Afternoons for Wednesday 6 March 2024

 

1:15 The future of food - an Silicon Valley perspective

What does the future of food look like?  What will we be eating in the future?

Quinault Childs is research director in the Food Futures Lab at the Silicon Valley based Institute for the Future.

His work focuses on the future of food systems, society, and the impact of climate change.

Quin's been in Aotearoa to speak at an event, he stops by to share his knowledge with Jesse.

1:25 Hamilton County Bluegrass Band playing their last concert

The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band is about to play its last concert.

The band has been around since the 1960s when it was founded by Paul Trenwith and Alan Rhodes.

The lineup has changed over the years - the current one includes Paul and his two sons.

The band's in our Hamilton studio to speak to Jesse.

1:35 Dame Kiri's 80th birthday, a day of celebration

On Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday, Clarissa Dunn joins Jesse to  share magical moments from Dame Kiri's career including recordings of the young star on the rise and reminisces about her own experiences of sharing a stage with this Kiwi legend.

1:45 Heading Off: The Crispy Couple

When Kiwi Daniella Elwood met her Irish partner Sean Ohare at a crossfit gym in Wellington, the pair dated for two months before heading off around the world together.

Both were experienced solo travellers, but this was their first time travelling as a couple.

Now, the only thing stronger then their love of travel - is their combined love of chips.

The pair have gone as far as starting an instragam page called 'The Crispy Couple', documenting the highs and lows that the world of chips has to offer.

We speak to Daniella.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Alex Barnes

Today Alex talks to Jesse about Open Source and Rourou Conversations.

2:20 Collectors corner: Spike's Lego

Dairy farmer turned lego collector, and now lego museum owner.

Waihi local, Spike, took his love of lego to the next level, opening a museum after his collection grew too big to keep in his own home.

He's been running 'Spikes Bricks and Models' for the last eight years, much to the delight of locals and visitors. But Spike gets just as much out of it himself, if not more.

Spike joins Jesse in the Auckland studio.

2:30 Bookmarks with Luciane Buchanan

We love it when one of Aotearoa's own makes it big and our bookmarks guest today, Luciane Buchanan has done just that.

Many will know the Auckland-born actor as one of the stars of the Netflix series hit - The Night Agent - an FBI action-thriller, currently filming its second season in New York

In addition to that, short film Lea Tupu'anga/Mother Tongue recently screened at the Sundance film festival

She's off to a flyer in 2024 but managed to find some time to chat in between takes for Bookmarks this week.

3:10 Hanging Out, a new book from Sheila Liming

Doing nothing has become something we just don't do anymore in our over-scheduled, always online world.

But the simple act of hanging out with other people could be the solution to the epidemic of loneliness the world is facing says Sheila Liming.

She's a professor of literature, media, and writing who says we need to put our phones down and re-learn out to just spend time with people with no set agenda or activity. 

Her book is called Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time.

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World

Coming up on Our Changing World, the second episode in the new collaboration with New Zealand Geographic called Voice of Tangaroa.

This week, kina overabundance is causing issues - what if we just ate them?

3:45 The pre-Panel