The Weekend for Saturday 13 January 2024

08:12 Wim Wenders: Behind the camera on new film Perfect Days 

German film maker Wim Wenders brings his introspective style to the big screen this year with new film Perfect Days, which follows ageing bathroom attendant Hirayama as he goes about his day in Tokyo taking in life's simpler pleasures. 

Wenders' feature films include road movie Paris Texas, Cold War-era fantasy Wings of Desire, both released in the 1980s, and 2000 documentary Bueno Vista Social Club about a group of Cuban musicians. 

One of cinema's true auteur film makers joins Susana to talk about Perfect Days, his life in Berlin and travels with his wife, and the directors he admires behind the camera. 

8:45 Nathan Haines summer playlist with special guest

New Zealand's premier jazz musician and DJ Nathan Haines joins Susana in the studio with a very special guest. 

Nathan and Zoot share a summer playlist for The Weekend, talk about an upcoming gig, and Nathan plays a new single ahead of his 2024 album release. 

Nathan Haines summer playlist for The Weekend:

1. Bodies by Todd Terje - Prins Thomas Orgasmatron remix 2004 

2. What you Won't do for Love - Bobby Caldwell

3. Ginga - Robson Jorge and Lincoln Olivetti Brazilan release 1982

4. Time out of mind by steely Dan (Zoot's pick)

5. Chaos in the CBD feat. Nathan Haines - Emotional Intelligence.

Also played on the show: 
Love you More by Nathan Haines (album released in 2024)
Christmas Blues feat. Zoot Haines

 

9:05 Dr Josh Cohen: The way out of burnout for a healthy 2024

Burnout didn't become a recognised diagnosis until 1974, when German-American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger was encountering people he described as having "a physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress."

Today, the concept of burnout is commonly known, but what steps can we take to fend off exhaustion and replenish when there are so many external pressures to strive and survive?  

Dr Josh Cohen is professor of modern literary theory at Goldsmiths, University of London and a professional psychoanalyst. 

Dr Cohen joins Susana Lei'ataua to discuss burnout recovery and setting for a healthy 2024. 

 

9:30 Bryan Waddle: The Blackcaps Vs Pakistan T20

Did the return of Matt Henry & Lockie Ferguson have much of an impact? Is Kane Williamson's knee injury holding him back?

Bryan Waddle joins Susana Lei'ataua to discuss last night's Blackcaps performance - the first in a five match T20 tour of the country. 

 

09:40 James Mustapic: Diary of a summer tan

Comedian James Mustapic has been catching a summer break after a huge end to 2023 as the winner of Celebrity Treasure Island. 

He joins Susana Lei'atua to give us a field report on the great Kiwi summer. 

 

10:05 Roma Agrawal: Seven inventions that built the modern world

If you were asked to come up with a list of seven inventions that all human endeavours are built upon - what would you pick?

Structural Engineer Roma Agrawal set about answering that question during the 2020 COVID lockdown. The result is her latest book Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed The World (In A Big Way). 

Roma ,one of the engineers behind The Shard, the tallest building in Western Europe, joins Susana Lei'ataua on The Weekend. 

 

10:30 Poet Tusiata Avia wins award for Literary Achievement

For the first time in the 21-year history of the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement, all three categories were won by women. Lee Murray picked up the fiction award, non-fiction went to Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and Tusiata Avia picked up the poetry prize.

In the second instalment of our conversations with the winners Susana Lei'ataua is in conversation with Tusiata Avia.

Tusiata also treats us to a reading of brand new poem Edict from the Self-appointed Arbiter of All Art Permitted in New Zealand.

You can hear Part 1 of the series featuring Lee Murray here.

 

10:40 Emily Writes: Getting through the summer holiday parenting juggle

Parenting writer and mum of two young sons, Emily Writes, joins Susana in the studio to share her tips on how to get through the holidays. Not the glossy, shiny Instagram stuff...the real deal.

Emily is a regular parenting writer for The Spinoff and her own Substack...and in a perfect example of the parenting juggle she has brought one of her children into the studio this morning.

11:00 Amanda Palmer plays music from her EP: New Zealand Survival songs 

At the start of the COVID pandemic American musician Amanda Palmer was touring New Zealand when the borders closed and her 'short tour' turned into a two year stay. 

Amanda was joined initially by her five-year-old-son Ash, and her then husband, the author Neil Gaiman. Their marriage ended and Neil went to Scotland while Amanda and Ash stayed on in Haverlock North, and then Waiheke Island. During these two years the New Zealand Survival Songs were written.

Amanda joins us in the RNZ studio in Auckland to play some of these songs with a keyboard, two guitars and some special guests.