Afternoons for Tuesday 22 August 2023

CRITTER T-SHIRTS ARE BACK

To celebrate all things Aotearoa native fauna and flora we have a new Critter of the Week t-shirts back for 2023.

The super talented Giselle Clarkson has designed a new image for the shirts and tote bags.

There is a cut off date for pre-orders so they arrive in time for Christmas deliveries to friends and loved ones.

Follow this link and place your order. Five dollars for each t-shirt and tote bag sold goes back to environmental volunteer groups around Aotearoa which are working hard to keep our unique critters safe from extinction.

Order your COTW 2023 t-shirts and or totes by clicking here.

1:15 The bike train: an effort to educate drivers around school cyclist safety 

A big part of building kids independence is helping them travel to school on their own.

Waka Kotahi say that fifty five percent of trips to school are made in cars and in a recent global study, New Zealand scored a 'D' for active travel to school, with safety being the biggest barrier.

We speak to a parent who started a school bike train in his local Pt Chev community, and became so invested, he's now a project lead for an advocacy group for kids cycling safety.

Matt Fordham from Crank talks to Jesse about his 'bike train' and how he's educated drivers about youngsters on bikes.

1:25 Looking after your online presence when you're no longer present

Have you ever thought about what happens to your online information when you die? Or maybe you've had the difficult task of trying to access a loved one's social media accounts after their death.

A new tech start-up has created a platform which aims to address some of these issues.

Jess Firth, Founder and CEO of EsseVault talks to Jesse.

1:35 Unsung Heroes performing around Aotearoa

A musical troupe has been travelling around telling the stories of infamous characters for the last seven years or so.

The show is called called Unsung Heroes: Villain, Vagabonds and Heroines, featuring the escaping Dunedin prisoner, the pirate of the South Seas 'Bully Hayes', fraudster and adventuress Amy Bock.

They have some performances coming up.

Songwriter and history lover Chris Priestley talks to Jesse. 

1:45  Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Hannah Korrel is a neuropsychologist and author.

She's written a book: How to Break Up with Friends as well as spent over a decade becoming an expert in why the brain makes us do the things we do (and sometimes don't want to do!).

Today she talks about why the Barbie movie has been such a roaring success.

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Ross

Today Mt Roskill Grammar library manager, Catherine Ross, talks to Jesse about books for youngsters to read with the theme of 'conflict stories.

She's reviewing the following:

For 10/11+ War Stories, commissioned and edited by Michael Morpurgo and Stay where you are and then leave by John Boyne.

For 12+ As Long s As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh.

For 13+ This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

For 13/15+ Girl At War by Sara Novic and A Year of Ravens by Vicky Alvear-Schecter, Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray, E.Knight, S.J.A. Turney and Russell Whitfield.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster reports on the likely impact the Matildas success at the FIFA Women's World Cup could have on Australian sport in the future, and the fallout of the Victorian Government's compensation payout after it reneged on hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games. He also shares some good news from NSW Ambulance Service and calls for greater safety for food delivery drivers.

2:30 Music feature: The Gorillza

In today's music feature we explore the eclectic catalogue of Gorillaz.

Gorillaz is unique in that it is not the collaboration of a group of musicians, but of a single musician and an artist.

Damon Albarn of Blur fame conceived of the "virtual band" with illustrator Jamie Hewlett in the late 90s, with four animated characters representing the band in music videos and promotional material.

Since 2001 they've released 8 studio albums, a string of iconic singles, and worked with a vast array of collborators -
everyone from Elton John and Stevie Nicks to De La Soul and Snoop Dogg.

Adam Burns, RNZ reporter and music critic, is with me today to tell us about their impact and play us some tunes.

3:10 Don't feel bad if you get scammed and why

The plea from the Nigerian prince seeking help to recover his fortune is  an oldie but a goodie in the long list of scams, frauds and cons that millions of people get taken in by every year. In hindsight, of course the grammatically incorrect email  looks suspicious just like Bernie Madoff's constant success and the blood testing machine by Elizabeth Holmes. We all have a truth bias and other cognitive habits that make us vulnerable to fake news and deceit. Psychology Professor Daniel Simons and co-author Christopher Chabris say we shouldn't feel bad about getting taken in and explain how to avoid it in their book "Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It."

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

Judy Garland ended her long and glitzy stage and screen career at a London theatre club in January 1969. She was booked for five weeks of nightly shows at the 'Talk of the Town', but by that time, the former child star of 'The Wizard of Oz' was struggling with a drug and drink addiction. In 2019, Mike Lanchin heard the memories of Rosalyn Wilder. She was a young production assistant in 1969, tasked with trying to get Judy Garland on stage each night.

3:45 The Panel with Boopsie Maran and Martin Bosley