The Wire with Caeden

Millions came out in the weekend all around the world for the Women’s March to show their opposition to President Trump. Many showed their support for the cause with sex-organ-based imagery - for example, there were signs & slogans that referenced vaginas & uteruses, and there were also a number of people wearing pink pussy hats. But some have come out criticising such symbolism for being exclusionary. Ximena speaks to Dunedin student who identifies as takatāpui, Scout Barbour-Evans, about the issue.

Check out the full podcast for this week's Wednesday show, which includes a look at the Tāmaki Regeneration Company's perspective on Niki's eviction, the government's 50 cent increase to the minimum wage, Dear Science with AUT's Allan Blackman, and more. 

Last week an unusual gathering of scientists and hackers met at the University of Pennsylvania. This was not the first time such a group had met and they were tasked with retrieving and preserving climate data from government web pages before the Donald Trump administration tore it all down. Their predictive action was not in vain, either, after the inauguration the new Whitehouse.gov website reflects notable absences. Dr. Bethany Wiggin is director of the program in Environmental Humanities at the university and has been heavily involved in this activism meets data recovery. bFM Reporter Mackenzie Smith spoke to her and began by asking what led to this action.

Prime Minister Bill English has suggested that the TPPA should go ahead without the US.  bFM reporter Momoko spoke with Professor Jane Kelsey who thinks that this would impact negatively on New Zealand as a whole, and Business NZ Chief Executive Kirk Hope, who thinks moving forward with the TPPA Deal is New Zealand’s most viable option to prevent isolation from the world’s trading markets.