Afternoons for Wednesday 4 November 2020

Critter of the Week T-Shirt donations

We sold 1229 critter t-shirts. $5 from every t-shirt sale was put into a special fund to go to community groups doing their bit to protect native critters and eradicate pests.

We now have $6145.00 to give away. If you want to apply for some of the money, please email jesse@rnz.co.nz with information about your community group and what you would do with the money. Please put Critter T Fund in the subject line.

1:17 US Election Update

Nina-Maria Potts, Director of Global News Coverage at Featurestory joins the programme for an update on the US election

1:27 Macular Degeneration Awareness Week

Research has found that around half of the country's population is completely unaware of macular degeneration and how blindness can be stopped if its treated early.

Phillipa Pitcher of Macular Degeneration New Zealand talks to Jesse about what the condition is, what to look out for and how it can be treated before a person goes blind.

1:37 Ngā Taonga Sound Archives: New Zealand's lighthouse keepers

Thirty years ago in mid-1990, New Zealand's last occupied lighthouse became fully automated, and the era of the lighthouse keeper came to an end. In today's visit to the sound archives with Sarah Johnston we will listen to the men and women of The Lighthouse Service, who lived in some of our most remote places, keeping the lights on for over 130 years.

Listen to Spectrum documentaries about New Zealand's lighthouses

2:10 US Election Update

Sarah Walton, US reporter  in Tallahassee Florida joins the programme for an update on the US election

2:15 Molly Jones Podcast Picks 

Molly Jones reviews Whistleblower - the story of the NBA betting scandal

2:25 Bookmarks: Alicia Frankovich

Our Bookmarks guest is a New Zealand artist who is currently living in Melbourne, but her newest work 'AQI2020' is currently on display at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Alicia Frankovich joins Jesse to talk about her work and share some of her favourite movies, books and music.

3:10 US Election Update

Nina-Maria Potts, Director of Global News Coverage at Featurestory joins the programme for an update on the US election

3:10 Dr Aliya Hamid Rao - How Married Couples Confront Unemployment

When a married man loses his white collar job, the whole household turns its attention to supporting him to find another one. For the woman, it's a different story. She can fit a job search in around the chores. These are the findings of Dr Aliya Hamid Rao from the London School of Economics. She writes about the gender divide in her new book, Crunch Time: How Married Couples Confront Unemployment.
 

3:45 Our Changing World - Climate change - striking a balance

A group of Dunedin students talk about what they learned making an Otago Museum exhibition about climate change inequality
 

4:00 Checkpoint - US Election Special