Afternoons for Tuesday 1 February 2022

 

1:20 Climate change denial akin to anti-vax misinformation spread

Spotify remains in hot water over Covid and vaccine misinformation spread by one of the streaming service's star podcasters, Joe Rogan.

It kicked off last week when musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removed their music from the platform in protest of misleading and false claims made by the podcast host and his guests about the pandemic.

Spotify responded by saying they will add content advisories to any podcast that discusses coronavirus.

While it may seem like misinformation and conspiracy are a modern problem brought on by the pandemic, climate scientists have been facing this for quite some time.

Dr Kevin Trenberth is an internationally recognised expert on climate change and honorary academic at the Faculty of Science at the University of Auckland. He talks to Jesse about how misinformation spreads so quickly.

1:30 Push to rebuild Tokomaru Community shed

A community shed in Tokomaru was the victim of a suspicious fire over the weekend.

The Awhi shed was created by a group of local Dads who go by the name 'the Toko Boys' to support their village through Covid hard times.

Thankfully the fire was contained and no one was hurt.

Lau Daniela is one of the Toko Boys, he talks to Jesse about the shed and the role it plays in their community.

1:40 90 year old cinema owner selling up after six decades

After sixty years one of New Zealand's oldest cinema's is up for sale.

The Hollywood Cinema in the Christchurch suburb of Sumner opened in 1938 and 90 year old owner, Lang Master, has been running it since 1962.

He feels its time to give up working 7 days a week and let fresh hands take over. He talks to Jesse about his long career and what his next move.

1:50 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Neuro-psychologist and clinical psychologist Hannah Korrel talks to Jesse about relationship conundrums and friendship dilemmas.

This week she talks about setting good intentions and being assertive in 2022.

2:10 Book Critic: Pip Adam

Today Pip Adam's theme is 'banned books'. She's been prompted to go back through time following the news that Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer prize-winning novel about the Holocaust, Maus was removed from the curriculum by a Tennesee school board. The books she's talking about are A Matter of Obscenity: The politics of censorship in Modern England By Chris Hilliard, Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin and an essay from the same author written in 1976 titled, 'Is Gender Necessary? Redux".

2:20 Music feature: Maria Mo on the influence of musical teacher Janetta McStay

For our Tuesday music feature today we're diving into the history of music teaching in Aotearoa.

Maria Mo is our classical music correspondent and today she's going to tell us about a woman who changed the game for piano teaching and playing in New Zealand.

3:10 How child's play can change the world

A game of peek-a-boo can change the world. That's the advice of a seven year old from Queensland and more than five million people have taken it. She's the youngest person ever to give a Ted Talk.  Molly is a champion of the Thrive by Five initiative that gives parents support to implement science based ideas on child development including the power of playing with our kids.  We'll talk to Molly Wright Former  South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill , the Thrive by Five CEO,  about why fun is more than child's play.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Sporting History

At the 1998 Winter Olympics, Shiva Keshavan became the first Indian to compete in one of the most dangerous winter sports events - the luge. The 16-year old was the only athlete in the Indian team in Nagano and had to lead himself out in the opening ceremony. He took part in a further five Winter Olympics and is credited with boosting awareness of snow sports in India.  He spoke to Farhana Haider in 2020.

3:45 The Panel with Mihingarangi Forbes and Chris Finlayson