Afternoons for Tuesday 9 November 2021

 

1:12 First Song

 

1:20 Massey University student working on life changing robot capsule 

A Masey University PhD student is working on a robotic capsule, which could take samples of microogranisms, or digestive fluids, from the full length of the gut. 

Muhammad Rehan represented New Zealand at the Falling Walls Lab finale over the weekend - a competition where people pitch ideas about how they might fix global challenges. He talks to Jesse about the potential of his capsule.

1:30 Currification documentary looks at the stories behind Auckland's Indian food scene 

Just a warning this interview might make you a little hungry!

Curryfication is a documentary that explores Auckland's Indian food scene, and shares the stories of the people behind some treasured restaurants. 

 Filmmaker Amit Tripuraneni talks to Jesse about the project and the stories he's telling. 

1:40 Community Builders in South Auckland, busier than ever 

The Community Builders now is a community led trust based in Otara in South Auckland which is in increased demand during this lockdown. 

Their community has been hit hard by Covid-19 job losses, and they've been keeping busy supporting people under Alert Level 3.

Terangi Parima, co-director of The Community Builders NZ Trust talks to Jesse about what they've been doing and the support they need. 

You can help their cause here. 

1:50 Relationship advice with Hannah Korrel 

Dr Hannah Korrel is both a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Registered Psychologist. She holds a Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology and PhD in neuroscience from the University of Melbourne.

Dr Hannah completed over a decade of study to become qualified in conditions of the brain and psychology of relationships. She's joining Jesse every fortnight to talk about relationship issues people encounter and offer some ways to resolve them. 

Today she's discussing how to work around differing views on COVID vaccines within relationships. 

2:10 Book Critic: Catherine Robertson 

Today Catherine Robertson looks at, Nine Lives. Its and initiative by Upstart Press which asked New Zealander writers to provide an essay on a notable New Zealander of their choice. 

Some subjects are well-known, others not, but the essays are all far from dry, dispassionate potted biographies. 

2:20 Memorable Live Performances with DJ Sticky Fingaz

For today's music feature RNZer Brad Warrington aka dj Sticky Fingaz has pulled together a playlist of the most memorable live performances of all time and will be playing us some tracks.

You can check his full playlist out on Spotify and YouTube.

 

3:10 COVID and the economy; what we've learnt so far 

If there's one thing the pandemic has taught us, it's that world leaders can let go of the purse strings and pour trillions into helping people if they really want to. That's one of many things economic historian Adam Tooze believes we can learn from when the world has to take on big issues. He looks at the ways people and economies suffered  from COVID-19 in his book  Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy. He also has a regular podcast called Ones and Tooze. You can find it here.   

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness 

In the 1980s, a Hawaiian-born wrestler took the traditional world of Japanese sumo by storm. Known as the Dumptruck because of his huge size, he won legions of fans and paved the way for the internationalisation of the sport. The Dumptruck shares his love of Sumo - and Hawaiian hula music - with Will Yates.

3:45 The Panel with Sally Wenley and Allan Blackman