Afternoons for Monday 28 June 2021

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1:12 First song

 

1:17 Bernard Hickey on his most despairing and ugly column ever

Columnist and host of the Spinoff podcast When the Facts Change, Bernard Hickey, coined a column he wrote last week the ugliest and most despairing he has ever written.

He talks to Jesse about the piece and looking at how a generation has lost hope for secure and healthy homes.

1.27 Growing demand for home grown possum dog food

There is growing demand for dog food made from possums in New Zealand,

One major company purchases about 100 tonnes of possum meat each year.

The biggest supplier in the country is Pest Pro NZ in Katikati which is facing growing demand for wild meat for pet food.

Pest Pro's manager Zach Howarth talks to Jesse about the wild meat boom in the pet food industry.

1.34 Sulphites in wine - harmful or just misunderstood? 

Red wine headaches, every group has that one person who complains of them. If you can’t think of who, chances are it’s you. Sulphur dioxide, or SO2, has long been considered the culprit, and for decades pilloried in pop-culture and mainstream media. Wine writer and co-founder of Wine Friend Yvonne Lorkin joins Jesse from wine country to discuss.  

1:45 Great NZ Album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Claire Chitham 

Today Claire Reviews, Brokenwood Mysteries on TVNZ, Giri/Haji on Netflix. Doco 'Head Above Water' on Amazon and Physical on Apple TV.

2:20  The Lazarus Heist: Episode 2

In a new series from the BBC Worldservice The Lazarus Heist tells the true story of an attempted $1 billion hack, which investigators say was carried out by a secretive ring of elite North Korean hackers. While it could be the plot of a Hollywood movie, the work of this dangerous group of hackers caused worldwide panic that was only too real. 

This week in episode 2:  A comedy plot, Kim Jong-un and a devastating cyber-attack. The story of the Sony hack. How the Lazarus Group hackers caused mayhem in Hollywood and for Sony Pictures Entertainment. And this is just the beginning. 

2:30 Expert feature: Hats and hat-making 

Today we are talking about an item of clothing that can make or break an outfit - the hat!

Simon Smuts-Kennedy, also known as 'Hatman', is the general manager of Hills Hats. Hills Hats has been making fashionable headware for 145 years.

He joins Jesse on the show to answer all your questions about hats! 

3:10 Learning from strong women to raise resilient young men

It took a long line of strong Maori women to show Jeff Nelligan how to be a good man, and a good father. He’s raised three boys with confidence and character by giving his sons little challenges to help them learn how to take on the big ones that come their way.  He offers advice from a dad for dads in his book: Four Lessons From My Three Sons

3:35 Voices

On Voices, Kadambari Raghukumar meets one of the most recent people to be given refugee status in Aotearoa  – as recently as 2 weeks ago, after spending the past year as an asylum seeker.

3:45 The Panel with Michele A'Court and Conor English