With the well-being budget set to be announced on Thursday, Jemima speaks to Green Party co-leader, James Shaw, about his thoughts about the new budget focus. They discuss Statistics New Zealand's well-being indicators and how they will be incorporated into the budget.
Peter Lineham chats about the recent Indian election results, and Rita Steel discusses eel numbers. After 6pm Wukong the Monkey King play a tight live set in the lounge.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Marcus Jones we talk on Gene edits to 'CRISPR' babies which may lead to shortened life spans, Reproducibility trial publishes two conclusions for one paper, and 16 days coal free in UK (and counting).
This week, Sam takes a look at the debut album from New York rapper Nas "Illmatic." Released in 1994, "Illmatic" has gone on to be considered one of the greatest rap albums of all time and helped set the blueprint for male solo rappers in the future.
Sam's bringing in not one, but two, shows this week. After Black Mirror released three episodes in season five last week, there's been a lot of hype and Sam's here to set the record straight. Featuring Miley Cyrus and a series of dystopian realites to shock your system, does it live up to the hype? Sam's also been watching Swamp Thing, but after an eerie abrupt cancellation, what went wrong?
Smokestack Slim are coming in Live and Direct this week, chatting about their change in name, their rip roaring sound, as well as some super exciting developments. They also play a stripped back set and it's pretty solid. Thanks to NZ On Air Music! ~ ~ ~
Kiran pops up to the studio to talk about the winner of the 2019 International Booker Prize, Celestial Bodies, by Jokha Alharthi. The novel is set in the village of al-Awafi in Oman, where it follows the narratives of three sisters, Mayya, Asma and Khawla. These women and their families witness Oman evolve from a traditional, slave-owning society slowly redefining itself after the colonial era. This book is the first of it's kind to be transalated out of it's original language to English and Kiran adores it.
Delainy & Daragh pop up to the studio, taking a quick break from setting up Tūrama Festival across the road Albert Park, to tell us what the weekend's festivities have will have in store.
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