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Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

A lead actor named Chris was more likely to headline one of the UK's top-grossing films over the past three years than a woman over 60. Even talking animals came out ahead according to a new study from the UK's Age Without Limits campaign. Animals were four times more likely to be the central character than an older woman. More than two decades ago, actress Geena Davis decided to challenge Hollywood's blind spots by founding the Geena Davis Institute, which tracks who gets seen and who gets left out and how women of all ages are portrayed. Madeline Di Nonno is the Institute's President and CEO where they use data to help the entertainment industry see what's missing on the screen.

Kelly Gibney joins Jesse each week to share a recipe, this week's one is smashed chicken tacos with coriander and lime sour cream. Click HERE for the recipe!

It's time for Heading Off our weekly travel segment where you get to share your adventures with a captive audience. If you've got a trip you'd like to share with us, please do email us at [email protected], we love to hear from you. Today we're staying on our beautiful shores and heading on a road trip to the far north of New Zealand.

It's our weekly catch up with RNZ Podcast Our Changing World's host Claire Concannon. Today she's talking to Jesse about the realm of molecular biology.

Raw sewage, dead animals, life-threatening logs are just some of the obstacles athletes worry about facing if they have to get into the water for their sport. New research from Waikato University has found climate change and the impact of extreme weather events have had a huge impact on getting young people into surfing, kayaking and waka ama. Joining us to talk about the concept of 'polluted sport' is the University of Waikato's Holly Thorpe

A New Zealand author has been nominated for best short story prize at the Nebulas Awards, which are considered some of the highest honours of science fiction and fantasy writing. In being considered, author E.M. Linden joins the likes of sci-fi luminaries like JG Ballard, Harlan Ellison and Frank Herbert. E.M. Linden's offering is called 'The Tawlish Island Songbook of the Dead', to tell us more about it, she joins Jesse.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to list on the electronic stock market the Nasdaq this Friday and when it does it's expected to be the largest Initial Public Offering or IPO in history. Its valuation is approaching three point one trillion New Zealand dollars (that's trillion with a T) and if that happens it would immediately rank among the world's most valuable listed companies. But it's not without controversy. Paul Brownsey is a General Partner at the Bridge West Venture Fund and Independent Chair of the Mint Asset Management Investment Committee, he chats to Jesse.

The annual agricultural showcase opened this morning at Mystery Creek in Hamilton and it looks like it's going to be a bumper event. With the dairy sector, red meat, horticulture and wool sector all enjoying strong prices right now, the timing for Fieldays couldn't be better. More than a thousand exhibitors and vendors are there to showcase their products. Shelley Houston is the co-founder and director of Kiwi Leather Innovations, which creates a leather alternative from - rather appropriately - kiwifruit! She chats to Jesse.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.