Afternoons for Tuesday 12 October 2021

1:12 First Song

1:17 'Dodgy' debt collection practices must stop - budgeting group 

Christians Against Poverty is renewing calls for government action on "disturbing" tactics by debt collectors - including dressing to resemble police officers. 

A report the group compiled for the Government highlights some of its major concerns and recommendations.

Christians Against Poverty's Social Policy Adviser, Michael Ward, joins Jesse to discuss.

1:31 24-hour Wikipedia 'Edit-a-thon' launches 

Today volunteer Wikipedia editors in Aotearoa are kicking off a 24-hour edit-a-thon. 

The event has been organised by Women in Red - a group working to end the gender gap in the biographies featured on the website. 

They chose this date as it's Ada Lovelace day, Ada being the 19th-century British mathematician who's considered the world's first computer programmer. 

Dr Mike Dickison joins Jesse to tell us more.

1:40 The importance of exercise for kids to build bone density 

It's the school holidays so the perfect time to get the kids outdoors and exercising. 

Professor Thor Besier, from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, tells Jesse why it is important to get kids running and jumping to build bone and muscle density while young.

1:50 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Each Tuesday owner operator of Vertech IT Services, Daniel Watson, talks to Jesse about tech-related issues.

This week he's talking about ways we can get the most out of our wifi at home.

2:10 Book Critic: Anna Rankin

This week Anna joins us to review Amia Srinivasan's book of essays: The Right To Sex. 

2:20 Music feature: Quiet Storm radio

Today we're revisiting the sound of black radio in the 80s with our music feature on Quiet Storm. 

University of Auckland's musicologist Kirsten Zemke shares some of the songs made successful by the Quiet Storm radio format that was popular between the eras of Disco and Hip Hop.

3:10 Former Google executive warns about AI's threat to mankind

Artificial intelligence is smart. Scary smart. And it's only going to get smarter. The former Chief Business Officer of Google, Mo Gawdat has a wake up call for the world. He says AI can either serve humanity or undermine it and the choice is up to all of us. He joins us to explain why we need to be better humans. His new book,  Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World.

3:30 Spoken Feature:BBC Witness History

In the late 1960s, the widow of President Kennedy had a secret romance with Aristotle Onassis, who was then the richest man in the world. Simon Watts spoke to Nico Mastorakis, a Greek journalist who visited Onassis’s yacht in disguise to confirm the relationship and secure a sensational scoop. Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis would go on to marry in October 1968 in a spectacular ceremony on the private island of Skorpios.

3:45 The Panel with Leonie Freeman and Christopher Clarke