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A crew of ingenious academics from the University Of Auckland educate you on a range of thought-provoking topics. Whakarongo mai to learn about how research taking place right here at Waipapa Taumata Rau impacts you. Thanks to the University of Auckland.

 

Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Bahareh Madadkhahsalmassi: September 18, 2018

Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Bahareh Madadkhahsalmassi: September 18, 2018 Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Bahareh Madadkhahsalmassi: September 18, 2018, 63.34 MB
Tue 18 Sep 2018

Uni News has a special 32-page suffrage issue this week, and Bahareh Madadkhahsalmassi joins us to celebrate her successes here in New Zealand and at the University of Auckland. Bahareh moved to little New Zealand in 2015 from Iran and her research aids the development of better tools for people with diabetes; she catches up with Tess about the new found freedom she's found here.

Ready Steady Learn w/ Tristan Pang: September 11, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Tristan Pang: September 11, 2018 Ready Steady Learn w/ Tristan Pang: September 11, 2018, 120.12 MB
Tue 11 Sep 2018

Tristan Pang, who is 16 years old and almost finished his University of Auckland degree and planning to complete his PHD by the time he is 21, joins Mike in studio to teach him a thing or two about ~mathematics~ before he goes into the final stages of a global competition. You can help him out by voting him through here

Ready Steady Learn w/ Dr. Ramona Zharfpeykan: September 4, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Dr. Ramona Zharfpeykan: September 4, 2018 Ramona Zharfpeykan: September 4, 2018, 85.97 MB
Tue 4 Sep 2018

Mike gets a lesson from the University of Auckland's Business School's Dr. Ramona Zharfpeykan in what companies do and don't have to report on in the wonderful world of sustainbility. So they don't _have_ to report on their sustainability levels and what are all these different indicators? Yay for sustainable businesses! (Right?)

Ready Steady Learn w/ Caitlin Abley: August 28, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Caitlin Abley: August 28, 2018 Ready Steady Learn w/ Caitlin Abley: August 28, 2018, 101.08 MB
Tue 28 Aug 2018

University of Auckland Honours student, Caitlin Abley, joins us in studio to talk history and the women's liberation in media between 1968 to 1976, in specific Thursday's. But Tuesday's are cool too, right Mike?

Ready Steady Learn w/ Prof. Simon Holdaway: August 21, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Prof. Simon Holdaway: August 21, 2018 Simon Holdaway: August 21, 2018, 76.84 MB
Tue 21 Aug 2018

University of Auckland's Head of Social Sciences, Professor Simon Holdaway enlightens us with rock-hard evidence of a different way of life using apples. It's about the journey, not the destination, right?

Ready Steady Learn w/ Prof. Mark Costello: August 14, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Prof. Mark Costello: August 14, 2018 Mark Costello: August 14, 2018, 92.12 MB
Tue 14 Aug 2018

Professor Mark Costello is part of the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Auckland and he and his colleagues think New Zealand can lead the world in a kind of ocean management that benefits both nature and society. ...But I thought we'd ruined the oceans, Professor, ...is there still hope!?

Ready Steady Learn w/ Dr. Marama Muru-Lanning: July 31, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Dr. Marama Muru-Lanning: July 31, 2018 Marama Muru-Lanning: July 31, 2018, 162.41 MB
Tue 31 Jul 2018

Dr. Marama's taking a look at New Zealand's freshwater landscapes - rivers, lakes, wetlands - and is finding their intrinsic values are not only not being utilised to the best of their abilities by communities, but they're under ever-increasing threat. As our freshwater spaces are impacted by species loss, pollution, introduced predators... how do we create a future in which we regenerate and enhance such spaces?

Ready Steady Learn w/ James Russell: July 24, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ James Russell: July 24, 2018 Ready Steady Learn w/ James Russell: July 24, 2018, 118.76 MB
Tue 24 Jul 2018

Pests everywhere! Mikey learns how we've got to keep our natives safe from all those rodents. Associate Professor James Russell is here with all the facts and figures to blow your mind. Science is fun! 

Ready Steady Learn w/ Danny Osborne: July 17, 2018

Ready Steady Learn w/ Danny Osborne: July 17, 2018 Ready Steady Learn w/ Danny Osborne: July 17, 2018, 76.84 MB
Tue 17 Jul 2018

Transporting into the future with the University of Auckland's Danny Osborne, what can we get excited about for 2030 in the realm of politics? Or... not get excited about? Talking about collective action and spiralling polarisation and democratic renewal, Danny Osborne is the expert. 

Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Brendan Donovan

Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Brendan Donovan Ready, Steady, Learn w/ Brendan Donovan, 122.11 MB
Tue 10 Jul 2018

More films for Breakfast! The University of Auckland's, Brendan Donovan, is with us, this week, talking about his short film, featured during NZIFF, No Shame (2018). The film tackles a dark and important topic with a beautiful cinematic veil, Brendan tells us about the production and how he managed the responsibility of a confronting topic for New Zealand.