Afternoons for Thursday 13 July 2023

1:15 How music can help with speech development

It's estimated between seven and eight percent of primary and high school struggle with Developmental Language Disorder, or DLD.

But a study undertaken at Western Sydney University has proven a new strategy for helping these kids overcome it.

The research utilised musical rhythms to see if it could assist children in processing speech and language, and the results look good.

The co-lead author and cognitive psychologist Dr Anna Fiveash talks to Jesse.

1:25 Reversing the trend of girls quitting sport in their teens

Studies have found that girls are twice as likely to call it quits on sports by the age of 14 than boys are.

It's also been shown that dropping sports altogether can not only have a big impact on health, but also well being, school life and even career trajectories in some cases.

That's why CoachMate and Team Heroine have put together a How to Guide titled "Keeping Girls in the Game".

It offers practical tips for coaches, sports bodies, parents and supporters to help keep girls and young women participating and enjoying the benefits sports offer.

CEO and co-founder of CoachMate Michelle Walshe talks to Jesse.

1:35 Second series of Creamerie launches

Fans of the black comedy series 'Creamerie' will be extra thankful for the public holiday tomorrow when the second season hits TVNZ+.

For the uninitiated, the show is set in a dystopian world where nearly all men have been wiped out by a deadly virus.

One of the stars of the show is Perlina Lau, who will also be taking over RNZ's Sunday afternoon arts and culture programming from the 20th of August.

She talks to Jesse about the TV series' success!

1:45 Giveaway album: Expert in a Dying Field

Today's link 3 winner will get a signed vinyl copy of the Beths latest album Expert in a Dying Field. There's also a deluxe version of the album being released in September this year. You can pre-order your copy at their website here.

2:10 Music Critic: Matthew Crawley

Today Matthew talks to Jesse about new music from Native American songwriter Black Belt Eagle Scout and alt country songwriter Bonnie "Prince" Billy.

2:25 NZ Sporting History: The Bledisloe Cup with Stirling Mortlock

For NZ Sporting history today we're joined by a rugby player who has was once called "captain courageous" by the Australian Rugby Union, `Captain Insano'' to his teammates, "the interceptor" - at least after 2003.

 Former World Cup Captain and Wallaby Stirling Morlock is showing how brave he continues to because today he's talking about the Bledisloe Cup history ahead of the 2023 clash at the end of this month.

3:10 Link 3

3:15 Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson

Today NZ Herald senior writer Simon Wilson joins Jesse to solve the world's problems. Today he's looking at the specific issue on when 'a bit of fun' is really a cover for someone being offensive and they don't want to apologise. He explains how the topic's been prompted by fundraising debate with the moot "All media are drongos".

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris: The history of gambling in NZ

There was one happy Kiwi and thousands of disappointed Kiwis after the recent $33M Lotto win. Gambling has a long history in New Zealand. But when did it begin and how has it changed over the years? Dr Grant Morris explores the background to placing bets in Aotearoa throughout history.

3:35 Spoken Feature BBC Witness

In 1938, a Hungarian journalist, invented the ballpoint pen, because he was sick of smudging the ink from his fountain pen. Inspired by the rollers of the printing press at his newspaper, he came up with the idea for a small ball at the end of the pen, which would stop ink from leaking. Thanks to a chance meeting with the Argentine president , he was invited to Argentina to manufacture his pen. They soon took off and now around 15 million of them are sold every day around the world. Rachel Naylor speaks to the inventor's daughter, Mariana Bíró.

3:45 The Panel with Ruth Money and Peter Field