Saturday Morning for Saturday 10 February 2024
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Chris Packham: fighting for the wild
8:10 AM.British naturalist, broadcaster and environmental campaigner Chris Packham has been hailed as David Attenborough's successor. He began his broadcasting career on The Really Wild Show in the 1980s, and… Read more Audio
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South Korean beauty culture and the costs of perfection
9:05 AM.What are the dangers for society when a perfect face and body - especially for women - are not just promoted, but also possible? Whether it's a 10 step skincare regime, cosmetic injections or plastic… Read more Audio
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Zuckerberg apology 'just not enough' - whistleblower
9:35 AM.It's twenty years this week since Facebook was launched. Last week its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to apologise at a US Senate hearing, to parents whose children died following sexual… Read more Audio
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Bee Wilson: The Secret of Cooking
10:05 AM.British food writer Bee Wilson's new book The Secret of Cooking also serves up secrets for stress-free living. Alongside recipes, there's encouragement to improvise, a very useful section on learning… Read more Audio
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Heaps of good advice for the perfect compost
10:40 AM.Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine is evangelical about the benefits of homemade compost. It's tempting to just buy a bag, but she reckons making your own is the secret to a bountiful and healthy… Read more Audio
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Playing favourites with Sir Collin Tukuitonga
11:05 AM.Niuean-born Sir Collin Tukuitonga is highly regarded for his work in Pacific peoples' health, both in NZ and internationally. His big health interests are heart disease, obesity and diabetes, and the… Read more Audio
8:10 Chris Packham: fighting for the wild
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British naturalist, broadcaster and environmental campaigner Chris Packham has been hailed as David Attenborough's successor.
He began his broadcasting career on The Really Wild Show in the 1980s, and more recently has presented Springwatch for the BBC.
He's found fans and made enemies with his vocal stance on environmental and ecological causes including opposing fox hunting.
Recently he launched a legal challenge against the UK government over its plan to water down carbon commitments.
Photo: Sunguk Kim / Unsplash
9:05 South Korean beauty culture and the costs of perfection
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What are the dangers for society when a perfect face and body - especially for women - are not just promoted, but also possible?
Whether it's a 10 step skincare regime, cosmetic injections or plastic surgery, endless self improvement has been valourised and recoded as empowerment.
South Korea is the undisputed leader in the quest for physical perfection, with a $US10 billion beauty industry.
NPR's host-at-large and the presenter of TED Talks Daily, Elise Hu lived and worked in Seoul during the boom days of the K-beauty industry.
Her new book is Flawless: Lessons In Looks And Culture From The K-Beauty Capital.
Photo: Emily Cummings
9:35 Arturo Bejar: Meta whistleblower
Photo: Monica Semergiu
It's twenty years this week since Facebook was launched.
Last week its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was forced to apologise at a US Senate hearing, to parents whose children died following sexual exploitation via social media or cyberbullying.
A matter of hours later his company Meta delivered its quarterly results with the stock price surging by over 20 percent, its value up almost 200 billion dollars.
Meta owns Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads as well as Facebook.
Arturo Bejar worked for the company between 2009 and 2015 and then again from 2019 to 2021.
He came forward as a whistleblower, saying Instagram isn't doing enough to protect children from online harms.
Photo: AFP
10:05 Bee Wilson: The Secret of Cooking
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British food writer Bee Wilson's new book The Secret of Cooking also serves up secrets for stress-free living.
Alongside recipes, there's encouragement to improvise, a very useful section on learning to cook by experimenting with a bag of carrots, and repurposing an unloved wedding ring.
Bee cooked her way through divorce, rekindling her appetite for life.
She's a campaigner for food education through the charity TastEd, and writes the "Table Talk" column for The Wall Street Journal.
Photo: Matt Russell
10:40 Organic gardener Kath Irvine: all you need is compost
gardener Kath Irvine on the porch of her house truck Photo: Kath Irvine
Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine is evangelical about the benefits of homemade compost.
It's tempting to just buy a bag, but Kath reckons making your own is the secret to a bountiful and healthy garden.
She's in to share her knowledge and offer tips for quick and simple compost making.
If you've got a compost question you can email it in to: saturday@rnz.co.nz
Photo: Kath Irvine / Edible Backyard
11:05 Playing favourites with Sir Collin Tukuitonga
Niuean-born Sir Collin Tukuitonga is highly regarded for his work in Pacific peoples' health, both in NZ and internationally.
His big health interests are heart disease, obesity and diabetes, and the impact on health of the climate crisis.
He recently resigned from his government advisory roles, citing no confidence, so he can "speak up and speak out" about the treatment of Pacific people.
He joins Susie to share some of his favourite 70's and 80's hits, which he fears show his age!
Photo: Elise Manahan/ University of Auckland
Books featured on the show:
Flawless - Lessons In Looks And Culture From The K-Beauty Capital
By Elise Hu
Published by
9780593184189
The Secret of Cooking
By Bee Wilson
Published by HarperCollins
ISBN 9780008446451
Music played in this show
Song: Fast Car
Artist: Tracy Chapman
Time played: 9:25
Song: Kill Bill
Artist: SZA
Time played: 10:35
Sir Collin Tukuitonga plays favourites:
Song: Kua Ofoofogia
Artist: Makki feat. Wams
Time played: 11:10
Song: Isalei Lia
Artist: Fiji
Time played: 11:20
Song: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Artist: Elton John
Time played: 11:30
Song: The First Cut Is the Deepest
Artist: Rod Stewart
Time played: 11:45
Song: Bohemian Rhapsody
Artist: Queen
Time played: 11:55