Afternoons for Tuesday 19 July 2022

 

1:20 40 years of HIV and AIDs Response in Aotearoa

A new podcast is highlighting New Zealand's world-leading response to HIV and AIDS in a way never heard before. Our Forgotten Epidemic covers inspirational stories behind 40 years of Aotearoa's response. The six-part series from the Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly the New Zealand AIDS Foundation) is launching today.Jesse speaks to the foundation's CEO Joe Rich.

1:30 Wellingtonians love their baby talk

A new study has found that Wellingtonians are big into their baby-talk! The research found that many people around the world naturally pitch up their voices when they talk and sing to babies, but no one quite as much as New Zealanders. To tell us more about her research Jesse interviews one of the lead authors of the study, Courtney Hilton from the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.

1:40 "Muru" to premier at NZ International Film Festival 

'Muru', a new film from the director behind 'Poi E: The Story of our Song' and 'Mt. Zion', will make its world premier at the Whānau Mārama NZ International Film Festival, where it has been announced as the opening night film. It dramatises the controversial 2007 police raids on the Tūhoe community of Urewera, where 18 people were arrested under suspicion of domestic terrorism. It stars Cliff Curtis as a conflicted Tūhoe police sergeant and activist Tame Iti as himself. 

1:50 Relationships with Hannah Korrel

Neuropsychologist Dr Hannah Korrel has advice for parents worried about young children and their cognition. She talks about how to navigate discussing these concerns around children.

2:10 Book Critic

Our book critic, Catherine Robertson gives a shout-out to NZ's independent publishers. She also gives her verdict on the latest novel by Cristina Sanders, "Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant."

2:20 Music feature 

 We celebrate one of the biggest UK rock bands not just of the 1990s, but of all time. Forming in Manchester in 1991, Oasis had multiple band member changes over the years, but the Gallagher brothers remained staples. Music industry insider and commentator, Marty Jones gives his top Oasis picks. 

3:10 Feature interview 

It's been quite a journey for singer songwriter A.J. Croce to step outside his famous father's shadow and move ahead so life doesn't pass him by. A.J. was not yet two when his father, Jim Croce died in a plane crash. And what happened next has not been easy.  His mother got involved with a man who beat him badly, leaving him partially blind. His wife died from a rare heart condition. For years, he didn't want to play his father's familiar music. But now he connects with his Dad by performing those classic songs and uses all the  hardships to fuel creativity. He's also just released  a new single called "So Much Fun".

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC's Witness History

In Mexico City in 1951, chemist Dr Carl Djerassi (Djurasi) synthesized a synthetic hormone called norethisterone from Mexican wild yams. It went on to become the contraceptive pill's active ingredient and changed women's lives forever. Rachel Naylor has been listening to BBC archive interviews with Dr Djerassi.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct3c16

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