Afternoons for Monday 23 June 2025

 

1:15 Guy Montgomery is back with his stand-up show I've Noticed So Many Things, It'd Be Unfair To Keep Them To Myself'.

He's well known to kiwi audiences through his hit shows - Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Have You Been Paying Attention, and Thank God You're Here.

Guy has recently found success across the Tasman with the Australian version of his spelling bee show proving a big hit with audiences.  The show was picked up for a second season and he's been nominated for a Logie for Most Popular New Talent at the prestigious Australian Televison awards.

1.25 Winner of the National Flash Fiction Day 2025

Sunday the 22nd of June was the shortest day of the year, and as is tradition, the winner of National Flash Fiction Day was also announced.

The competition has been running since 2012 and it celebrates short stories in all their glory.

Aucklanders dominated the podium this year, and our congratulations to runners up Jack Remiel Cottrell and Gretchen Carroll.

But the big winner was Claris Harvey, who took out the top spot with her story "The Golden Glove".

1.35 Panic at the Pump

Experts are warning one of the immediate repercussions of the conflict in Iran could be a spike in fuel prices.

Infometrics chief executive Brad Olsen told Morning Report that if the Iranian side responds with attacks on US shipping, quote, "worries about oil supply will increase substantially".

But there are things you can do to manage and drive your car in a more efficient way that will save petrol and save money.

We thought this would be a great time to get some tips, so I'm joined by Terry Collins, Principal Policy Advisor for AA.

2.10 TV Critic: Caitlin Cherry (High Potential; And Just Like That)

TV reviewer Catilin Cherry talks Jesse through some recommendations.

Today they discuss High Potential on Disney, plus And Just Like That on NEON.

2:20 Information Centre Cold Call 

Jesse rings a random information centre across the motu to find the best things about their region.

2.30 Expert Feature: Horses

How big is a horse's heart? Should you always bet on the grey one? Do they actual like being ridden?

Today we discussed all things horses with Equestrian Jody Hartstone.

3.10 Feature Interview – The Have and the Have Yachts

There are more billionaires now than ever before. We know their names, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Theil, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. But we don't really know their lives. 

We share the same planet, but they occupy a different world.  The New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos began writing about the uber rich when Americans who professed disdain for billionaires then elected one as President.

His essays come together in a book that offers a rare view from the penthouse that reveals the habits, fixations and obsessions of the very rich and how they see the rest of us. The book is called “The Haves and the Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich."

3:35 Here Now

Here Now with Kadambari Raghukumar ..in this second part to the series Back to Basics, we're off to the subcontinent, diving into the world of Indian music.

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.