Afternoons

 

1:15 What are the implications of us all living longer?

In the next 25 years the number of people over 65 is set to double. 

That is quite a shift from our current reality, where fewer than one in five of us are over 65.

In 2078, that becomes one in three. 

So what does that mean? Well, a new report from the Helen Clark Foundation in conjunction with WSP has taken a deep dive into the issues and the opportunities this change creates. 

Deputy Director Kali Mercier joins Jesse. 

1:25 This is buzzy: Why one man is on a roadie with 120 thousand bees A Kiwi beekeeper has set off on a road trip in his fully electric Volkswagen with 120 thousand bees onboard.

James Green from Hidden Honey is driving across the North Island on a mission to raise awareness about pollination.

He talks to Jesse. 

1:35 Sound on! Hector's Dolphins like you've never heard them before

Scientists have used tracking devices to enable them to reconstruct the underwater life of the Hector's dolphin.

Very little was known of the underwater behaviour of the world's smallest marine dolphin until now. A scientific paper has revealed an array of acrobatics and some incredible underwater sounds.

Auckland University Professor Rochelle Constantine was part of the research and chats to Jesse.

1:45 One Long Song: Elton John goes long!

Today's song is the opening track of a number one album, released in 1973.

Arguably it's two songs stuck together. The artist has said the two songs were not written as one piece, but fit together since one ends in the key of A, and the second opens in A, and the two were played as one elongated piece when recorded. However, the songs are published and copyrighted individually and remain separate entities with separate sheet music.

This is possibly the only song that has been covered by Metallica and featured in an episode of Blackadder.

It's a slow start, fading up from silence with a spooky soundscape that plays for 30 seconds before the synthesizer notes come in. 

Still, when you've got eleven minutes and three seconds to play with, you  can take half a minute to get going.

From Elton John's best ever selling album, this is side one track one of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Funeral for a Friend (love lies bleeding)

2:10 TV Critic: Up close and personal with Billy Joel

It's Monday which means we get to learn about new things to watch on the box, our TV critic Caitlin Cherry joins Jesse with her picks:

Billy Joel: And So It Goes (Neon)

Jane (2017, Disney)

Alien Earth (Disney)
 

2:20 Bangers & Match: Which classical tune is best?

We're going to talk classical music now because we've teamed up with the RNZ Concert team to bring you a game called Bangers and Match.

Over the past two weeks we have played you some classical bangers and you have decided which one is better - this is the last chance to play so today's winner takes all! 

RNZ Concert's Anna van der Leij pulls out all the stops to beat Jupiter, from the planets with Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending.

2:30 Expert Feature: Behind the scenes of zoos

So if you've got any burning questions about zoos or zoo animals let us know - text me on 2101. 

Our expert today spent almost 20 years at the helm of Te Nukuao Wellington Zoo  - Karen Fifield MNZM. She joins Jesse.

3:10 Feature interview: Why do headaches remain such a mystery?

Headaches. We all get them. Yet despite centuries of study, we still don't really understand their causes and cures. Author and  journalist Tom Zeller Jr has spent years trying to understand the kind of epic headaches he gets. He says he goes into the dark valley of head pain on a regular basis. He's on a quest to understand the stubborn pain he and a billion other people endure and why headaches remain such a mystery and what might finally offer hope. His book is called The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction-and a Search for Relief.

3:35 Here Now:  Bali's iconic sound - the Indonesian Gamelan 

Sometimes described as hypnotic - haunting, even, the ancient rich and resonant sounds of Indonesian Gamelan  celebrates a special anniversary at Canterbury University. Here's Kadambari Raghukumar, with the Here Now podcast. 

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.