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Afternoons for Wednesday 27 September 2023

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1:15 Kiwi comedian's unpredictable train journey

Yesterday New Zealand comedian James Nokise was supposed to be on an evening train from London to Edinburgh, that usually takes just under 6 hours.

But 10 minutes into the journey the train manager said they'd 'heard from passengers' that the train they were on had been cancelled. 

James Nokise tells Jesse all about the unpredictable 11-hour train/taxi journey he shared with hundreds of other people that ended at 3:20am.

James Nokise

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1:25 Shadon Meredith's love letter 

Shadon will be familiar to some, having played Matiu Thompson on Shortland Street for a couple of years, as well as for his appearances on Rurangi and TVNZ's Toi Time, and right now you can see Shadon in his play Waiting which opened in Auckland last night.

Waiting is a love letter to Shadon's son and has scooped up the awards over the years. 

Jesse talks to Shadon about the latest iteration of the play. 

Shadon Meredith

Photo: Andi Crown

1:35 What to do seconds before a crash

Picture this... you're driving along when suddenly an oncoming car drifts into your lane. You're about to have a head-on collision... what do you do?

For most of us, the answer might be simply stomping on the breaks - but this isn't always the best thing to do.

Crash avoidance techniques are pre-planned maneuvers that can help you stop a crash from occurring all together. 

Similar to knowing to Stop, Drop, and Roll if your clothing's on fire, crash avoidance techniques should be second nature if we want them to actually work when we need them too.

Allan Kirk is the CEO of the New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants and he's here to give us some tips on what to do in these situations.

Auto accident. Crashed car in the street. Damaged car after collision

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1:45 A local take on Taylor Swift, but academic 

Swiftposium is an academic conference on Taylor Swift happening in Melbourne next year.

The Swiftposium aims to discuss the implications of Swift's impact on a range of issues including gender, the economy, mental health, and the law.

Rebecca Trelease is a Senior Communication Studies lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, and she explains to Jesse why there's so much more to be learnt from a Taylor Swift song than what meets the eye.

US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs onstage on the first night of her "Eras Tour" at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on 31 March, 2023.

US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs onstage on the first night of her 'Eras Tour' at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on 31 March, 2023. Photo: AFP / Suzanne Cordeiro

2.10 Podcast Critic: Ximena Smith

Podcast Critic Ximena Smith reviews BBC podcast Vishal and comedy fiction podcast series Conference Call. 

2:20 Collectors Corner: Ministry of Transport memorabilia

Glenn Cockroft lives in Otatara, an outer suburb of Aotearoa's southernmost city.

In this charming Invercargill outpost, you'll find Glenn's significant collection of Ministry of Transport memorabilia.

Jesse talks to Glenn all about this unusual and fascinating collection.

Glen Cockroft holds an old MOT hat beside one of the patrol cars (PHOTO: Supplied)

A display of one of every parking meter that was ever installed in Invercargill (the first one on the far left was 1954) (PHOTO: Supplied)

One of the many glass display cases which contain the many various exhibits on display within the 300sq meter building (PHOTO: Supplied)

Part display of various Ministry of Transport uniforms (PHOTO: Supplied)

Ernest Stopford, Invercargill City Council’s first Motor and Traffic Inspector who was appointed in February 1924. (PHOTO: Supplied)

The early Breath testing equipment from the 70’s etc – the Drager Alcotest R80A Breath test tubes – referred to as “blowing in the bag” (PHOTO: Supplied)

2:30 Bookmarks with Dr Peter Ganly

Our Bookmarks guest today is Dr Peter Ganly, Consultant Haematologist at Canterbury District Health Board.

He says to be interested in medicine is to be interested in people. 

Haematologist Dr Peter Ganly

Haematologist Dr Peter Ganly Photo: Supplied

3:10 Why the seven deadly sins are patriarchal

The seven deadly sins, you know the list: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. They aren’t so much biblical as they are patriarchal, holding women to impossible standards in order to be considered “good” says Elise Loehnen. 

The constant pressure to ‘be good” has very bad consequences for women. Loehnen is a writer, host of the podcast Pulling the Thread and spent seven years immersed in the wellness industry as the chief content officer at Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop company. 

She shares her own experience, balancing the light and dark sides of life and prioritizing wholeness over wellness in her book, Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good. Elise Loehnen joins me now.

Elise Loehnen, Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good.

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3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Now on Our Changing World, Claire Concannon visits the deep south to find out about a shore bird, which is also a mountain bird. 

The southern New Zealand dotterel population has been in sharp decline, but first the first time a team from DOC and the University of Otago are attaching satellite tags to the birds to uncover some of their secrets. 

Claire learns how and why. 
 

3:45 The Panel with Ali Mau and Jack Yan