It's the end of the week, and we have a great show for you. On Travelling Tunes, Dr Kirsten Zemke takes us through the tunes of trying times- yes, it's failure. The Fancy New Band showcase is back, and one of the acts, Ballot Box, is in the studio for a chat about the gig. The Viewmaster reviews Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, the television prequel to the film which you can watch on TVNZ+. Whakarongo mai nei!
Over the weekend the US, Uk and France launched an air strike in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in the town of Douma.
The attack targeted three facilities that researched, stored and produced chemical weapons. There were no reported casulties but the attack is said to have set the chemical weapons programme back years.
Trump declared it a sucess tweeting "Mission Acomplished" while Theresa May claimed there was "no practical alternative."
Lucy Austin spoke with indeligence and defence analyst Paul Buchanan about the recent event and its consequences.
This week Reuben and James talk about the government putting a stop to offshore oil exploration permits which was originally a Green Party policy that the government has now adopted.
Reuben also asks James about the US, UK and France attacking Syria over the weekend in response to alleged chemical attacks. Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman also wrote an interesting piece about it on the Spinoff which is worth a read.
We got a bit carried away in the first flush of our new television and streaming segment, Viewmaster. Or, given that this week's is all about the recently season-seven-wrapped Game of Thrones, perhaps this week's edition is better called... View-maester? [slow distant clap] Oh dear.
With your normal host off making some actual telly, Mikey and Sarah talk about David Simon's new drama, The Deuce. The new HBO series features double your usual dose of James Franco (playing twins) and Maggie Gyllenhall as a hooker-with-a-(business)-heart-of-gold in a dive into the fledgling porn industry of 1970s New York City. Inspired by real life events, can Simon bring his gritty realism to the flares, flash and flange of such salacious material? And, perhaps more importantly, will this fill the Monday night hole left by Game of Thrones?
A choca-block show. Rob Bollix ponders elephant sleeping patterns; Dr. Maria Walls reviews Risk, the Julien Assange doco; Phil Goff discusses affordability in Aucklands and its effect on school teachers; and Alex reviews Fear of the Walking Dead, available on NEON.
Alex joins us to talk about a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions. He discusses his top 3 moments from The Walking Dead and Fearthe Walking Dead.
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