Afternoons for Tuesday 15 August 2023

 

1:15 Collagen testing volunteers being sought in Palmerston North

Collagen is being marketed by the supplement industry as the answer to many of the problems we experience as our bodies age.

But one kiwi scientist is investigating whether supplements really are the silver bullet.

Drew Gordon is a PHD candidate at the School of Food and Advanced Technology at Massey University in Palmerston North.
 
His research is around the effectiveness of different types of collagen, and how much we need to take to make a difference. He speaks to Jesse.

1:25 Hollyford Conservation predator free project working well!

A South Island conservation project caught over 1,300 predators in the last year.

The results have been quite staggering. For example, the miromiro population has risen from one to six birds per hectare since 2016.

The Hollyford Conservation Trust covers 12,000 hectares centred in Martin's Bay, Fiordland. Manager Lindsay Wilson has worked in the area for over a decade.

1:35 Are we alone out there in the Universe?

Are we alone? It's the perennial question that drives the search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System.

And there have been some remarkable discoveries that are raising the odds of finding life.

Someone who can tell us a bit more about  the possibility of alien life is former NASA researcher and University of Auckland astrobiologist Professor Kathy Campbell. She speaks to Jesse.

1:45 Tech Tuesday with Ben Kepes

This week for Tech Tuesday entrepreneur and technology expert and Cactus Outdoor founder Ben Kepes joins Jesse to talk about a new report out on how to create a new Silicon Valley (sans employment issues experienced!) here in Aotearoa.

2:10 Book Critic: Pip Adam

Today Pip talks to Jesse about author Isabel Waidner and their work including a number of podcasts as well as books.

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Brad Foster reports on football fever sweeping Australia right now and the disappearance of part of one of Australia's Big Things - those oversized statues that were created to attract tourists. He also gives us an update on an incident at Sydney Airport yesterday and the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

2:30 Music feature: Women of Soul with Wallace

For our music feature we're talking about the women of soul music with Wellington-based musician Wallace.

Wallace has performed with us on NZ Live, and it's a pleasure to have her back in the studio to talk about the voices that have inspired her.

She plays the soul tracks she loves and talks about what makes them so special.

3:10 More play could be a way to have less anxiety and depression in young people

Dr Peter Gray has been saying it for years; kids are suffering from more anxiety and depression in part because we've taken play away from kids and replaced it with structured or online activities and school work. Dr Gray is a professor of psychology at Boston College and a world authority on the importance of play.  He shares his latest research that shows kids who aren't allowed to play freely lose their sense of autonomy, have trouble thinking independently and lack of play can even impact their ability to work through problems with other kids.  He shares his research that shows that play makes us more human.

3:30 Spoken Feature: BBC Witness

In the early 1980s, the young black graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat took the New York art world by storm. Soon, his paintings were selling for huge sums of money, but he would die before the decade was out, on the 12th August 1988. Tom Esslemont hears from Patti Astor who knew him in his heyday.

3:45 The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Dean Hall