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.
Mikey and Dr Marta Silvestre talk diabetes. NZ ranks just behind just Mexico and the USA in rates of the disease. Learn about the early indicators, better lifestyle choices and foods to avoid from Dr. Marta Silvestre, a research fellow at the University of Auckland.
Seeded from a curious Reddit post, Ivan's research into multi-player video game music has taken him to dissertation level and beyond. Was does an 'anthropological' study of game soundtracking entail? Does music affect gamers' behaviour? Do purists switch it off while playing or leave it on?
Mike talks to Dr. Gerhard Sundborn about the perils of too much sugar. As sugary drinks are the largest contributor of sugar to the diets of NZ adults and children, what can be done to change these habits? And just what are the main obstacles standing in the way?
Mike interviews Dr. Pauline Gulliver of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse about their new release of truly shocking NZ family violence statistics. 41% of a frontline police officer's time is spent responding to family violence. Family violence investigations are at a record high, rising to 118,910 investigations - a jump of 8,784 from the previous year. What can we do as a country, and as individuals, to confront these numbers?
Dr. Clark is at the forefront of attempts to computer model the human body in the name of science. Dr. Clark lets Mikey in on the world of her team's computer-based, virtual lungs and how they can be used predict a person's response to illness and/or treatment. How on earth are they developed? What else could they tell us and how could they be utilised in the future?
Jasmine's research involves attempting to break the cycle of gestational diabetes in pregnant women and their unborn children. Possibly linked to the pancreas, gestational diabetes involves high blood sugar in the mother effectively resulting in a pre-birth high sugar diet for their child. A child who is then more likely to not only develop type 2 diabetes in later life, but also develop gestational diabetes themselves - passing it on to the next generation.
Heimata and Alvina are part of a group of four postgraduate students working towards breaking the intergenerational cycle of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Pacific Islanders. How hard is it to empower teenagers to make their own nutritional choices? How hard is it to overcome obstacles such as: poverty; access; and dying traditions?
Kate Brettkelly-Chalmers talks to us about her area of study: the concept of 'time' within contemporary art. How does temporality affect art, how is it reflected in art and does this differ from context to context?
Privacy law expert Gehan Gunasekara joins Sarah in studio to discuss information gathering and our privacy, now that we live in a world where 'our phones know more about us than our partners'. Sheesh.
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