The Wire with Alex

On November 6th, millions of Americans are expected to cast (or have cast) their votes during the midterm elections. 

What are they? Who's voting for what? Can it help get rid of Donald Trump? All these questions and more explained by producer Lisa Boudet. 

This week, Conor looks into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. We look at his previous career, political opinions, the circumstances behind his killing and why major players in the international community have been hesitant to outrightly condemn Saudi Arabia

This week on the Greendesk, Jack talks with Mikhail Prokopenko, a professor of computer science at the University of Sydney about creating cities with multiple city centres to cut down commute times.

Jack spoke with Prokopenko about how his computer models may help us understand the unintended consequences of transforming our cities, and even details a blueprint on how we can build a better city here in Auckland.

This year, the Aoteroa Tech Union has been established, to support workers in an industry where only a few well established workers are well paid, and most others find themselves stuck in less stable contract positions. Raena Jackson-Armitage is one of the organisation’s co-founders, and I spoke to her about the launch. The union’s website says there are 120,000 tech workers in Aoteroa, so Mary-Margaret started by asking what kind of work this covers.