Afternoons for Monday 14 March 2016
1:15 Avalanche City - Dave Baxter
Dave Baxter talks about Avalanche City's sophmore album We Are For The Wild Places.
1:20 Food Wars - Marisa Bidois
Food wars have broken out in Wellington with reports that food trucks and cafe owners are having spats in Miramar, and that this is leading to calls for more food truck regulation. Marisa Bidois is the chief executive of the Restaurant Association of New Zealand.
1:25 Stranded Whale Dies - Jasmine Hessell
An orca stranded at Patea Beach overnight has died despite rescue attempts. The female killer whale stranded at about 8pm last night and died in the early hours of this morning. Department of Conservation operations manger for the Whanganui area is Jasmine Hessell.
1:30 The Capsula Mundi Project - Raoul Bretzel
It's a new way to think about death and how we get buried. The Capsula Mundi project was created by Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel. And they say we should ditch the coffin, and embrace a biodegradable egg-shaped pod.
1:35 Flavours Of Fiji - Robert Oliver
1:40 Favourite Album
Tango Jam - The Australian Chamber Orchestra.
2:10 The Critics
Podcasts - Katy Atkin
Books - Pip Adam
Television - Alex Casey
New Music - Simon Sweetman
Theatre - Terry McTavish
3:10 Feature Interview - Alec Ross
Robotics, genomics and big data : these are the industries that will have the biggest impact on our lives in the future according to Alec Ross. And he should know. He is the former Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He travelled around the world, visiting 41 counties including New Zealand to see first hand innovation in action. In his new book, "The Industries of the Future," Ross looks at how we live in the future and what we should do now to prepare ourselves and our kids for it.
3:35 Voices
Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in China to hear one woman's personal account of the enforced abortions that took place at the time of the one-child-policy and how this affected her relationship with her only child.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.
Music played in this show
JESSE'S PICK:
ARTIST: Avalanche City
SONG: Little Fire
COMP: Dave Baxter
ALBUM: We Are For The Wild Places.
LIVE: RNZ Akld
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Australian Chamber Orchestra
TITLE: Libertango
COMP: Astor Piazzolla
ALBUM: Tango Jam.
LABEL: Download
ARTIST: Australian Chamber Orchestra
TITLE: Escualo
COMP: Astor Piazzolla
ALBUM: Tango Jam.
LABEL: Download
ARTIST: Australian Chamber Orchestra
TITLE: Revirada
COMP: Astor Piazzolla
ALBUM: Tango Jam.
LABEL: Download
MUSIC CRITIC - SIMON SWEETMAN:
ARTIST: Dave Dobbyn
TITLE: You Get So Lonely
COMP: Dave Dobbyn
ALBUM: Harmony House
LABEL: Download
ARTIST: The City
TITLE: That Old Sweet Roll (Hi De Ho)
COMP: Gerry Goffin, Carole King
ALBUM: Now That Everything's Been Said
LABEL: LightInTheAttic
ARTIST: Field Music
TITLE: Disappointed
COMP: Peter Brewis, Daviod Brewis
ALBUM: Commontime
LABEL: Memphis Industries Records
PANEL - HALF TIME SONG:
ARTIST: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
TITLE: Takin' Care of Business
COMP: Randy Bachman
ALBUM: Bachman-Turner Overdrive
LABEL: Mercury