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?
This week, the Wire investigates animal rights and endangered species, and for Wednesday's segment host Lisa Boudet wonders about the differences between animal rights and animal welfare.
The distinction is important, as the approach chosen influences human interactions with animals, and the legal frame in which these occur.
Lisa talks to Jennifer Dutton, a corporate campaigner for SAFE, or SAve Animals From Exploitation, and they chat about the definitions, their consequences, how human can treat animals in many different ways, and the sometimes hypocritical human/animal love and relationship.
Bad Friend were up from Wellington for The Others Way Festival so they popped into the studio to play some cool songs and have some cool chats. Cheers NZ On Air Music!!
David Attenborough or Jane Goodall? Dr. Maria Walls reckons Jane is the way to go. The documentary follows Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking research, drawing from over 100 hours of unseen footage, while she revolutionized the world of the great ape.
Off of the release of her new extended EP 'The Alone One' Tei. popped up to the studio to share some of her favourite influential tracks in this weeks My Morning Mixtape.
Frank Ocean - Pilot Jones
Tinashe - Just the Way I LIke You (Prod. By Ritz Reynolds / Guitar By Domir
Princess Nokia - Bart Simpson (Prod. Bobby Johnson)
Dr. Kirsten Zemke is back from sunny Samoa, whistling her way into the studio with all sorts of different tunes this morning. Bernard Herrmann's Twisted Nerve, The Chemical Brothers The Devil is in The Details and The Black Keys's Tighten Up all feature various styles of whistling, as well as a special feature with Mike's friend who is good at whistling. Nice contributions, team.
Hugh Hughes, the character formerly known as Hugh Sundae, was something of a broadcasting prodigy after he found his way into bFM at age 14. By age 17, he was standing in for breakfast host Graeme Hill for a 6 week period, ensuring that high school lost any appeal whatsoever; and before he was 20 he was co-hosting a TV show with Bic Runga. He's even been to Mongolia (tho he doesn't talk about that here). (Episode 28 Parts 1-2 of 2)
New Zealand rap icon, Dean Hapeta, chats to Mike about his group, Upper Hutt Posse, and their legacy. After recently being announced as the 2018 Music Hall of Fame & Legacy Award recipient, Dean chats about their music, how they paved a way for rap in New Zealand, and the importance of activism in music.
This weeks topic for Worry Week is Ideologies and this podcast focusses on how we label political ideologies. Political spectrums are often used as a way of classifying different political ideologies on a scale marked left to right, hence why we hear terminology such as left and right wing politics. Producer Damian Rowe spoke to Massey University Associate Professor, Grant Duncan about labelling and measuring political ideology, firstly asking what do we mean when we label things left-wing and right-wing politics?
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