Afternoons for Monday 31 July 2023

 

1:15 Turning medical waste into fuel!

The idea of plastic not so fantastic could be turned on its head.

The global issue of medical plastic waste - estimated to have increased by millions of tonnes over the pandemic - has been the subject of a recent study at Canterbury University.

A team of scientists have found a way to face masks into fuel.

Professor Alex Yip, who led the study talks to Jesse.

1.25 Glamour and gumboots event to raise money for food banks

With food banks reporting unprecedented demand across the country.

A photo competition, with an unusual twist, is hoping to provide them some cold hard cash.

Charlotte Harding is one of the organisers of the Wairarapa-based comp - Glamour and Gumboots.

She speaks to Jesse.

1.35 Teddy Bear Hospital events to check teddy health.

We've all heard of a Teddy Bear Picnic but how many of you have heard of a Teddy Bear Hospital?

Well, this Saturday, Dunedin teddy bears can get a full health check-up from head to toe ...

The event - one of two this year - is run by Otago Uni students, one of them is Leilani Jones, she speaks to Jesse.

1:45 Feature album

2:10 Television Critic: Pratik Navani

Today Pratik talks to Jesse about What We Do in the Shadows US Season 5, Creamerie Season 2 and Good Omens Season 2.

2:20 Proud parenting moments

Recently Jesse put the call out to our listeners to tell us about their children/grandchildren or young people in their care and how they have been outstanding.

The response was overwhelming and today we meet one of the many proud people talking about the achievements of their youngsters.

2:30 Expert feature: Policing

Senior Sergeant Nathan Snell has been a police officer for close to a decade, and he's just starting a new role as the road policing service team leader for the Nelson Bays area.

He's here to tell us what it's like to be on the front line.

3:10 The author behind the book which inspired the movie Oppenheimer. 

Every epic film starts with an epic story. And they don't get any bigger than the man who developed and helped deploy the world's first atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. From the moment Film Director Christopher Nolan read a  Pulitzer Prize winning biography  about the leader of the Manhattan Project laboratory, he wanted to tell his story.  Oppenheimer is exceeding box office expectations. The film excavates the life of a complicated man who was once the most respected scientist in the world, but got caught up in the McCarthy Era anti-communist hysteria  and died  humiliated and discredited. The film is inspired by American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird.  We'll talk to Kai Bird about the man, the movie and the legacy of J Robert Oppenheimer.

3:35 Voices

As the FIFA Women's World Cup gets underway, Kadambari Raghukumar talks to the aspect of sustainability in the tournament, with Sheila Nguyen.

3:45 The Panel with Sue Kedgley and Stephen Jacobi