Two weeks ago marked 50 years since the Israeli occupation of Palestine began. Two weeks ago we spoke to Jewish anti-occupation group Dayenu about the occupation. Today, bFM reporter Amanda Jane Robinson speaks with Palestinian Nadia Filistin to hear her experience of the occupation.
Today has marked one year since Rodrigo Duterte came to power as President of the Philippines.In that time thousands of people have been killed in his “War on Drugs” because Duterte had explicitly approved this violence and has led to extrajudicial executions, during the government’s anti-drug campaign. He introduced martial law and the Senate has been asked to consider reinstating the death penalty. Tess spoke to Amnesty International’s campaigner Wilnor Papa about human rights impacts and needs.
Ange hung out with microbiologists and lived to tell the tale. Detailing three part punches to winter colds, weaning off anti-depressants, and hitting the vitamin C ceiling - Ange has your back. Naturally.
Special-Occasion-Clayton tells Mikey all about the award winning, future-minded doco from Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent, Tomorrow (or Demain, in its native French). 'Anti-Leo' in approach, Tomorrow features real-world solutions for very small pieces of the planet's sustainability problem. ...But what would happen if these pieces all came together?
Mikey is joined by University of Auckland PhD researcher Miriam Seifert, to chat about Slow (ethical) fashion.
Miriam is the 2017 Doctoral Winner of the University of Auckland’s 3 Minute Thesis competition, which challenges postgraduate students to explain their research to a general audience in 180 seconds.
Her research looks at Anti-consumption by Firms – in particular the rise of the Slow Fashion Industry.
For the second time in two weeks, This Day in History takes us back to 1989, this time to South Africa, and an announcement by Prime Minister de Klerk that the Seperate Amenities Act, part of the Apartheid system, would be scrapped.
This came after decades of political segregation, which had become the focus of anti-Apartheid campaigners across the world.
DISCLAIMER: Like other segments, this uses newsreel footage from the 20th century, and so reflects comtemporary attitudes towards race and gender. These do not reflect the views of 95bfm or its listeners.
For all you conspiracy theorists and anti-establishment wonks out there, Maria's got a film for you. From the brains of Michael Moore, Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman comes All Governments Lie, a documentary that looks at journalistic ethics in the age of spin and 'fake news'.
On Dear Science with AUT’s Allan Blackman we talk about Stephen Hawking, platypus milk, and "unlearning".
We have a story about a Ngā Tapuwae haka that went viral on the internet toward the end of last year about the way the students felt about the misrepresentation of south auckland, Lillian Hanly spoke with Hamuera Kotuku Maika who composed it.
Wire Worry Week is back and we’re looking into how the government wants us to be Smokefree by 2025. Lisa Boudet has looked into anti-smoking campaigns and whether they are efficient and Leah Garcia-Purves looks at the cost of quitting.
Allan Blackman from AUT talks to us about science in the justice system and water on one of Jupiter's moons.
Stuart McCutcheon speaks to us about the closing of the creative arts libraries at The University of Auckland.
Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft discusses research showing the high number of children from disadvantaged homes being prescribed anti-psychotic medication.
Jenny Marcroft from NZ First is taking over the weekly segment from Tracey Martin and spends some time introducing herself to us.
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