flight, when he was just nine-years-old.

3:45 The Panel with Verity Johnson and Peter Dunne