Afternoons

Let's chat books now and our critic Claire Mabey has some excellent offerings - especially if you're thinking of books for Christmas: Good Things Come and Go by Josie Shapiro Wrapping Things by Linda Burgess Lockett and Wilde books by Lucy Strange and Pam Smy

New research out of Auckland University has revealed we're really bad at discerning sounds. Sam Schwarzkopf an Associate Professor of Health Science chats to Jesse about why.

Last week we had a conversation about paper roads, or as the Outdoor Access Commission prefers to call them, "unformed legal roads" and goodness me did we get a lot of feedback from you. Many of you asked about the Queen's Chain and so we're thrilled to have the Comission's field adviser Dot Dalziell back with us to tell us more about that topic.

The Oxford English dictionary has announced their Word of the Year as "Ragebait" That joins Cambridge's pick "Parasocial", Collins "Vibe Coding" and Dictionary.com ... playing to the youth crowd with Six Seven. While you might disagree with their picks, these words are an insight into where our culture and language are right now. University of Waikato sociolinguist Andreea Claude is with Jesse to discuss these words and why we need word of the year at all.

This week open banking officially went live for customers of the big four banks. That's ANZ, ASB, BNZ & Westpac. If you bank elsewhere your bank might not have enabled it quite yet. But exactly what is open banking? And how will it make a difference to you? To find out, Jesse is joined by Josh Daniell from open banking company Akahu.

The panic kicked in around page 40. Thirteen years ago, director and screenwriter James Vanderbilt set out to write a film about the Nuremberg trials, a moment when the world chose justice over vengeance, putting Hitler's right-hand man Hermann Göring and 23 other high-ranking Nazis before an international court. The story centers on a U.S. Army psychiatrist assigned to evaluate the defendants and determine if they were fit to stand trial. Russell Crowe stars as Göring, with Rami Malek as the American trying to understand the psychology of evil. Nuremberg opens in New Zealand cinemas this Thursday. Director James Vanderbilt joins me now.

It's time for our Monday expert feature, where we choose a topic and invite an expert in to give us the ins and outs. Today we're focusing on wool. Wool has played a keen role in New Zealand's economy since early settlers arrived over 200 years ago. In October, a brand-new Wool Alliance was formed between four organisations to commit to long-term outcomes for the industry. One of those was Campaign for Wool NZ, and their chairperson Ryan Cosgrove is our expert today.

Monday means it's time to hit the clubs - because we've got a new segment on the show where I chat to clubbers. So if you have a club you'd like Jesse to join for the day please get in touch we'd love to hear from you - [email protected]

Cailtin Cherry joins Jesse to review two shows: All Her Fault - TVNZ on Demand The Beast in Me - Netflix

Melissa Stokes is the new lead presenter of TVNZ's flagship programme 1News at Six. She's moved from her weekend presenting role to anchor the broadcaster's main bulletin five nights a week - Sunday to Thursday. Melissa replaces Simon Dallow, who stepped down from the role after nearly two decades. To discuss what this move means to her, and what the role entails, Melissa joins Jesse.