Afternoons for Monday 17 October 2022

 

1:15 Could crustaceans be key to future plastic production?

Researchers Otago University  may have found us an option for food packaging that doesn't involve harmful plastics.

It's called Chitosan, and it's a material derived from the outer shells of crustaceans.

Combined with essential oils it's proven to be durable and safe, and can even protect perishable food from light, temperature and water vapour.

University of Otago Associate Professor Azam Ali talks to Jesse about their work so far.

1.25 NZ company leading emerging technology for electricity

Imagine a future where electricity is transferred not through wires and cables, but through the air and maybe even from space.

Well it might have already arrived.

Auckland based company Emrod is at the forefront of this emerging technology and earlier this month teamed up with the European Space Agency and Airbus to demonstrate how it can work

Emrod's CEO & Founder Greg Kushnir talks to Jesse.

1.35 West Coast nurse bucking the trend, encourages others to head here from Australia

The shortage of nurses in New Zealand is continuing to strain our health sector.

There's still a steady stream of nurses taking off to Australia where they're likely to earn 20 to 30,000 more than they are here.

But one nurse is bucking the trend and moving from across the Tasman to Aotearoa.

Sophie Carey is a clinical lead nurse who moved from the Northern Terriroty of Australia to the West Coast in 2020, and she's now part of a campaign encouraging others to do the same.

1:45 Number 1 album

 

2:10 Television Critic: Claire Chitham

Today TV reviewer Claire Chitham talks to Jesse about Blackbird on Apple TV and Bad Sisters, which is also on Apple TV. She's also been watching The Patient on Disney.

2:20  Australian Correspondent Brad Foster 

Brad Foster reports on the slow return of tourists to Australia, the new international advertising campaign with Ruby the Roo, and the latest on more heavy rains, with parts of Victoria and Tasmania this time flooded.

2:30 Stuttering with speech language therapist Janelle Irvine

For our expert feature today we're talking about stuttering. Before we speak to speech language therapist Janelle Irvine about what causes a stutter we speak to Felix Unger.

Felix works along side Janelle at The Stuttering Treatment and Research Trust and also has a stutter. He talks to Jesse about having a stutter and his work to help others who stutter.

Janelle then speaks to Jesse about the therapies that can be used for people seeking help for a stutter.

3:10 The longevity of China's leader, Xi Jinping

Every five years, the  Chinese Communist Party's National Congress meets to appoint new leaders. For 40 years, no leader has served more than two terms, but then Xi Jinping is not like other leaders in modern China. Sue-Lin Wong is The Economist's China correspondent and describes Xi Jinping as the most powerful person in the world. As the Party Congress begins, she is prying open the black box of elite Chinese politics to explore how this quietly ruthless leader came to power, how he stays in power, and what his leadership means for the rest of the world. The podcast is called The Prince.

3:35 Voices

Looking back at their recently wrapped play Po Boys and Oysters, the cast speak to Kadambari Raghukumar on Voices on the experience and on being black creatives in Aotearoa. 

3:45 The Panel with Lavina Good and Peter Dunne