30 Jul 2019

The Panel with Fatumata Bah and Tim Watkin (Part 2)

From The Panel, 4:05 pm on 30 July 2019

A young South Korean YouTube star has just bought a $12 million dollar house in the fashionable Gangnam district of Seoul, from the money she's earned from her toy review videos. So, the Question of the Day is: What was your favourite toy as a child? There seems to be a movement in Europe to go back to restricting opening hours on Sundays. In the US, the major fast-food chain Chick-fil-A has been closed on Sundays since it was founded in 1946, even though it's sacrificing $1BN in income. People with disabilities are falling through the cracks when it comes to the workplace. Workbridge is an organisation that places round 3,000 people with disabilites into jobs each year. Its CEO Jonathan Mosen says disabled jobseekers have too many negative experiences. And on top of that the disabled are largely invisible in important dialogue about New Zealand life. Muslim leaders prayed with the people of Ihumatao on the weekend, sharing the pain of having their sacred spaces attacked. How important is kind of gesture? Ending today with a question of staggering importance ... what's the best way to stop yourself from falling asleep in meetings?