DJ Carlotta's set on MG w/ Aneeka, so much freaking fun!!

With the Omicron outbreak looming, there have been calls to bring in rapid antigen testing (RATs) to keep on top of the inevitable community transmission. But how exactly do they work? Christina spoke to Dr Arindam Basu from the University of Canterbury about the RATs and what the government will do to stay on top of latest Covid-19 threat.

Another week of Dear Science featuring AUT Professor Blackman! This week, Allan and Christina dove into some rather perspective-bending numbers and statistics. They discussed the scale of the Tonga eruption, how your great-granddad's smoking habits could be the cause of your excess body fat, and how a 150-year-old maths problem related to chess has finally been solved.

Bergs, banjos, and bulls in cults. Wednesday, y'know? 

Fantastic set from DJ Carlotta for the second half of today's show! So much fun!!!!

The melting of the Larsen C 'berg and a fresh poem from the Bard! 

Whakarongo mai for some chats with the Mayor; a kōrero with Lucinda King about the new Thorn Dells album; theatre chats about some live shows you can catch; and learning about the gut! Tuesday stuff. 

The annoucenment of an Omicron outbreak in New Zealand came with encouragement by the government to wear N95 masks over the typical disposable and cloth masks. However, with considerably low stocks of these masks in New Zealand and a sense of fear that alternative masks are no longer useful from the government, many are concerned about how they can protect themselves from Omicron. Emily Bell spoke with Doctor Amanda Kvalsvig, an epidemiologist from Otago University's campus in Wellington about the N95 masks and what people can do to protect themselves from Omicron. 

Following the government’s announcement that Aotearoa would move to the red setting of the traffic light system on Monday 24 January, a number of events were forced to cancel or postpone. This is yet another massive blow to the music, arts and events industry, whose artists and workers have spent the last two years of the pandemic struggling to find consistent work and promoters have had to cancel or change the dates for their events multiple times. 

News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston reaches out to a few people working in the performance art sector who have been impacted by the red setting. Firstly, Jemima speaks to Director of Splore John Minty, Director of Freqs Out East Dan Hesson and Director of The Others Way Mathew Davis, who are all promoters for summer festivals that have had to cancel or postpone due to the shift to the red light setting. They discuss how the pandemic has affected events and whether the exisitng events support schemes are enough to get the people involved in the industry through the Omicron outbreak. 

Secondly, Jemima chats to artist and musician Jazmine-Mary who says there is no support available for artists who have effectively lost their jobs under the red setting and cannot access the wage subsidy. Jazmine has penned a letter to the Prime Minister and submitted a parliamentary petition request to call for support for artists and musicians in Aotearoa unable to work under 'red'. They explain what sort of financial support is needed and how the public can help their call for action from the government. 

All the grooves thats fit to mint, all the feels, all the stinks