Afternoons for Friday 19 August 2022

1.10 First song: Six60 release their new single

Six60 have released their latest single today, Before You Leave. They've also announced their tour dates and venues, with some incredible support acts.

A new album's also coming out from the band, Castle is being released in October.

Lead singer Matiu Walters talks to Jesse about their new music and their concerts.

1:15 Concerns about violence at Parliament protest next week

In an analytical piece written for Newsroom, senior political reporter Marc Daalder's raised some concerns about what might happen at a planned protest convoy to Parliament next week.

He's spoken to some experts at the Disinformation Project about what they're expecting and why everyone should be on high alert.

Marc talks to Jesse about the real concerns that online anger and hate will turn into violence on the streets.

1:35 Making plants grow faster with light treatments 

If we continue at our current rate, we won't have enough of many crops to feed the planet.

We need to increase the yield ASAP. But genetic modification and chemical sprays can be slow, expensive, and won't get us to where we need to be.

But a Palmerston North company has been able to improve the productivity of plants with light treatments.

BioLumic Found and Chief Scientific officer Dr Jason Wargent talks to Jesse about their processes.

1:45 Professional Sheep Shearer and Entertainer Billy Black Woolman

How do you know where you're going, if you don't know where you've come from?

It's a question that plagues Professional Sheep Shearer and entertainer Billy Black Woolman.

He thinks New Zealand's pioneer history is fast disappearing and wants to keep it alive for future generations.

He talks to Jesse about his efforts to keep the past present and in the future.

2:10 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett

Today Graeme Tuckett talks to Jesse about Good Luck to You, Quant and The Conference.

2:20 NZ Live: Replay Mitch James

This week's NZ Live performance with the Daffodils sadly has to be rescheduled.

We hope to catch up with them when they have finished the tour they're about to start.

For today instead we're going back to 2018 when Mitch James came to the Auckland studio to perform an NZ Live session.

3:08 Roasted Mushroom Soup

The current weather pattern across Aotearoa is perfect for a belly warming soup.

This week, Jess Daniell of Jess' Underground Kitchen, shares a recipe for roasted mushroom soup. It's a simple but tasty recipe with everything done in the oven. For the vegans you can finish the soup with coconut cream instead of dairy cream.

You can find the recipe for the soup here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 DIY with Stan Scott

Builder Stan Scott joins Jesse to talk about DIY tips for any projects you might have.

You can text in a question to 2101 or email jesse@rnz.co.nz.

3:35 Critter of the Week: The tūtae kēhua

They say once you've smelt this week's critter, you'll never forget it.
 
We're talking about the basket fungus, Ileodictyon cibarium, which appears after Autumn rains.
 
It has about 35 Māori names including tūtae kēhua which means 'ghost droppings' or 'the dung of thunder'.

3:45 The Panel with Penny Ashton and Guy Williams