Afternoons for Tuesday 20 June 2017

Short Story Club

The story for Thursday 22 June is Bad to Worse by William Brandt

1:10 First song: London Grammar - Truth is a beautiful thing

1:15 Kepler Telescope finds 10 more earth like planets

The Kepler telescope has discovered 219 new planets - among them 10 which could possibly have the same potential as earth to support life. The latest research has been released by NASA and point to 10 exoplanets which are in the so called goldilocks zone. Dr Brad Tucker who's an astronomer at the Australian National University and is on his way to the US to work with NASA on the discovery talks to Jesse about the significance of the discovery and much closer we are to finding life on other planets.

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1:25 Rain, gales and snow on the way

Chris Brandolino from NIWA explains what is to come as winter plans a fresh assault on the country after the shortest day.

1:30 On a mission to feed the world

Beth Hampton is on a mission to feed our hungry planet.The University of Waikato student has strong opinions about global food security. And her ideas for solving issues around feeding the world's population have earned her a trip to Belgium. She's off to the Youth Ag-summit called "Feeding a hungry planet", where students will share their diverse experiences and work together to generate innovative, sustainable and actionable solutions to global food security challenges.

1:35 Dan Slevin on film

The British and Irish Lions are currently touring the country and film fans can join in the fun with plenty of films about rugby to keep us entertained between matches. Well, maybe not plenty but quite a few, and our regular Tuesday movie guy, Dan Slevin from RNZ Widescreen, has been checking them out.

Dan's rugby movie picks:

The Ground We Won

Forever Strong

Handsome Devil

Salam Rugby

Red, White, Black & Blue

1:40 Favourite album: Rocket to Russia - Ramones

Rocket to Russia is the third studio album by American punk band the Ramones. It came out on November 4, 1977 and reached number 49 on the US Billboard charts.

2:10 Book critic:  Pip Adam

Pip talks about ‘radical’ books today.  Radical in the sense that they reflect political movements or ideas that advocate thorough or complete political of social reform:  What does political writing look like, and what's its purpose?

Pip's Books
The Ski-Flier  -  Maria McMillan:  Victoria University Press - 2017 RRP. $25

Human Acts - Han Kang: Hogarth 2017

The Golden Notebook - Doris Lessing (1962)

2:20 Music Feature: The Truth about Classical Music

Davinia Caddy is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Music, University of Auckland. 

Her 2012 book "How To Hear Classical Music" was adapted for a radio series. Today we are discussing the authenticity of classical music as viewed through the lens of modern-day popular culture.

3:10 Outwitting the back-pain industry

Treating back pain is a multi-billion dollar industry. 

Journalist Cathryn Ramin suffered from back pain for years and spent a small fortune of her own looking for relief. She used her reporting background and spent years looking at the back pain industry which she says is rife with false promises and dead ends that can make pain worse not better.

She chronicles what she discovered during her investigation  in her book, Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery

3:30 Science and environment stories

Stories from Our Changing World.

3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question

4:05 The Panel with Andrew Clay and Lavina Good

 

Music played in this show

   
JESSE MULLIGAN - AFTERNOONS:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Tuesday 20th June 2017

1:10pm - JESSE'S FIRST SONG:
ARTIST:    London Grammar
TITLE:      Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
COMP:     Hannah Reid, Daniel Rothman, Dominic Major
ALBUM:   Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
LABEL:    Ministry of Sound     

1:45pm - GREAT ALBUM:
ARTIST:    The Ramones
TITLE:      Cretin Hop
COMP:     The Ramones
ALBUM:   Rocket to Russia
LABEL:    Sire

ARTIST:    The Ramones
TITLE:      Rockaway Beach
COMP:     The Ramones
ALBUM:   Rocket to Russia
LABEL:    Sire

ARTIST:    The Ramones
TITLE:      Ramona
ALBUM:   Rocket to Russia
LABEL:    Sire

ARTIST:    The Ramones
TITLE:      Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
COMP:     The Ramones
ALBUM:   Rocket to Russia
LABEL:    Sire

2:20pm - MUSIC FEATURE: THE TRUTH ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC
ARTIST:    Miley Cyrus
TITLE:      Malibu
COMP:     Miley Cyrus, Oren Yoel
ALBUM:   Single release
LABEL:    RCA

ARTIST:    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists with Gerald Finley     
TITLE:      Cantata BWV 13, bass aria, 'Ächzen und erbärmlich Weinen' (Groaning and pitifully wailing)
COMP:     Johann Sebastian Bach
ALBUM:   J.S. Bach Cantatas, Vol. 19,
LABEL:    SDG

ARTIST:    Olle Persson (baritone) and Mats Jansson (piano)
TITLE:      Erlkönig
COMP:     Franz Schubert
ALBUM:   Schubert Lieder
LABEL:    Naxos

ARTIST:    Giuseppe Sinopoli, Staatskapelle Dresden
TITLE:      Erwartung (Expectation)
COMP:     Arnold Schoenberg
ALBUM:   Berg, Schoenberg, Webern,
LABEL:    Teldec

ARTIST:    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Cond: Zdenek Kosler)
TITLE:      Dance of The Seven Veils (Salome's Dance)
COMP:     Richard Strauss
ALBUM:   R Struss - Slovak Philharmonic
LABEL:    Naxos

ARTIST:    Alexander - Orchestra
TITLE:      Intermezzo (from Cavalleria Rusticana)
COMP:     Pietro Mascagni
ALBUM:   Mascagni; Cavalleria Rusticana
LABEL:    Naxos

4:30pm - THE PANEL: Half Time Song
ARTIST:    Justin Bieber
TITLE:      Sorry
COMP:     Justin Bieber, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Sonny Moore, Michael Tucker
ALBUM:   Purpose
LABEL:    Def Jam