Afternoons for Wednesday 16 June 2021
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The humble story of the vinegar fly
1:30 PM.Well, time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. We were talking about storing fruit on Monday and lots of people had question about fruit flies. Who better to answer them than bug man… Read more Audio
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10,000 school lunches served in 6 months
1:40 PM.It's been a big year for the team at Nourish Ōraka in the Ōtautahi suburb of Shirley. Bec Roper-Gee from Nourish Ōraka joins Jesse to explain how they've provided over 10 thousand school lunches. Read more Audio
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Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
1:54 PM.RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz. Audio
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Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell
2:12 PM.RNZ's Paul Bushnell has been listening to podcasts that he feels really demand your attention. He joins Jesse to discuss Tumanbay and The Cipher, both made by the BBC. Audio
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Bookmarks with Paul Williams
2:20 PM.Comedian and musician, Paul Williams, joins us for Bookmarks today. Paul has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe among others. Read more Audio
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Why 30 is not the new 20
3:08 PM.Does it really matter how you spend your 20s? If you treat the decade as "developmental downtime" you're missing an opportunity to get a head start at life, argues Dr Meg Jay, author of the… Read more Video, Audio
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Our Changing World – ME/CFS and long Covid
3:35 PM.Numbers of long Covid patients are growing worldwide. This chronic, multi system illness appears to share many symptoms with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). A biochemistry… Read more Audio
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1:17 Team NZ looking for new waters for America's Cup regatta
It's unclear where the next America's Cup regatta will be held, but all signs so far from Team New Zealand are that it won't be in Auckland again. Just a few hours ago Minister responsible for the America's Cup Stuart Nash confirmed that the joint Crown-Auckland Council offer to host the next regatta has been declined by the board of Team NZ.
Richard Gladwell is the New Zealand Editor for Sail-World.com.
Photo: PHOTOSPORT
1:27 The humble story of the vinegar fly
Well, time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
We were talking about storing fruit on Monday and lots of people had question about fruit flies.
Who better to answer them than bug man, entomologist and naturalist Ruud Kleinpaste.
Photo: Publci Domain, photo by Jesse Rorabaugh
1:37 10,000 school lunches served in 6 months
It's been a big year for the team at Nourish Ōraka in the Ōtautahi suburb of Shirley. They've gone from having a plan to provide school lunches for students at Shirley Primary school, to this week serving their ten thousandth lunch! Bec Roper-Gee from Nourish Ōraka joins Jesse to explain hw they're getting it done.
Photo: Nourish Ōraka
1:55 Afternoons Quiz Robert Kelly
RNZ producer and onetime bookseller Robert Kelly presents his weekly quiz.
Photo: Public Domain
Tumanbay, The Cipher podcast images Photo: BBC
2.12 Podcast Critic: Paul Bushnell
RNZ's Paul Bushnell has been listening to podcasts that he feels really demand your attention. He joins Jesse to discuss Tumanbay and The Cipher, both made by the BBC.
2:25 Bookmarks with Paul Williams
Comedian and musician, Paul Williams, joins us for Bookmarks today.
Paul has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe among others.
And, most recently, you might have spotted him on TV show Taskmaster New Zealand!
He shares some of his favourite songs, books, movies, TV shows and podcasts with Jesse.
Paul Williams. Photo: Supplied.
Paul's favourite picks:
Movies:
The Sound of Music
To Catch a Thief
North by Northwest
Vertigo
TV:
Freaks & Geeks
The Office
Arrested Development
Podcasts:
Reply All - Episode 158: The Case of the Missing Hit.
The History of the Seattle Mariners - Dorktown.
Books:
Nomad - Alan Partridge
The Thief Lord - Cornelia Funke
Music:
Heard ‘Em Say - Kanye West
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
You Only Live Once - The Strokes
My Favourite Things - Julie Andrews
3:10 Why 30 will never be the new 20!
30 is not the new 20. Our twenties are the most transformative period in our lives says psychologist Dr Meg Jay. But too many twentysomethings put off big decisions about jobs and relationships and exploration becomes procrastination. We'll talk to Dr Meg Jay about the update to her ground breaking book, The Defining Decade.
Dr Meg Jay Photo: supplied
3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and long Covid patients share many symptoms. A biochemistry lab group in the University of Otago are investigating whether they share the same patterns of change at a cellular level too. Claire Concannon finds out about the experiments they are working on.
Tina Edgar, the Tate lab technician, processes blood samples to extract DNA and proteins. Photo: RNZ
3:45 The Panel with Cindy Mitchener and Nick Ward
