AUT's Allan Blackman joins The Wire again for another week. This week, he talks about a botched lab experiment at a UK university, where two students were given a dose of caffeine equivalent to 300 cups of coffee; a surprise animal that tops the list of the most deadly venomous creatures in Australia; and also about how scientists in the US have managed to create the first piece of solid metallic hydrogen.
This week, Ximena & Adam unashamedly chat about some pretty nerdy subjects at the front end of the show, namely the Fairfax & NZME merger, the history of language, and a solid twenty minutes of Dear Science dedicated to a misunderstood sea creature. They also chat to some cool Aucklanders doing some awesome projects - they hear from the founders of a new publication about mental health, and then from the co-founder of an arts organisation for queer youth about an open-mic event happening tomorrow night.
In which Dr. Zemke had trouble narrowing down her picks for ...the cowbell. While not all present can agree the sound is reminiscent of 'Heidi and her alpine herds', all agree on the solidity, power and utter tonk it provides. Get down. (And she thought we wouldn't like this week's instrument...)
This week's show featured new music from Merk, Coco Solid, Yoko-Zuna, Blood Orange, The Streets and more. Sam also celebrates J Dilla's 44th birthday (RIP) and pays tribute to the Temptations Dennis Edwards.
Is small housing the future for a more sustainable, affordable Tāmaki Makaurau? Ayla thinks so, and she's got a pretty solid argument. Catch her award-winning project Muryo Jitaku: A Forecast for the Future of the Detached Home in Urban New Zealand at the Architecture Student Design Awards this Thursday.
Our television expert might be compromising his double degree to be here but it's alllll good (or so he says). Is reviewing Safe (2018) worth the academic risk? Uhh... sure! Standing at a solid 6.5 rating from the man himself, this Michael Hall starrer (of Dexter fame) is only 10 episodes long with no future seasons in sight. A quick binge indeed - your degree will be fiiiine.
Big Fat Raro is the musical project of Tokerau Wilson. His song ‘Living In A Fantasy’ has been a firm Freak The Sheep favourite and he’s recently turned up as a major collaborator on Coco Solid’s ‘Cokes’ mixtape. He joins Zac in studio to perform a live techno set.
ONONO join Mike in studio to chat about their exciting days ahead performing at Going Global Presents 2018, as well as promising future abroad, their new EP and their other hobbies and day jobs. Squeezing in a chat with us between performing last night, tonight and tomorrow night; a real solid line-up guys, nice. Don't miss out, get your tickets for tomorrow, guys.
Sam's talking iZombie this week, and no, zombies are not the same as vampires despite Rachel and Tess's comparisons. Sam reckons iZombie needs a little more hype, a great series full of laughs and some solid detective work, worth a watch.
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