This week there has been a lot of conversation around Marama Davidson's comments about white cis men and the violence perpetrated by them. Eileen Joy is a social worker and researcher who is researching child protection and domestic violence in Aotearoa. Her work and research has given her first hand experience about the problems of violence in Aotearoa New Zealand, and she has supported Davidson's comments. Simon spoke with Eileen about these issues. She began by discussing her views on Davidson's comments, as well as the prevalence of white male violence in Aotearoa. Just a warning, this segment contains discussions about domestic violence.
Def Jim returns to the Jazz Show after a 2 month absence with tracks from new releases by the likes of the Tomeka Reid Quartet, Vijay Iyer and Julian Lage, plus a classic selection of album cuts recent and older including an item from UK Nu-jazzters Sons Of Kemet.
Featuring new music from: FFX, Tornado Wallace, Syd, Flo Morrissey & Matthew E. White, doobiescoo, El Michels Affair, Onra and Animal Collective
Spoken word: Gill Scott Heron with a constant reminder to question authority and to seek your own life path. Then, Sonia Sanchez explores the most important question of the 21st century: What does it mean to be human?
This week Nadine spoke to Yuki Kihara about her work Der Papalagi (The White Man) at ST Paul St Gallery 3, and Rachel spoke to Yona Lee about her work In Transit (Arrival) at Te Tuhi Gallery. Ayesha Green called us from WOMAD and gave us the down low on the art happenings at the festival.
It’s no secret Trump spilled some highly-classified beans last week during his meeting in the White House with the Russian Foreign Minister. But what actually went down? What’s the significance of this revelation for US national security? And will there be any consequences for Trump? 95bFM’s Ximena Smith reports.
On Today's Wire, Ximena speaks with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Matthew Savoca on how fish are eating plastic ocean garbage, because it smells like food. We speak with Labour Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis on mental health support policy for Canterbury’s youth. State of the States is back, this week speaking with Nick Sawhney our regular correspondent from WNYU on the white nationalist conflict in Charlottesville, and an update on what’s happening in Guam, and Ben has a report on Media and the history of US/Russia Relations
A star pick in this year's NZIFF, Maria reviews the roundly praised A Ghost Story. A story of death, human longing and time, David Lowery's (Pete's Dragon) latest feature stars CaseyAffleck as a besheeted ghost attempting to connect with his lost love (Rooney Mara).
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