Afternoons for Thursday 17 March 2022

1:20 Building a tiny home in a week - yes you can!

Can you build a home in a week?

The answer is yes. But it helps if you're building a tiny house, and if you have an enthusiastic team of builders working alongside you.

Wellington man Matthew Lillis has just about completed his own tiny home with the help of an intensive Ever Homes tiny homes workshop in Raglan earlier this year.

And the cost of this intensive build? Just $50,000. Matthew talks to Jesse about how it can be done.

1:30 Call for civics to be a core subject in school curricula

The Government is being urged to introduce civics education into schools nationwide.

Joni Tomsett is a 28-year-old student from the Tasman region and is behind a petition calling for civics to be made a core subject in all secondary schools by 2026.

Joni, who's also a member of the Motueka Community Board of Tasman District Council, talks to Jesse about her campaign.

1.40 Entrepreneur steps in to save railway cottages in Napier

A Waikato businessman has stepped in to buy up six railway cottages in Napier which were earmarked for demolition.

Instead Harry Mowbray will relocate the small houses to a railway settlement he's building in Waikato.

Harry talks to Jesse about his project and saving the cottages from the wrecking ball.

1:45 Great album: Franz Ferdinand Hits To The Head

Today link three winner will receive a copy of the 2LP Hits To The Head by Franz Ferdinand. It's a compilation of their 20 greatest hits and a new track, Billy Goodbye.

2:10 Music Critic: Tony Stamp

Today Tony talks to Jesse about music from Syl Johnson and Orlando Weeks.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: 1995 America's Cup

Today we hear the origin story of Peter Blake's lucky red socks with legendary commentator Peter Montgomery.

Peter Montgomery covered the entire 1995 campaign in San Diego, including both challenger and defender selections.

He was there when One Australia capsised and as Black Magic crossed the finish line in victory.

Jesse talks to him about the significance of that year and the impact it had on the campaigns to follow.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Dave Armstrong

Today Dave looks the problems facing Wellington as the pandemic keeps the streets empty and hospitality suffers. He's also looking at ongoing H2O issues for the capital, including that there's been no fluoride in their water for sometime.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris talking inflation

Inflation is a hot topic in NZ right now.  We know things are bad but just how bad?  Today historian Dr Grant Morris  explores the most famous historical examples of hyperinflation and conclude that things could be a lot worse.  He's going to cover the period from 1918 to the present day.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In the 1990s, doctors in Berlin began a cutting-edge treatment programme that led to a patient being cured of HIV/AIDS. The so-called "Berlin patient" was Timothy Ray Brown - he was suffering from leukaemia as well as HIV/AIDS, and was given a bone marrow transplant from a donor with a rare genetic mutation which killed off the HIV virus. Timothy Ray Brown was a campaigner for AIDS research until his death, from leukaemia in 2020. Ashley Byrne speaks to his partner, Tim Hoeffgen.

3:45 The Panel with