Nine To Noon for Thursday 10 March 2022

 

 

09:05 "I've left my homeland" : Ukranian refugee in Poland

Kathryn speaks with Ukrainian journalist, now refugee in Poland Sofia Koczmar-Tymoshenko. She is one of an estimated two million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion, mostly to Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.  Just today 40,000 people have been evacuated from conflict zones around the country during a 12 hour ceasefire. Until recently Sofia Koczmar-Tymoshenko was working as a journalist in Kyiv, but  made the decision to flee with her husband and young daughter.  Kathryn also speaks with Jess Letch, manager of disaster and crisis response with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies based in Budapest.

09:30 Finding Shackleton's lost ship Endurance off Antarctica

Scientists have found and videoed South Pole explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship The Endurance, which was lost in November 1915. 107 years later, the wooden ship has been located three kilometres down in the icy Antarctic Weddell Sea, in remarkable condition. The ship was crushed by sea-ice and sank, forcing Shackleton and his crew to abandoned ship and escape on foot and in small boats. The mission's leader veteran polar geographer Dr John Shears had described it as "the world's most difficult shipwreck search". The crew battled constantly-shifting sea-ice, blizzards, and temperatures dropping down to -18C.  Kathryn speaks with photographer and drone operator on the expedition James Blake, son of New Zealand sailor and environmentalist Sir Peter Blake and Lady Pippa.
 

09:45 UK: Diplomacy over Ukraine, refugees row, Covid uptick, Bercow ban

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to discuss the standing ovation given to Ukraine's President Zelensky during his address to the House of Commons, and how the foreign secretary Liz Truss has attended the EU summit since the first time since Brexit as the crisis reshapes alliances in Europe. Refugees are pouring into Europe, could the UK take more? Covid cases are on the rise again in the UK - just as the over-75s face their fourth jab, and former speaker John Bercow has been found by an independent panel to be a serial bully and a serial liar.

10:05 Dr Becky Smethurst: Black Hole gazing 

We all know what a black hole is don't we? They suck everything in and there's no light or time in the middle. At least that's how they work in films. Our guest this morning is a woman who has dedicated her life to trying to find out exactly what they are, and tell people about it!

Dr Rebecca Smethurst is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is currently working as a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She's the author of Space: 10 Things You Should Know and Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time. But she's known better to many as Dr Becky, on her staggeringly popular youtube channel where she does everything from meme dissection to deep analysis of new astrophysical research. 

10:35 Book review: Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale

Louise O'Brien reviews Mother's Boy by Patrick Gale, published by Hachette New Zealand

10:45 The Reading

Stuart Devenie reads episode 14 of Live Bodies, written by Maurice Gee.

11:05 Tech response to Ukraine crisis, NFT cautionary tale

Technology commentator Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at how tech companies have responded to the crisis in Ukraine, and how a Hamilton 20-year-old's $70 million NFT sale is a real case of buyer-beware.

11:25 How to help highly sensitive children

Kathryn chats with Jacqui Maguire about how to help highly sensitive children manage their emotions. These might be children who have large empathy for others, who are deeply reflective, or can be easily overstimulated or overwhelmed. Jacqui says highly sensitive children make up 20 per cent of all children. Jacqui is a clinical psychologist, speaker and author of the children's book When the Wind Blew.

11:45 Film & TV: Quacks, Beyond the Veil, Louis Theroux: Forbidden America

Film and TV correspondent Tamar Munch joins Kathryn to look at BBC comedy Quacks, screening on Rialto Channel. She'll also preview TVNZ's Beyond the Veil, a collection of supernatural stories and a new documentary series from Louis Theroux called Forbidden America, screening on Prime.

Music played in this show

Artist:  Valerie June
Track: Smile
Time played: 09:45

Artist:  Beach House
Track: Once twice melody
Time played: 10:44

Artist:  Mitski
Track: The Only Heartberaker
Time played: 11:25