Afternoons for Monday 30 October 2023

 

1:15 Country singer-songwriter Kaylee Bell charting in the US Billboard

Homegrown singer-songwriter Kaylee Bell has just exploded onto the United States country music scene.

Her song 'Keith' is currently sitting at Number 12 on the US Billboard Charts, and has put Kaylee at number 41 on the Emerging Artists Chart.

Playing music since she was four, Kaylee is now living the dream in Nashville, and credits her recent success to social media and the legendary country singer - Keith Urban.

Kaylee talks to Jesse about her success and life in the U.S.

1.25 Ornithologist Colin Miskelly walking the length of Aotearoa in a bid to document every bird

Te Papa curator and ornithologist Colin Miskelly is heading out of the museum and walking the length of Aotearoa to document and count every single bird he sees and hears along the way!

The project will be tracked online through Colin's blog.

Colin's heading to the far north to start his treak along the Te Araroa Trail later this week, he's going to be on the road - or trail until March next year.

1.35 Sargeson short story winner announced

Over the weekend the winners were announced for New Zealand's richest short story competition, the Sargeson Prize.

This years Chief Judge was award winning writer Vincent O'Sullivan, and taking home the top prize and $10,000 is Anna Woods with her short story 'Pig Hunting'.

But there is also a secondary schools division, and this year is was won by Ōtepoti writer Tunmise Adebowale and her story 'The Catastrophe of Swimming'.

1:45 Great album

2:10 Television Critic: Claire Chitham

Today Claire in addition to her review, Claire Chitham, talks to Jesse about the sad passing of Matthew Perry. The beloved 'Friends' actor was found dead at his home yesterday.

She then talks about Special Ops: Lioness on Amazon Prime, UK thriller series, Bodies on Netflix and a quick mention of Blind Bitter Happiness on RNZ as well as After Party on TVNZ.

2:20 Oz correspondent Brad Foster

Brad Foster provides an update on the murder of a 21-year-old school teacher in Sydney last week, and news that an individual who was cleared of rape allegations in Parliament House in 2019 has now been named at the person charged with rape in Queensland in October 2021. Bruce Lehrmann has had his bid for his name to be suppressed in this matter rejected. Plus sport and more.

2.30 Expert Feature: Knife sharpening and knives

Today's expert is about a skill all of us should have, but many find hard to perfect.

It's something most of us just put off and put off... because we're not quite sure of the technique, or tools, or we're worried about making things worse.

It's knife sharpening.

It's so important in the kitchen to have a sharp knife, it's safer and makes things easier.

Our guest is Hayden Scott, who was a chef for 25 years before getting into the art of making and sharpening knives.

3:10 How digital technology affects our biology

Our attention spans and emotions are not the only thing impacted by our digital 21st century life and evolution is having a hard time keeping up. 

The average adult spends 11 hours a day using some sort of technology and a lot of that is sitting down and that's having a physical impact from changing the shape of eyes in children to higher rates of disease from a sedentary lifestyle. 

Manoush Zamorodi is the host of the TED Radio Hour on NPR.

She has a new series that looks the negative impacts our digital habits have on our anatomy. It's called Body Electric. Teaming up with Columbia University, they explain  how five minute exercise snacks can change everything.   

3:35 Voices

Kadambari Raghukumar chats to Massey University's Dr Bruce Glavovic about climate change and the need for a social science perspective around it.

3:45 The Panel with Victoria MacLennan and Allan Blackman