The Wire with Sara

BBC reporter Kate Adie was on duty when the Iranian Embassy siege took place in London in 1980. As the SAS stormed the building to rescue hostages cooped up inside, Adie described the events unfolding in front of her to an audience of millions while crouched behind a car door. Her coverage of the event broke new ground for television reporting, and she went on to report from war zones around the world. Ahead of the New Zealand International Film Festival screenings of 6 Days, a film depicting what went down at the Iranian embassy, Adie came up to the 95bFM studio to have a chat with our news director Ximena about her experiences during the siege and about what she thinks of the state of the media today.

With a study by the NZIER into the potential benefits of reducing congestion, producer Ben speaks with senior economist, Christina Leung.

Crispr is a gene editing technology that is revolutionising science at an incredibly fast pace.

Some of its most exciting applications are the ability to tweak genes of eggs, sperm or embryos to alter human life - cosmetically, or more importantly to eradicate disease causing genetic mutations that parents can pass on, such as cystic fibrosis, breast or ovarian cancer.. A group of US Scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University have published a report where CRISPR has been used to correct a genetic mutation linked to a heart disorder called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in human embryos. This understandably has a huge range of implications and raises a number of questions of ethics and law. Harry spoke with Dr Jeanne Snelling, research fellow in bioethics and health Law at the University of Otago, on these potential implications and just whether this kind of procedure would succeed or at all be possible in New Zealand.

This Thursday Harry Speaks to Dr Jeanne Snelling, research fellow in bioethics and health Law at the University of Otago on a recent US study in which scientists used CRISPR a genetic modification tool to edit human embryos, removing mutations linked to heart conditions. Harry also speaks with newly appointed Labour Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis on Labour’s new direction. We have Eva Sherwood, Oracle Account Executive and NZTech Board person on NZ tech’s campaign to bring more women into the tech industry. Ben Speaks to Senior Economist at NZIER, Christina Leung on traffic congestion. Ben also speaks with the CEO of Hāpai Te Hauora, Lance Norman on 'synthetic cannabis'. And Harry speaks to the Mental Health Foundation’s chief executive Shaun Robinson on the launch of their new website to bring awareness and assistance to those affected by suicide bereavement.