Afternoons for Friday 22 November 2024

1:15 Human vs horse - who will win?

Human or Horse?  Who would win a 40 km race?

It sounds like the kind of question you'd toss around after a few too many beers at the pub... and that is exactly where the idea for 'The Only Fools and Horses Race' came to life.  

Runners and horses will go head-to-head in a race through rugged terrain in central Otago

 While horses can average speeds of up to 40km/h, Humans typically run at around 10km/h ... but who have the endurance to go all the way? 

'The Only Fools and Horses Race' coordinator Steve Tripp joins Jese to explain why this is happening. 

1:25 Coast To Coast Rangers - a charity to help kids

Yesterday Steve Gurney joined us for Sporting History. You can still listen to that conversation with the nine-time Coast to Cost race champion on the RNZ website

Near the end of our conversation he mentioned a charity project he's involved with - the Coast To Coast Rangers. We ran out of time to talk much about it, but our interest was piqued.

1:35 Why do kiwi cities have Coat of Arms?

A couple of months ago there was a campaign for Hamilton to redesign its coat of arms...

Spoiler alert - The mayor said it's not going to happen. But that got us thinking.... Why do our cities even have Coats of Arms? And are they actually any good? 

Or could some cities do with a bit of a rebrand?

So to answer that question - and come up with a distinctly un-comprehensive - regional coat of arms ranking... We're joined by David Jack & Dick Frizzell

David is an expert in all things Coats Of Arms and Dick is an internationally famous artist.

1:45 Freaky Friday: Rick's freaky life

Listener Rick explains how his life has been marked by incredible coincidences.

2:10 Film Review: Hugh Grant's latest, Heretic

Dom Corry is in the studio to talk what's on in the theatres. He reviews Heretic, starring Hugh Grant; a Lucy Lawless directed documentary Never Look Away and the drama Memory, featuring Peter Sarsgaard. 

2:20 NZ Live: Arthur Ahbez

Today Jesse is joined by Psychedelic folk/rock songwriter Arthur Ahbez. 

He's been in the game over 10 years and just put out his third album, 'Arthur Ahbez & The Flaming Ahbez'. 

As the name implies he's gone a bit of a different route on this recent release. 

3:08 Food: Sicilian Baked Eggplants with Capers & Tomatoes

Julie Biuso brings Italy to the show with a dish from her late mother-in-law Mamma Rosa. Get the recipe here.

3:16 Music 101: Charlotte Ryan

Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 here on RNZ each Saturday afternoon from 1pm talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

3:25 Weekend Stuff: Gardening 

Gardening expert Kate Hellier has some expert advice for keeping those nasty pests away from your precious plants. 

3:35 Critter of the Week: New Zealand sheetweb spider, Cambridgea foliata

Have you ever wondered what critter creates those large horizontal webs in our native forests? 

This week, Forest & Bird CEO Nicola Toki will introduce you to the creator behind the webs, the New Zealand sheetweb spider, Cambridgea foliata. It’s the largest of our sheetweb spiders and can craft a web up to 1 m in diameter! 

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman joins Jesse to preview The Panel. Producer Carol Stile joins both men for a look at the news.