Afternoons for Thursday 26 April 2018
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First song: Stomp perform live
1:15 PM.The British percussion group, Stomp is in New Zealand for performances in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. They use their bodies and ordinary objects to create musical theatre. Read more Audio
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Gisborne's P crisis
1:21 PM.Gisborne has a desperate need for a methamphetamine detox and rehab centre with support for P users in the region stretched to breaking point. Read more Audio
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Hiking in North Korea
1:33 PM.There wouldn't be many people familiar with the back country of North Korea, but New Zealander Roger Shepherd is one of them. He has been visiting the Baekdu Daegan mountain range in North and South… Read more Audio
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Kiwi actor's Passchendaele connection
1:39 PM.New Zealand actor and photographer Dean O'Gorman has a personal connection to the Battle of Passchendaele in World War 1 - his great uncle fought there. Read more Audio
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Great album: The Wildest - Louis Prima
1:48 PM.Our great album today is The Wildest, by singer, trumpeter and band leader Louis Prima who hailed from New Orleans. It was first release in 1956 and features singer Keely Smith and saxophonist Sam… Read more Audio
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Podcast critic Katy Atkin
2:16 PM.Our regular podcast critic Katy Atkin tells us about two new podcasts she has been listening to The Assassination from the BBC World Service and When Meghan Met Harry Audio
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Solving the problems of the world
2:27 PM.NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson analyses the government's big transport announcement for Auckland. He also looks at the significance of the Northcote by-election, which is the first popular test… Read more Audio
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The History of public complaining
2:40 PM.Are we living in the age of complaints? Outrage and backlash seem to be a daily occurrence in our communication media. But is this a recent phenomenon or has it always been so? Read more Audio
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Short Story Club
3:15 PM.We discuss Antony Millen's Fishing the Pungapunga. The prize for the writer of the best email about this is his novel Te Kauhanga. Audio
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Tell me about your thesis
3:29 PM.Lena Waize Negger tells us about her doctoral thesis on the good, the bad and the ugly of digital connection. Audio
Short Story Club
After 3 our story is Antony Millen's Fishing the Pungapunga
The prize for the writer of the best email about this is his novel Te Kauhanga
1:10 First song: Stomp perform live
The British percussion group, Stomp is in New Zealand for performances in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. They use their bodies and ordinary objects to create musical theatre.
Stomp at RNZ Auckland Photo: RNZ
1:15 Gisborne's P crisis
Gisborne has a desperate need for a methamphetamine detox and rehab centre with support for P users in the region stretched to breaking point. Community workers say methamphetamine use in Gisborne is increasing and the resources needed to manage those seeking support is inadequate.
Photo: RNZ/ Nick Monro
1:25 Hiking in North Korea
There wouldn't be many people familiar with the back country of North Korea, but New Zealander Roger Shepherd is one of them. He has been visiting the Baekdu Daegan mountain range in North and South Korea for years.
North Korea Photo: Supplied
1:35 Kiwi actor's Passchendaele connection
New Zealand actor and photographer Dean O'Gorman has a personal connection to the Battle of Passchendaele in World War 1 - his great uncle fought there. He has just installed an exhibition as a part of the Great War Exhibition in Wellington looking at this battle which claimed so many lives.
Photo: Dean O'Gorman/The Great War Exhibition
1:40 Great album: The Wildest - Louis Prima
Our great album today is The Wildest, by singer, trumpeter and band leader Louis Prima who hailed from New Orleans. It was first release in 1956 and features singer Keely Smith and saxophonist Sam Butera.
The Wildest - Louis Prima Photo: wikipedia
2:10 Podcast critic Katy Atkin
Our regular podcast critic Katy Atkin tells us about two new podcasts she has been listening to
The Assassination from the BBC World Service and When Meghan Met Harry
2:20 Solving the problems of the world
NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson analyses the government's big transport announcement for Auckland. He also looks at the significance of the Northcote by-election, which is the first popular test of Simon Bridges and first post-election vote on Jacinda Adern too. He says it is also a test of new transport and housing thinking, both big issues there.
2:25 The History of public complaining
Are we living in the age of complaints? Outrage and backlash seem to be a daily occurrence in our communication media. But is this a recent phenomenon or has it always been so?
Grant Morris from Victoria University looks New Zealand's history of public complaining.
Photos below of one of NZ's most famous serial complainers, Patricia Bartlett Photo: Digital NZ
3:10 Short Story Club
We discuss Antony Millen's Fishing the Pungapunga
The prize for the writer of the best email about this is his novel Te Kauhanga
3:25 Tell me about your thesis
3:30 Spoken Feature
3:45 The Pre-Panel Story of the Day and One Quick Question
4:05 The Panel with Ella Henry and John Barnett
Music played in this show
1:10pm - LINK 3
ARTIST: REM
TITLE: Man In the Moon
COMP: Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Bill Berry
ALBUM: Automatic for the People
LABEL: Warner Bros.
ARTIST: Angels
TITLE: No Secrets
COMP: Graham Bidstrup, Doc Neeson
ALBUM: Dark Room
LABEL: Epic
ARTIST: The Bangles
TITLE: Walk like an Egyptian
COMP: Liam Sternberg
ALBUM: Different Light
LABEL: Columbia / Bangle-a-lang Music
1:45pm - GREAT ALBUM:
ARTIST: Louis Prima
TITLE: Medley - Just a Gigolo/ I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me)"
COMP: Leonello Casucci, Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar / Spencer Williams, Roger A. Graham
ALBUM: The Wildest
LABEL: Capitol
ARTIST: Louis Prima
TITLE: Nothing's too good for my baby
COMP: Ted Eddy, Mack Kay, Frederick Patrick
ALBUM: The Wildest
LABEL: Capitol
ARTIST: Louis Prima
TITLE: Jump Jive and Wail
COMP: Prima
ALBUM: The Wildest
LABEL: Capitol