The National Party's Denise Lee joins Laura Kvigstad for their weekly chat. This week they discuss the National Party’s calls for leaving alert level 4 when the 4 weeks is up. After that, they chat about prisoner voting rights and the bill that is currently going through parliament. Finally, they finish off by discussing an art competition for kids that Denise is running in her community.
This week on Dear Science, James and Allan talk via Skype due to the levle 3 lockdown.
Allan talks about electric cars and how they compare against cars running on fossil fuels. If you want to read more, click here.
James and Allan also talk about the relationship between wasps, caterpillars and tomatoes and all they chemicals which are used in plant warfare. Click here to read more about it.
Dear Science finishes off with a chat about birds micking the sounds of predators so they can trick the other birds to mate with them. Learn more here.
This week Allan is in studio with James and Aneeka to discuss some good ol physics, along woth chats about peanut butter and celery at the start of the show.
Dear Science starts of by talking about the second and how long it actually is, becuase as James and Aneeka find out, it can get pretty damn accurate.
Allan then heads onto the next physics topic for the day, gravity. While there are lots of forces, Allan explains how some scientists have measured the gravitational pull of small golden balls.
This week finishes off with a bit of history in realtion to last week and the NASA helicopter. Allan talks about how the Wright brothers weren't the first to fly, instead it was Richard Pearce, a kiwi down south.
Wellington-based Fabu has become an established figure in New Zealand over the past year, with regular sets at Club 121 and festivals across the country. She has a penchant for heavy jams dripping with funk and soul, buoyed by percussive and swirling bass lines. We start the show with an hour of her sound.
To finish things off tonight, we hear from Auckland composer, performer, and artist Flo Wilson. Alongside her immersive production work (check out her (Please) Keep Breathing EP), Flo has exhibited sound installations in the USA, Australia, and New Zealand. Flo has shared a mix that is dedicated to her dear friend Reuben Samuel Winter, which journeys from the concert hall to the club, and then back to the bush.
Today on a special Morning Glory, The Wire get's cancelled due to the news simply finishing! Nothing is happening anymore! It's a christmas miracle, so Pullitzer Prize losing journalists Liam and Milly get both sad and festive AT THE SAME TIME!
Christmas has come early, featuring some indie tunes of the festive nature and some skramz bangers somehow also of the festive nature! Featuring tunes from Erny Belle, Phoebe Bridgers, Reel Big Fish, and My Chemical Romance on their Yo Gabba Gabba debut. Thanks Tuning Fork!
This week on Dear Science Milly and Beth are joined by Joel Rindelaub the day after his birthday to talk all things science! Sleep masks are proven to work in a study exploring human sensitivity to light, then it's out to space where the James Webb telescope has made some more puzzling discoveries: this time it's galaxies that are far bigger than we thought they would be, and finally finishing off with the fact than anyone can be good at maths, we just need good teachers + tutors + working hard.
Frances talks with artist Chevron Hasset about Far, Far Away, his show opening this evening at Artspace Aotearoa. Guest producer Sam talks to Christian Dimick about his upcoming show, Spilling Heavy Water opening at Kaukau Gallery in Wellington on Saturday. Frances talks to the retired director of Objectspace, Philip Clarke about the life of Nanette Cameron, a pivotal figure in New Zealand Interior Design design who has passed away at 95 years old. To finish the show we have your local arts guide for Tāmaki Makaurau over the next week!
Happening tonight at UoA’s Unleash Space, Kiwijam will be taking Aotearoa’s new and experienced game developers, designers and artists through a whirlwind 48 hours to bring a project from start to finish. This is the events tenth - ish anniversary, and it’s first taking place in Whāngarei as well as Ōtautahi, Ōtepoti, Te-Whanganui-a-tara, and of course Tāmaki Makaurau. I had a yarn with the Auckland organiser Zac about the game jam, it’s history, and how folks can get involved.
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