Afternoons for Wednesday 3 April 2024

 

1:15 Helping younger people navigate the real and fake news online

The digital world can be a confronting and confusing place for many of us, as we try and decipher what's real and what's not.

So how do our children cope with online news content? And do they have the skills to navigate what seems to be an ever-changing news landscape.

A free media literacy resource for primary school students aims to address the issue, teaching kids to spot misinformation when they come across it online.

Newshounds is already being used in over 2,000 classrooms in Australia and it's set to be rolled out here in Aotearoa.

It's the brainchild of host and creator of Squiz Kids is Bryce Corbett. We speak to Bryce.

1:25 Nadia Lim's Farm season two released

Nadia's Lim's Farm series is back for a second season offering a peek behind the scenes into the life she's built after leaving the city for a Royalburn Station with her husband Carlos Bagrie.

Carlos is from a farming background, unlike Nadia, who shot to fame on our screens as part of the popular Masterchef series.

Now many years and three children later with a shift to a 1200 acre property on the Crown Range - Nadia's sharing her trials and tribulations on screen again.

1:35 The world of anime and its rise in popularity, an explainer

When Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and The Heron won the best animation prize at the Academy Awards this year it cemented anime's place in mainstream culture.

With the death of Dragon Ball-Z creator the influential Akira Toriyama last month we thought it'd be a great time to delve into the topic of anime and manga with somebody in the know.  

So if Dragon Ball-Z and Cowboy Bebop mean nothing to you, fear not, because Dr Emerald King is with us.

Emerald is also a champion cosplayer.

1:45 Heading Off: DIY van life tips

This week on Heading Off we meet wedding photographer Chris Turner who's been busy converting his van into an all purpose 'home away from home' vehicle.

He shares with Jesse his tips and tricks to create a camper van from scratch and on an affordable budget.

2.12 Podcast Critic: Evie Ashton

This week Evie talks to Jesse about The Guardian's series Black Box.

2:20 Easy Eats with Sam Parish: Curry udon and bbq chook 

If you love the convenience of a store-bought barbecued chook (aka a ‘bachelor’s handbag) but struggle to know what to do with it beyond stuffing it in a roll, Sam Parish is here to help.

She reckons there’s no limit to the potential of this supermarket staple, and today she’s sharing a recipe for slippery udon noodles in an easy curry sauce with shredded barbecued chicken and pops of broccoli, beans and cucumber.

Just 10 minutes of preparation and 20 minutes of cooking and you can have this on the table tonight in no time.

You can find the recipe here.

2:30 Bookmarks with Rodney Bell

Today for Bookmarks we meet award-winning dancer and choreographer Rodney Bell of Ngāti Maniapoto.

Rodney has worked all over the world, and was a principal dancer with AXIS dance company in California - he's the only New Zealander to have won the Isadora Duncan Dance Award for his work there.

He's internationally renowned for physically integrated dance, a form of dance which celebrates people with different abilities and physicalities. Rodney himself has used a wheelchair for 32 years.

He has co-choreographed a new dance piece called Imprint - which tours to Tauranga tomorrow and Auckland next week.

3:10 When sport trumped politics in the Middle East

When the final whistle blew on the 2007 Asian Cup, commentators declared "the team without hope has brought joy to its fractured nation. Football succeeds where politics has failed."

The Iraqi football team, made up of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish players, had defeated Saudi Arabia. 

It was a moment of unity in a fractured country following the US invasion and removal of Saddam Hussein. Photojournalist Lucian Read was embedded with the US Marines during the war.  

He had seen Iraq suffer so many losses and felt compelled to tell the story of the win. His new documentary is called  Lions of Mesopotamia.   

3:35 Stories from Our Changing World
Coming up on Our Changing World, the next episode in the new collaboration with New Zealand Geographic called Voice of Tangaroa.

This week, James Frankham and Claire Concannon learn about erect-crested penguins on the remote Bounty Islands.

3:45 The pre-Panel