Afternoons for Wednesday 9 December 2020
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Whakaari one year on: Services pay tribute to victims
1:15 PM.Whakatāne baptist church senior Pastor Peter Foster speaks to Jesse about the services and commemorations in the town to mark one year since the Whakaari/White Island tragedy. Read more Audio
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'A Very Filipino Christmas' fundraiser
1:22 PM.A Very Filipino Christmas fundraiser is happening this coming Saturday to raise money for Filipinos hit hard by typhoons which have ravaged the country. James Roque and Dewy Sacayan, tell Jesse about… Read more Audio
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Kiwi children's book takes readers on 'Collective Noun Safari'
1:34 PM.A New Zealand children's conservation book has been given the thumbs up by Sir David Attenborough. Helen Griffiths' Treasure Beyond Measure book was created, as she says, by accident. Read more Audio
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Molly Jones podcast picks
1:48 PM.Today Molly reviews the Netflix series The Big Film Buffet. Audio
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One year on - remembering the victims of the Whakaari tragedy
2:07 PM.After the news we'll be crossing to MÄtaatua Wharenui in Whakatane where the victims of the Whakaari tragedy one year ago are being remembered. We'll observe the one minute silence at 2.11pm before… Read more Audio
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Bookmarks: PledgeMe's Anna Guenther
2:22 PM.Joining us for Bookmarks this week is Anna Guenther, who's the co-founder of crowdfunding platform, PledgeMe. Anna established PledgeMe in 2015 as a way for Kiwis to lend their support to burgeoning… Read more Audio
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Helen Pluckrose - woke culture is the cause of broken culture
3:10 PM.Woke culture is creating a broken culture says British author and culture writer Helen Pluckrose. She argues that too much focus on perceived injustice sometimes serves to hide real injustice. She… Read more Audio
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What it takes to live a good life
9:07 PM.When it comes to having a 'good life', there are several key elements - strong intimate relationships and time to relax. Read more Audio
1:17 Whakaari one year on: Services pay tribute to victims
It's been a year since the tragic events that unfolded on Whakaari / White Island.
Several services are being held in Whakatāne today to pay tribute to the 22 people who lost their lives, those injured and the families who's lives were changed forever when the island erupted.
Local Baptist church senior Pastor Peter Foster attended a public service at Mataatua Reserve and speaks to Jesse.
People gathered for a dawn service to mark one year since the eruption on Whakaari. Photo: RNZ/Te Aniwa Hurihanganui
1:27 'A Very Filipino Christmas' fundraiser
Comedian James Roque is hosting a fundraiser this weekend for the the victims of the devastating typhoons in the Philipinnes last month.
A Very Filipino Christmas event will be held on Saturday at Auckland's Aotea Centre.
James and Dewy Sacayan, a solicitor and climate change activist, join Jesse in the studio.
Photo: Pexels
1:37 Kiwi children's book takes readers on 'Collective Noun Safari'
A New Zealand children's book has come to the attention of Sir David Attenborough.
Helen Griffiths' Treasure Beyond Measure started out as a poem written for Conservation Week in 2017 and has now been turned into a book - beautifully illustrated by Simon Chadwick.
Helen joins Jesse to tell us about her creation and how it got Sir David's attention!
Photo: Supplied
1:50 Molly Jones podcast picks
Today Molly reviews the Netflix series The Big Film Buffet.
2.00 One year on - remembering the victims of the Whakaari tragedy
After the news we'll be crossing to Mātaatua Wharenui in Whakatane where the victims of the Whakaari tragedy one year ago are being remembered. We'll observe the one minute silence at 2.11pm before speaking to RNZ reporter Sarah Robson who attended the public service at Mātaatua Reserve this morning.
2:25 Bookmarks: PledgeMe's Anna Guenther
Joining us for Bookmarks this week is Anna Guenther, who's the co-founder of crowdfunding platform, PledgeMe. Anna established PledgeMe in 2015 as a way for Kiwis to lend their support to burgeoning startups and campaigns. She joins Jesse in the Christchurch studio to tell us about some of her favourite things!
Anna Guenther. Photo: Supplied.
Anna's picks for Bookmarks
Songs
Jolene by Dolly Parton
Truth Hurts (and anything) by Lizzo
Formation by Beyoncé
Royals by Lorde -
Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels by Todrick Hall
Books
Anything by Tamora Pierce - possibly starting with Alanna in the Lioness Series. I
Let my People Go Surfing by Yvon Choinard
Give and Take by Adam Grant
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Special mentions:
Hope in the Dark / Mother of all Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Movies
Pride
Crip Camp
Dirty Dancing
Ru Paul's Drag Race
Queens Gambit
Love Sick
Podcasts
Dolly Parton's America - Jad Ambudrad
Startup by Gimlet Media (also special mention to Without Fail) .
Future of Sex
3:10 Helen Pluckrose - woke culture is the cause of broken culture
Woke culture is creating a broken culture says British author and culture writer Helen Pluckrose. She argues that too much focus on perceived injustice sometimes serves to hide real injustice. Helen Pluckrose shares her sometimes controversial crusade against what she calls "woke warriors". You can also hear her speaking online at an event next week.
Helen Pluckrose Photo: Supplied
3:35 Stories from Our Changing World. What it takes to live a good life
Psychologist Joseph Bulbulia, from Victoria University of Wellington, tells Alison Ballance that when it comes to having a 'good life', there are several key elements - strong relationships and time to relax.
3:45 The Panel with Ali Jones and Shane Te Pou
Music played in this show
Title: You're Not Alone
Artist: Mavis Staples
Time: 1344
Title: Here Comes the Sun
Artist: Nina Simone
Time: 1355
Title: No Woman, No Cry
Artist: Bob Marley and the Wailers
Time: 1528
INTRO SONG:
Title: Jolene
Artist: Dolly Patron
Time: 1306
FIRST SONG:
Title: I Got You
Artist: Shihad
Time: 1312
BOOKMARKS - Anna Guenther:
Title: Jolene
Artist: Dolly Parton
Time: 1419
Title: Truth Hurts
Artist: Lizzo
Time: 1434
Title: Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels
Artist: Todrick Hall
Time: 1444