Afternoons

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  • NZ Sporting History: Basketball's Dillon Boucher
    Time for sporting history, where we look back at the memorable moments in sport and talk to athletes who changed the game. Today Jesse is joined by Dillon Boucher. As a player Dillon's competed internationally at the Olympics and World Championships, he's also won 13 National championships. As an administrator he's run Basketball NZ, and is currently the 'President of Basketball operations' at the Breakers.
    26 min
  • Find out how commercial whaling has changed mating habits
    A groundbreaking study's revealed that even 50 years after the end of commercial whaling, its devastating impacts continue to shape humpback whale behaviour. Historical records show that in the waters of Oceania, which span from New Caledonia to French Polynesia, there were once more than 14,000 humpback whales. By the mid 1970s that number had plummeted to fewer than 200, bringing the species to the brink of extinction Now it's been revealed that as the population recovers, how whales' mate has been changed dynamically. Dr Emma Carroll is a molecular ecologist at the University of Auckland, she is the co-author of the research in the scientific journal Current Biology.
    9 min
  • The Roots Foundation Sound System's Changing of the Guard
    The Roots Foundation Sound System is New Zealand's longest running DJ collective, and now it's passed the torch on to the next generation of DJs Jesse Park aka Juce Porkmon and Benny Salvador grew up next to Fat Freddy's drop DJ Mu. This Saturday you can catch them at their free gig 'Soul Connections' at Wellington Museum where they'll be playing music inspired by Fat Freddy's Drop Jesse chats to Jesse.
    7 min
  • Explainer: How do you know if solar is right for you?
    With all this talk of oil shortages, solar power looks more and more appealing, but how do you know whether it could work for you and if you've already signed on to a solar system, how can you get the most out of it? Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey chats to Jesse. 1:25 The Roots Foundation Sound System's Changing of the Guard
    12 min
  • Smashed it! Chris Harris on that amazing Black Caps performance
    We're starting the show with that epic performance by the Black Caps. The team stunned South Africa in the T20 semifinal; crushing them to win by nine wickets. Finn Allen was the hero of the match hitting an unbeaten century in just 33 balls, making history in the process as the fastest ton in T20 cricket history. Former Black Cap Chris Harris joins Jesse.
    8 min
  • Feature Interview: Will distraction be our undoing?
    Whenever we talk about misinformation, the state of democracy, or what new technology is doing to public debate, one book comes up over and over again even though it was written 40 years ago. Amusing Ourselves to Death; Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman. It argued distraction would be our undoing, and once everything becomes entertainment, serious thought to take on serious issues is hard to come by. Neil Postman saw this coming long before social media feeds, constant scrolling, and smartphones in every pocket. Andrew Postman is a writer and Neil Postman's son, He wrote the introduction to the latest edition of his father's prescient book. He offers insights into the man who sounded the warning about mindless screentime all those years ago.
    27 min
  • Bookmarks with Ockham NZ Book Award finalist Laura Vincent!
    Time for Bookmarks, that's our weekly feature where we spend some time chatting to interesting people about what interests them. Today Laura Vincent is going to share what she likes to listen to, watch and read. Laura is a writer who recently published her first ever novel Hoods Landing, and just today she was announced as a finalist for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards!
    25 min

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Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.

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