The Wire with Caeden

Justin talks to University of Sydney's Graeme Gill and University of Melbounre's William Partlett about the constitutional changes proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the fallout from the resignation of Prime Minister Dimitry Merdvedev and his cabinet.

On the Monday Wire, we have our weekly chat with Green party co-leader James Shaw, on the emissions trading scheme and housing crisis. Senior researcher at the Institute for Governance and Public Policy at Victoria University Dr Mike Joy critiques the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme Bill and environmental policies. We talk to genderqueer clown and theatre performer Ania Upstill on the performance of gender identities, and have Citizen's Commission on Human Rights New Zealand director Mike Feriss, speaking about a recent report released by the UN urging investigation into torture at Lake Alice, a former psychiatric hospital.

Ania Upstill is a genderqueer clown, and theatre performer touring their show from Austin Texas to Auckland next month.  Sherry talks to them on their experience as a gender queer performer, clowning as a way of breaking down and having fun with the performance of identities, and the best ways to have conversations to support our non-binary and queer community. 

Sherry begins by asking them to explain their show Transhumance:

Transhumance will be on at Q theatre as part of Auckland Pride’s festival, opening on the 7th of February.

New Zealand will be one of the first countries to implement climate crisis education into the curriculum. Laura Kvigstad conducts a quick report of the subject before delving into a discussion on the subject in our poll position question of the week.