Afternoons for Tuesday 2 November 2021

 

1:12 First Song

 

1:20 Samoan plant just as good as ibuprofen to treat inflammation 

Researchers have found a Samoan medicinal plant called matalafi that has been used for generations - is just as good as ibuprofen at treating inflammation. 

The research was carried out by a team of scientists including Dr Seei Molimau-Samasoni. 

She talks to Jesse from Samoa - where she now works at the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa.

1:30 Snail farming, how to make money from it!

Snails - most gardeners don't like them for their tendency to chew through seedlings, and leafy greens. 

But Linde Olivier Louwe - a former office manager - has turned to snail farming into a full time job and she's putting together a snail farmers' handbook so others can join her. 

1:40 True Colours online auction to raise money for children with serious conditions and their families

As we all know Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions have been really tough on affected businesses 

But charities, too, are feeling the pinch this year. 

Hamilton's True Colours charity has had to move their annual long-lunch and auction online this year. 

But - there are still some wonderful things on offer.

True Colours' Marketing & Administration Coordinator Heidi Gleeson talks to Jesse about their auction. 

1:50 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT services talks about the importance of two step identity authentication as well as the useful tools you might not know are on Windows 11. 

2:10 Book Critic: Pip Adam 

This week Pip reviews books with a technology theme. She talks about The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power by Max Chafkin and a series of articles written by the Wall Street Journal about the Facebook files. 

2:20 Book writing music with Sam George-Allen

Today's music feature guest is the author and musician Sam George-Allen.

She'll be Zooming into Verb Readers & Writers Festival from Tasmania this week to talk about her book Witches: What Women Do Together.

She joins Jesse to share some of the songs that she listened to while she was writing it.

3:10 The stories our buildings can tell 

Behind every house, every building or manmade creation of bricks or stones is the story of someone who built it and the people who lived in or around them. From the backseat of the family Datsun 180B, Nicola McCloy grew up looking out the window at these buildings on road trips and wondering about the people who lived and worked there. She tells the stories behind stone cottages, churches, taverns and Maori meeting houses up and down the country in her book, Who Lived There? The Stories Behind Historic New Zealand Buildings.

3:30 Spoken Feature: Witness history 

It's almost 30 years since a young girl, 12-year-old Severn Suzuki gave an impassioned speech to the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio. She was the Greta Thunberg of her time. Phil Marzouk has been talking to her about what she hoped for.

3:45 The Panel with Jenni Giblin and Anton Matthews