Saturday Morning for Saturday 23 August 2008
Guest details for Saturday Morning 23 August 2008
8:12 Nicholas Carr
Nicholas Carr shook up the computer industry with his 2004 book, Does IT Matter (Harvard Business School Press, ISBN: 978-1591394440). He posts regularly on his Rough Type blog from his Colorado base, and his new book The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google (W.W. Norton & Co, ISBN: 978-0393062281), was published earlier this year. He wrote the article Is Google Making Us Stupid? for the July/August 2008 issue of The Atlantic Monthly.
8:30 Tui de Roy
Tui De Roy is recognized internationally as one of the world's great wildlife photographers. Born in Belgium, she lived on the Galapagos Archipelago from the age of two, and is now based in Nelson. She has had work published in more than 25 countries, in publications such as International Wildlife, Ocean Realm, and BBC Wildlife, and is the author of Galapagos, Islands Lost in Time, and Galapagos, Islands Born of Fire. Her new book, written with Mark Jones and Julian Fitter, is Albatross: Their World, Their Ways (David Bateman, ISBN: 9781869536244), which includes selections from her comprehensive collection of photographs of the giant, endangered bird. Tui will present a slideshow on the albatross at her book launches in Dunedin (Otago Museum, 5:30pm on 26 August), Christchurch (Antarctic House, 5:30pm on 27 August), Invercargill (Kelvin Hotel, 7:30pm on 28 August) and Wellington (Department of Conservation foyer, 5:30pm on 8 September). You can track the flight of Toroa, the 500th chick raised in the Albatross Colony in Dunedin, here.
9:05 Judge Jerry Paradis
Jerry Paradis retired as a judge for the Provincial Court of British Columbia in 2003. During his time on the bench, he dealt with over a thousand cases involving the possession, trafficking or production of drugs. His experiences led him to become a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an organisation comprised of current and former members of the law enforcement and criminal justice communities who speak out about the failures of existing drug policies. He is visiting New Zealand as an Executive Board Member of LEAP to present to the NZ Law Commission's review on Drug Policy and the Law, and to undertake speaking engagements around the country from 20 August to 7 September. His next engagement is in Wellington on 27 August.
9:45 Kate's Klassic
Kate Camp will discuss Franz Kafka's 1925 novel, The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics, ISBN: 978-0-141-18290-2).
10:05 Playing Favourites with David O'Donnell
Award-winning theatre director David O'Donnell is Programme Director, Theatre at Victoria University, Wellington, where he teaches theatre history, practical theatre and directing. His recent productions include Yours Truly by Albert Belz (winner of Production of the Year and Most Original Production at the 2006 Chapman Tripp Awards) and Te Karakia by Albert Belz for the 2008 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts. He has written numerous articles on New Zealand and Pacific theatre and is the co-editor with Marc Maufort of Performing Aotearoa: New Zealand Theatre and Drama in an Age of Transition (PIE Peter Lang, ISBN: 978-90-5201-359-6).
11:05 Food with Nicky Owers
Nicky Owers has been a vegetarian cook for over 24 years. She runs classical and modern vegetarian cookery workshops from her home in Lower Hutt. You can find her recipe for Baked Tofu Cutlets here.
11:30 Ian Hunter
Business historian Dr Ian Hunter is a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland Business School, where he teaches international entrepreneurship, new ventures, innovation and management. His book on early New Zealand innovation and entrepreneurship, The Age of Enterprise: Rediscovering the New Zealand Entrepreneur, 1880-1910 (Auckland University Press) was a finalist in the history category of the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. His new book, Imagine (Penguin, ISBN: 978-0-14-300802-6), looks at the lives of innovators such as Wedgwood, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mozart and Walt Disney, and the characteristics that they share.
Music played during the programme
Fleetwood Mac: Albatross
The 1969 single
(Blue Horizon)
Played at around 8:30am
Noah and the Whale: Five Years Time
From the 2008 album: Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down
(Mercury)
Played at around 9:40am
Glen Campbell: These Days
From the 2008 album: Meet Glen Campbell
(Capitol)
Played at around 11:10am
Conor Oberst: Milk Thistle
From the 2008 album: Conor Oberst
(Conor Oberst/Spunk)
Played at around 11:35am
Playing Favourites with David O'Donnell:
Shirley Bassey: Goldfinger
From the 1964 film soundtrack: Goldfinger
(EMI)
Played at around 10:15
Smith: The Weight
From the 1968 film soundtrack: Easy Rider
(MCA)
Played at around 10:25
Akiko Yano and The Chieftains: Sake in the Jar
From the 199 album: Tears of Stone
(RCA)
Played at around 10:45
Straitjacket Fits: Down in Splendour
From the 1990 album: Melt
(Flying Nun)
Played at around 10:55
Reading While Waiting
Kim mentioned the worldwide Reading While Waiting project, organised globally by Random Alphabets in Malaysia.
At 3:00pm today, Saturday 23 August, wherever you are in the country, stop what you are doing - head to a public space, either alone or with friends and start reading for 15 minutes.
If you live in Auckland , Christchurch or Wellington and want to read in a group, head to Aotea Square, Cathedral Square or Civic. You can also go to the Face Book group pages, with pages for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Studio operators
Wellington engineer: Carol Jones
Auckland engineer: Jeremy Ansell