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Human rights for neutral athletes w/ Alexandra Xanthaki: February 3, 2023

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Fri 3 Feb 2023

UN experts commended the International Olympic Committee yesterday for considering allowing individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to take part in international sports competitions as neutral athletes.

Following discussions with two Special Rapporteurs, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee issued a statement referring to the need to respect the rights of all athletes to be treated without any discrimination, in accordance with the Olympic Charter.

Alexandra Xanthaki a UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and Professor of Laws at Brunel University London, United Kingdom spoke to Joe about this matter. This interview is also featured on 95bFM's The Playbook!

Acute mental health care units left in the shadows w/ Ruth Cunningham: February 3, 2023

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Fri 3 Feb 2023

Acute mental health care units remain in the shadows, neither fully integrated into general hospitals nor part of the community, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington, say. Joe spoke to the lead researcher of this study, Associate Professor Ruth Cunningham on this matter.

ChatGPT and the decline of the creative process w/ Nir Eisikovits: February 3, 2023

 ChatGPT and the decline of the creative process w/ Nir Eisikovits: February 3, 2023 ChatGPT and the decline of the creative process w/ Nir Eisikovits: February 3, 2023, 24.73 MB
Fri 3 Feb 2023

Launched by OpenAI in November 2022, ChatGPT can do a lot of things. It can write coherent paragraphs of arguments and stories. It can write movie scripts, poems, make lectures for teachers, write essays and lyrics for songs. Recent research shows it Can even write scholarly articles that would be accepted by journals. Then there is also Dall-E an AI system that generates images and artwork

How should we value these technologies? What will be the effects of such technologies on our creative process?

Daniel talked with Nir Eisikovits, professor in Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts to reflect on these questions. 

 

Why we need to fight for a shorter working week w/ Kyle Lewis: February 3, 2023

Why we need to fight for a shorter working week w/ Kyle Lewis: February 3, 2023 Why we need to fight for a shorter working week w/ Kyle Lewis: February 3, 2023 , 16.35 MB
Fri 3 Feb 2023

 

The shorter working week is a powerful and practical solution to problematic trends. For example Burnouts, automation, gender inequality and climate change. The shorter working week is a simpel ideal to give us an utopian perspective for a better world. Working 4 days with the same pay, so people can enjoy their free time and still be more productive. 

Daniel spoke with Kyle Lewis. Writer of the book Overtime, why we need a shorter working week and founder of think tank Autonomy.

 

The Wire w/ Joe: February 3, 2023

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Fri 3 Feb 2023

This week on The Wire for Rāmere Friday!

David brings us City Counselling with Shane Henderson as they talk about clean up efforts in West Auckland after last week’s floods.

Joe looks into Acute Mental Health units remaining in the shadows, he speaks to Associate Professor Ruth Cunningham from the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington on the matter. Joe also looks into mammogram coverage targets missing for the third year in a row, he speaks to Adele Gautier, Research manager at The Breast Cancer Foundation on this issue.

Joe also speaks to Alexandra Xanthaki a UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and Professor of Laws at Brunel University London, United Kingdom, about the commending of the IOC for considering admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutral contestants.

Daniel looks into ChatGPT and how AI impacts humanity, he speaks to Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts in Boston on the topic. He also speaks to Kyle Lewis, founder and researcher at Think Tank Autonomy about a 4 day work week.

That's us for the Friday Wire!

Three Waters After Aucklands Flooding w/ Dr Timothy Welch, Mat Danaher and Simon Court: February 2nd, 2023

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Thu 2 Feb 2023

The mass flooding in Auckland has renewed conversations and calls for the three waters reform to continue, to completion. 

The controversial Labour policy has been speculated to be on the chopping block of new PM Chris Hipkins, further supported by the appointment of new cabinet minister Kieran McAnulty to the local government portfolio. 

However, the devastation caused by the flooding reinstated how badly Tamaki Makaurau needs updated stormwater infrastructure. 

To learn about where the reform currently stands and what stormwater infrastructure needs to be put in place, i’ve spoken to UoA’s Timothy Welch, E tū Unions Mat Danaher and ACT MP Simon Court about their respective opinions on the policy. 

 

The Wire w/ Liam: February 2nd, 2023

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Thu 2 Feb 2023

E whai akei nei, coming up on the Thursday Wire…

Liam has a package re-evaluating the Three Waters Reform in the wake of the Auckland flooding. They’ve spoken to the University of Auckland's Dr Timothy Welch about stormwater infrastructure, E Tū Union director Mat Danaher about why they support Three Waters and ACT Party local government and infrastructure spokesperson Simon Court about why they continue to oppose it.

Hanna spoke to Professor Robert MaCulloch about Aotearoa's unemployment rates.

And Liam had a chat with bFM European Correspondent Cameron Adams about what's been going on in Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and the UK!

Does Unemployment Need to Rise to Tackle Inflation? w/ Professor Robert MacCulloch

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Thu 2 Feb 2023

As people continue to struggle with rising cost of living, some economists have suggested raising unemployment rates to tamp inflation. However, doing so would further increase hardship for those laid off, and job losses would concentrate among low-income workers. Are gentler deflationary tools available?

Hanna spoke to Professor Robert MacCulloch, Matthew S. Abel Chair of Macroeconomics at the University of Auckland, about why unemployment remained low despite market shocks, the theory behind raising unemployment to tackle inflation and its critique, and the disciplinary effect of unemployment on workers.

Health Hazards During a Flood w/ Senior Lecturer at the Massey University School of Built Environment, Dr Mikael Boulic: February 1, 2023

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Wed 1 Feb 2023

More than 200 homes have been red-stickered, and at least 5000 have been damaged after the devastating deluge across Tāmaki Makaurau and the upper North Island. 

Experts are warning that health hazards such as mould and contamination could be waiting for residents returning to their flood damaged homes.

News & Editorial Director Jessica Hopkins spoke to Senior Lecturer at the Massey University School of Built Environment, Dr Mikael Boulic, who says Auckland’s current conditions are the “worst case scenario” for mould to grow. 

We started off our interview discussing what steps people should take when cleaning up their wet property.

How Climate Change Will Affect Our Weather w/ Victoria University Professor James Renwick: February 1, 2023

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Wed 1 Feb 2023

The Auckland floods have been devastating for many, but will this extreme weather become our new normal? 

Today Troy Matich spoke with Victoria University Professor James Renwick about how the future of climate change could bring more extreme weather, and disaster.