Afternoons for Monday 12 June 2017
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Housing Taskforce report released
1:15 PM.Auckland mayor Phil Goff's released a taskforce report on the city's housing problem a short time ago. It has recommendations and solutions for accelerating building, unlocking land, funding… Read more Audio
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Call for BMI scale to be customised for different ethnicities
1:25 PM.Associate professor Scott Duncan is the head of research of AUT's school of sport and recreation. He has just completed a study of 1676 adolescent girls and is concerned at the findings based on using… Read more Audio
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Expelled students visit Nepal
1:35 PM.25 expelled students from Christchurch were taken to Nepal last year on an initiative from the YMCA to help turn their lives around, called Project Hope. Read more Video, Audio
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Hidden Figures: Winter Weather
1:40 PM.Lillian Grace of Figure NZ shares some winter weather statistics with us, including our rainiest and sunniest cities. Read more Audio
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Favourite album: The Forrest Gump Soundtrack
1:45 PM.The soundtrack to the 1994 Oscar winning film peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard charts that year. Audio
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Television Critic: Melenie Parkes
2:10 PM.Freelance writer, Blogger and TV Critic, Melenie Parkes has a viewing tip for travelers on long haul flights in today's TV Critique. Audio
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The Future of Our Regions
2:20 PM.This afternoon we look at the Westland District, population 8,760 and one of the most sparsely populated parts of the country. Audio
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Expert feature: the Tōtara
2:30 PM.Philip Simpson has dedicated an entire book to one tree – the Tōtara. He talks about the historic uses and symbolism of our second largest native tree. Read more Audio, Gallery
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The Dunning-Kruger effect
3:15 PM.The theory called the Dunning Kruger Effect suggests that people have very little insight into their own gaps in knowledge and expertise, so are they are less inclined to challenge information… Read more Audio
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New Zealand-Asian MPs talk crime and immigration
3:30 PM.As we start to think about the election, what are the issues Asian New Zealand voters are most occupied with? Are they any different from other people in the community and what do they expect from the… Read more Audio
On Thursday, June 15th, we will discuss Double Helix by Eileen Merriman
Email us your thoughts, jesse@radionz.co.nz The best emailer wins her new young adult novel, Pieces of You
1:10 First song
1:15 Housing Taskforce report released
Auckland mayor Phil Goff's released a taskforce report on the city's housing a short time ago.
It follows months of discussions between industry, private and public sector looking to address Auckland's housing challenges.
The report has recommendations and solutions for accelerating building, unlocking land, funding mechanisms, streamlining consenting and requests assistance from central government.
View from above of residential streets and houses housing in Auckland. Photo: 123rf.com
1:25 Expert calls for NZ specific BMI scale
Associate professor Scott Duncan is the head of research of AUT's school of sport and recreation. He has just completed a study of 1676 adolescent girls and is concerned at the findings based on using a universal BMI calculation.
He believes some people are being unfairly called obese when their weight is due to muscle mass and others who have high levels of body fat are not being classified as at risk because of their overall weight, and is calling for new BMI scales measuring weight, customised to each ethnic group.
Associate professor Scott Duncan wants Kiwi-specific BMI scales. Photo: 123RF
1:35 Expelled students visit Nepal
Students from the YMCA's Project Hope programme, in Nepal Photo: Project Hope
25 expelled students from Christchurch were taken to Nepal last year on an initiative from the YMCA to help turn their lives around, called Project Hope.
The journey was also filmed and has been made into a documentary.
The idea to go to Nepal was to get the troubled teens who had experienced the Christchurch earthquakes to help young people in Nepal in the aftermath of their devastating earthquake.
Josie Ogden Schroeder is the chief executive of the YMCA and a passionate advocate for giving these challenging teens a second chance.
1:40 Hidden Figures: Winter Weather
Lillian Grace of Figure NZ shares some winter weather statistics with us, including our rainiest and sunniest cities.
Photo: Pixabay
1:40 Favourite album: The Forrest Gump Soundtrack
The soundtrack to the 1994 Oscar winning film peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard charts that year.
2:10 Television Critic: Melenie Parkes
Freelance writer, Blogger and TV Critic, Melenie Parkes has a viewing tip for travelers on long haul flights in today's TV Critique.
She also casts her gaze at "American Gods" as an Interim measure while we wait for the new (delayed) season of Game Of Thrones, and Boss which stars Kelsey Grammer as the mayor of Chicago.
Kelsey Grammer is the Boss of Chicago in the NBC political Drama "Boss" Photo: NBC
2:20 The Future of Our Regions
This afternoon we look at the Westland District, population 8,760 and one of the most sparsely populated parts of the country.
Lake Matheson, Westland Photo: wikipedia
2:30 Expert feature: The Totara
Our expert today has dedicated an entire book to one tree - the Totara. It's being officially launched here in Auckland tomorrow.
Titled, Totara: A Natural and Cultural History, its the third book ethnobotanist Philip Simpson has dedicated to a tree type.
He tells us about the historical role the Totara has played in the lives of the first people to arrive in New Zealand as well as the early European settlers.
3:10 The Dunning Kruger Effect
Dr David Dunning Photo: Alchetron
There is a theory that explains why some supporters of President Donald Trump accept the 'alternative facts" he presented on the campaign trail and the ones he's given since taking office.
The theory is called the Dunning Kruger Effect and it suggests that people have very little insight into their own gaps in knowledge and expertise, so are they are less inclined to challenge information presented by Trump and others.
As comedian Stephen Fry put it, "the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge".
We talk to the man behind the theory, Dr David Dunning.
3:35 Voices
3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question
4:05 The Panel with Catherine Robertson and Simon Pound
Music played in this show
JESSE MULLIGAN - AFTERNOONS:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Monday 12th June 2017
1:10pm - JESSE'S FIRST SONG:
ARTIST: Radiohead
TITLE: I Promise
COMP: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, Philip Selway
ALBUM: OK Computer (reissue)
LABEL: iTunes
1:45pm - GREAT ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Mamas & The Papas
TITLE: California Dreamin'
COMP: John Phillips, Michelle Phillips
ALBUM: Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Jefferson Airplane
TITLE: Volunteers
COMP: Paul Kantner, Marty Balin
ALBUM: Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: The Supremes
TITLE: Stoned Love
COMP: Kenny Thomas, Frank Wilson
ALBUM: Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: The Byrds
TITLE: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)"
COMP: Pete Seeger (words from the Book of Ecclesiastes)
ALBUM: Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack
LABEL: Columbia
3:30pm - ADDITIONAL ITEM:
ARTIST: Phoenix
TITLE: Lisztomania
COMP: Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai, Laurent Brancowitz
ALBUM: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
LABEL: V2
4:30pm - THE PANEL: Half Time Song
ARTIST: REM
TITLE: It's The End of The World As We Know It (And I feel Fine)
COMP: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
ALBUM: Document
LABEL: Epic
