Afternoons for Wednesday 17 April 2024
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Kiwi company leads the charge in home energy technology
1:15 PM.For 13 years, Christchurch company ArcActive has been developing a battery system for affordable home energy storage. Next month, the company is building its first factory and taking its lead-acid… Read more Audio
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Childhood eczema children's book to help young sufferers
1:25 PM.Eczema is a common condition amongst Kiwi kids and adolescents. In fact, between 13 and 15 percent of them experience the effects Author Kristin Kelly has published a book for them to better… Read more Audio
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Capturing the legacy of the Pukekohe Park Raceway on film
1:35 PM.It was sad when iconic Pukekohe Park Raceway would shut down in 2023. Thankfully the park's racing legacy has been preserved in a new short-documentary titled 'Checkered Flag'. Director Natalie Wilson… Read more Audio
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Heading Off: Moonlight walking and more in Queenstown
1:45 PM.Today for Heading Off we meet Scott Kennedy who's been walking the Moonlight track after making an online pledge, but he's also a number of other accessible and fund walks around Queenstown which he… Read more Audio
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Podcast Critic: Alex Barnes
2:12 PM.Today Alex Barnes talks to Jesse about Island Roots Auckland Ways and To the Best of our Knowledge. Audio
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Easy Eats with Sam Parish: Sizzling steak fajitas with avo smash
2:20 PM.Today Sam's Easy East midweek meal recipe is a great way to introduce a bit of steak to the evening meal. She's sharing a simple but super tasty fajitas recipe that is a hit with younger eaters as… Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with Arthur Tompkins
2:30 PM.Arthur Tompkins is a District Court Judge, author, teacher, and expert in art crime. He also sits on the Supreme Court of the Pitcairn Islands. Judge Tompkins is with Jesse today to talk about some of… Read more Audio
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The secret power of communication
3:10 PM.Conversations are what connect us. We evolved to be social, but sometimes talking to each other feels stressful, even miserable says Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist with the New York… Read more Audio
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Summer 34 – Three decades of albatross research
5:00 AM.Journalist Rebekah White meets two people who have been counting albatrosses on remote islands in the subantarctic for more than three decades. Their research shows that at least one species is en… Read more Video, Audio
1:15 NZ know how developing a cost effective home battery system
Christchurch based company ArcActive have been developing a new home battery system since 2011.
It's designed to sit behind the meter, helping home owners with solar panels store there energy.
Similar systems are already available but ArcActive believe theirs will be significantly cheaper.
Next month they'll attempt to raise $70 million, build their first factory, and bring the system into commercial production.
Chief executive Stuart McKenzie explains their system to Jesse.
Photo: 123rf
1:25 Childhood eczema children's book to help young sufferers
Eczema is a common condition amongst Kiwi kids and adolescents.
In fact, between 13 and 15 percent of them experience the effects, and that number is even higher for Māori and Pasifika children.
Today author Kristin Kelly has published a book for them to better understand the condition and its symptoms.
It's called 'Mitchell Itches'. Kristin speaks to Jesse.
Mitchell Itches book cover Photo: supplied via Exile Publishing
1:35 Capturing the legacy of the Pukekohe Park Raceway on film
Petrol heads across the country were saddened when it was announced the iconic Pukekohe Park Raceway would host its final motorsport event in 2023.
Thankfully the park's racing legacy has been preserved in a new short-documentary titled 'Checkered Flag'.
It follows the father-daughter duo managing the course at the end of its run as they try to give everyone one last chance to drive fast.
It's available to watch now via The Spinoff. Director Natalie Wilson talks to Jesse.
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
1:45 Heading Off: Moonlight walking and more in Queenstown
Today for Heading Off we meet Scott Kennedy who's been walking the Moonlight track after making an online pledge, but he's also a number of other accessible and fund walks around Queenstown which he shares with Jesse.
Queenstown, Otago Photo: Unsplash/ Michael Amadeus
2.12 Podcast Critic: Alex Barnes
Today Alex Barnes talks to Jesse about Island Roots Auckland Ways and To the Best of our Knowledge.
2:20 Easy Eats with Sam Parish: Sizzling steak fajitas with avo smash
Today Sam's Easy East midweek meal recipe is a great way to introduce a bit of steak to the evening meal.
She's sharing a simple but super tasty fajitas recipe that is a hit with younger eaters as well as the grown ups.
You can find out how to make this recipe at home here.
Photo: Sam Parish
2:30 Bookmarks with Arthur Tompkins
Arthur Tompkins is a District Court Judge, author, teacher, and expert in art crime.
He also sits on the Supreme Court of the Pitcairn Islands.
Judge Tompkins is with Jesse today to talk about some of this favourite things
Photo: supplied / Arthur Tompkins
3:10 The secret power of communication
Conversations are what connect us. We evolved to be social, but sometimes talking to each other feels stressful, even miserable says Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist with the New York Times, Charles Duhigg.
His new book looks to science as well as stories from agents in the CIA, writers on The Big Bang Theory and psychologists at NASA that explain why conversations can go so wrong and what we can do to get them right.
The book is called Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Supercommunicators book cover Photo: supplied via charlesduhigg.com
3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Coming up, in the latest episode of the Voice of Tangaroa series about our oceans, Rebekah White learns about the plight of two of our albatrosses.
3:45 The pre-Panel