Afternoons for Tuesday 21 March 2023

 

1:15 The future of electric aviation

Aviation currently makes up 3.5 percent of global carbon emissions, and that number is only set to rise.

So, airlines and Governments around the world agree that the race is now on to decarbonise air travel.

And many have committed to making it a reality by 2050.

Dr Grant Lumsden is partnerships manager at Wellington UniVentures, talks to Jesse about some of the issues surrounding electric aviation.

1:25 Columnist turned author Megan Nicol Reed on her debut novel 

Megan Nicol Reed might not be a new name to you if you've been a reader of the Sunday Star times or Canvas magazine over the years.

But now she's back with her debut novel.

The book - 'One of Those Mothers' - takes aim at the dark secrets bubbling under the surface of a middle-class neighbourhood.

It's out this week and author Megan Nicol Reed talks to Jesse.

1:35 Garden gnome research, what we should know 

Garden gnomes, some obsess over them while others find them tacky and outdated.

Well, University of Waikato School of Science associate professor Ian Duggan thinks there'e more to them than meets they eye.

He's recently presented an paper on the cultural history of garden gnomes in New Zealand./ 

He joins Jesse to share more on what's discovered.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Today Vertech It Services owner and managing director Daniel Watson talks to Jesse about what to look for in a business to indicate whether they actually take your privacy seriously. 

2:10 Book Critic: Claire Mabey

Today Claire talks to Jesse about three different memoirs. The Other Side by Jennifer Higgie, A Forager's Life by Helen Lehndorf and Winter Warmers: Recipes and stories from  a New Zealand High Country Station by Philippa Cameron.

2:20 Music feature: Prince with Josh Ellery

For today's music feature we focus in on the career and legacy of Prince.

Emerging in the late 1970s as a prodigy musician, he developed a reputation as a prolific virtuoso who wrote, produced, arranged, and performed his own music.

In his lifetime he released a whopping 42 studio albums, selling over 100 million records while raking in Grammys and even an Oscar for 'Purple Rain'.

Aside from the songs he was known for mainataining a level of mystique as an artist, rarely granting interviews despite his flamboyant stage persona.

Musicologist Josh Ellery joins Jesse to talk about his music and his life.

3:10 Emma Warren looks at the reasons we dance

Humans dance. It’s what we do. So many of our important ceremonies and rituals throughout history include dancing; courtly ballrooms, weddings, school discos. Our favorite dances and dance halls reflect the times and they reflect us,  from the Twist in the 60’s to the Macarena of the 90’s. There is a particular joy and connection that comes with moving to music alongside other people says music and culture writer Emma Warren. But she says, the opportunities to gather together and dance are diminishing with the closing of venues like nightclubs and dance halls. Her new book looks at the importance of dance as a political act, a way to express ourselves and as a source of solidarity.  It’s called "Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor."

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In 1974, legendary Vietnamese actress Kieu Chinh (Kew Chin) found herself on a farm in Canada cleaning up after chicken.

She had narrowly escaped the fall of Saigon and a jail sentence in Singapore but Kieu was determined to get back to doing what she loved... making movies.

How would she do it?...Well, it involved Hollywood stars Burt Reynolds, William Holden and Tippi Hedren.

3:45 The Panel with Ali Mau and Simon Pound