Afternoons for Wednesday 16 August 2023

 

1:15 First song with Graeme James

Today's first song is with Taranaki based folk musician and busker Graeme James.

He's about to head off on a nation wide tour for his fans, his songs have had over 50 milllion streams.

Graeme's in our Wellington studio to play live for today's first song.

1:25 Elvis impersonator from Aotearoa impressing on the world stage

We like to pride ourselves on how well we do on the world stage for such a small country

But it's not just rugby and cricket, we can now add 'Elvis Tributes' to the list

Che Orton has just competed in the Annual Ultimate Elvis Tribute competition in Memphis, Tennessee.

He speaks to Jesse about his life as an Elvis performer and the competition.

1:35 Demolition of Waiwera, the end of an era

The demolition of the hot pools complex in the north Auckland town of Waiwera spells the end of an era not just for that area, but many families who enjoyed the facilities over the years.

Following a few turbulent years under Russian ownership, the resort is now being torn down in order to attract new buyers to develop.

Fraser Brown's family owned the complex for a number of years, he talks to Jesse about his memories and feelings over the demise of the pools.

1:45 Luke Buda's latest projects

You'll probably recognise the name behind the soundtracks of some of our biggest films, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, Boy and Nude Tuesday.

And now he's one of the names behind the score of the new TV drama Far North.

It came out on Monday and is about one of New Zealand's biggest drug busts - the 449 kilo's found on 90 mile beach in 2016

He's also co-founder of The Phoenix Foundation, Luke Buda, he talks to Jesse.

2.10 Podcast Critic: Adam Burns

Today Adam talks to Jesse about podcasts The Parent Hangover and The Imperfects, both on Apple.

2:25 Bookmarks with Graham Kelly

For Bookmarks today we have former politician, diplomat, musician and author Graham Kelly on the show.

He's also the founder of Porirua's Computers in Homes programme, he has also made plenty of room in his life for music, not only as a member of various bands including The Graham Kelly Dance Band, and The Valley Stomper Dixieland Jazz Band.

Graham also plays a monthly residency at the Whitby retirement village he now calls home.

He talks to Jesse about what likes to read, watch and listen to in his spare time.

3:10 60 songs that explain the 90s - Rob Harvilla's podcast

Oasis, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana,  Billy Ray Cyrus and his Achy Breaky Heart; the music we listened to in the 90's says so much about the era before the internet and smartphones when you watched your favorite TV show when it aired,  or missed it for a year. The Ringer Music writer and  '90s survivor Rob Harvilla takes listeners through the soundtrack of his youth in the podcast 60 Songs that Explain the 90's. He shares his memories as well as an exploration of the lyrics, and influence the songs from the 90's still have on music today

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World - Katy Gosset visits a team at the University of Canterbury using earthquake engineering to develop breast cancer screening tools. 

3:45 The Panel with Paula Penfold and Simon Pound