The Wire with Alex

This week, Amy Adams had a chat with Mary-Margaret about the Reserve Bank holding the cash rate steady, the ban on any new forms of oil and gas exploration, and cyber security for Parliamentarians.

First up on the Wire, we discuss industrial action by Ministry of Justice Workers, speaking with Tatiana Daniels from the PSA and and Len Anderson from the Criminal Bar association. We then discuss the midterm election results in America. Our Wire Worry Week is anti-government movement, and Tuwhenuaroa discusses Parihaka with Maata Warehoka. Oscar isn’t hre in person, but has left us with a community garden interview with Helena from hackland. Finally, This Day in History looks at beginning of the siege of Madrid.

On the show today!

For Dear Science we talk about cellphone radiation effects, hydropower and the creation of matter in space.

Neal Curtis talks to us about the media craze that was the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex last week.

Lisa Boudet takes us through all you need to know about the US Midterm Elections happening right now.

The UN has called for the resumption of peace talks in Yemen last week, as its civil war is now causing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis at the moment.  Half of the country’s children under the age of five are malnourished and a child dies every ten minutes of preventable diseases. Justin looks into the history of Yemen to find what caused the war, what happened since 2015 and how geopolitics escalated the conflict.