The Wire with Sara

It’s Fuck Off Fascism week on the The Wire. Every day this week we’ll be talking to academics, activists and other insightful voices about the concept of fascism and its return to the global political conversation. Producer Ben Goldson looks at the ideology of fascism, its historical roots, and what constitutes fascism today.

This week, Tess and Joel chat to a research scientist from the Global Penguin Society from the University of Otago, Thomas Mattern about the looming extinction of the Yellow-Eyed Penguin, we have our weekly chat with National MP, Jami-Lee Ross, about the new housing plan and the TPP. 95bFM news director, Ximena Smith, speaks to one of the authors from the Auckland Writers Festival, Roxane Gay about her books and writing styles. We have our usual weekly feature, Neighbourhood watch for all the latest in Australian news with Radio Adelaide's Nicole Wedding and a piece by 95bFM reporter, Ambrose, who talks to Quentin Abraham about poverty and it's relationship to mental wellbeing in children. All of this on the full podcast right here.

95bFM reporter, Ambrose, speaks to Quentin Abraham, the president of the New Zealand Psychological society about a report by the Child Poverty Action Group and the New Zealand Psychological Society who have been long been concerned with the impact of poverty on children’s health. The combined effects of inadequate family incomes, high living costs and poor housing conditions can lead to serious and prolonged physical illness. 95bFM reporter, Ambrose speaks to Quentin about a report released by these two organisations outlining the impacts.

In 2008 Auckland University’s Department of Computer Science initiated an annual series of lectures intended to describe ongoing research in Computer Science to a wider public, called the Gibbons series. This year the lectures look to a step towards the singularity, artificial intelligence and its impact.The third lecture in the series takes place tonight at the University of Auckland Owen G Glenn Building at 6pm, with guest lecturer Marcus Frean from the University of Victoria. Wire producer Harry Willis spoke with Frean about what he will be talking about this evening, the wonders of Deep Learning algorithms, and possible implications for the Science.