Long Range Weather Forecast for 21 October 2020.

Long Range Weather Forecast for 21 October 2020

News & Politics

A great rendition of William Kethe's hymn All people that on earth do dwell begins this week's programme. You can also hear harvest hymns, and hymns of thanksgiving.

Hymns on Sunday, 28 April 2024

Former soldier Christian Lewis had hit rock bottom and was so severely depressed he would shut himself in his flat for weeks. But one day he made an impulsive decision, setting himself the challenge of walking the entire coastline of the UK. Christian joins Susie to talk about his new book, Finding Hildasay, which explores how with just ten pounds in his pocket and a few supplies, he walked himself into a brighter future.

Christian Lewis: Finding Hildasay

New Zealand's volcanoes are world renowned, and most Kiwis are familiar with our big ones such as Ruapehu, Taranaki and Tarawera. But what about our lesser talked about volcanoes? GNS Science principal scientist Graham Leonard joins Susie to chat about some of the volcanic areas around the country that people are less familiar with - from Northland's periodically active field to volcanoes buried in the Canterbury plains gravels.

Graham Leonard: New Zealand's B-list volcanoes

You could hardly avoid the gruesome spectacle of the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial - it made the nightly news, but it made a much bigger splash on social media. But was there something else at play? Was Amber Heard the victim of an orchestrated campaign of misinformation? Alexi Mostrous of Tortoise Media is a London-based journalist who has previously tackled catfishing and disinformation in his previous very popular podcasts Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed. Alexi joins Susie to talk about how, with the help of a team of data analysts, he dug through hundreds of thousands of tweets to uncover the shocking revelations of his latest series Who Trolled Amber?

Alexi Mostrous: Who Trolled Amber?

Doctor and poet Glenn Colquhoun has been writing poetry since the 1990s. A long time in the making, he has simultaneously published two books: Nga Wahine E Toru/Three Women, a collection of Maori poetic forms, and Myths and Legends of the Ancient Pakeha, an exploration of the sung poem in English written as a response to Nga Wahine E Toru. Both are examinations of the oral poem in New Zealand, and both come with soundtracks. Glenn was awarded the Prize in Modern Letters in 2004 (the country's largest literary award at the time) and started up his own imprint OldKing Press a few years ago.

Long Range Weather Forecast for 21 October 2020

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