Afternoons for Thursday 20 March 2025

1:15 Inappropriate behaviour on the sidelines in focus

When we're on the sidelines of our kid's sports, it's easy to be impassioned - but you may have noticed that passion can turns into aggression very quickly.

Sideline abuse is on the rise, with more than 60 percent of coaches and referees in Auckland reporting inappropriate behaviour at least once or twice a season.

That's why a group of Auckland sports organisations are banding together to launch the 'Love Their Game' campaign.

Respected rugby referee Ben O'Keeffe is fronting the cause, and talks to Jesse about the issue.

1:25 Getting more out of ketamine treatment for depression

Ketamine has a verity of uses, most famously as horse tranquillizer.

But since the 1950s it also been used for anaesthesia and pain relief, more recently it's found popularity as a recreational drug

One of its lesser-known uses is in the treatment of depression. Traditionally that has a been moderately successful but comes with a high rate of relapse back into depression once the treatment ends.

A new study out of the University of Otago is looking to change that. 

Jesse talks to lead researcher Associate Professor Ben Beaglehole.

1:35 Bridging the worlds of the hearing and the deaf

During the Auckland Arts Festival an artist from Melbourne performed her poignant show about what it's like grow up in the 80s as a CODA - or Child of Deaf Adults.

Jodee Mundy's show 'Personal' is a humorous and heartfelt account of what it's like to walk between the hearing and deaf worlds.

It got us wondering what it's like to be part of the CODA community in New Zealand, in 2025.

On the show Jesse is talking to Christchurch resident Jack King.

His parents are both deaf and his sister is half deaf, making him the only fully hearing person in his household.

1:45 Great album: Soft Power by Fazerdaze

Today's great album is Soft Power by indie pop musician Fazerdaze.

Made by the artist Amelia Murray the record was her second album and when it was released in novmeber last year, critics raved.

Rolling Stone gave it four stars and described it as an exploration of 'grappling with intense change'.

'Soft power' is a phrase Murray first heard in Michelle Obama's memoir Becoming - it encapsulates a balance between gentleness and "fierce boundaries"

Fazerdaze is playing live tomorrow on the show for NZ Live.

2:10 Podcast Critic: The Telepathy Tapes and Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud

Alan Doak reviews supernatural focuses podcast The Telepathy Tapes hosted by Ky Dickens. He also discusses Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud, a fashion/interview podcast looking at the unspoken language of clothing. 

2:30 NZ Sporting History: Kim Nye

This week Jesse is speaking to a trailblazer of women's football in New Zealand. 

For 20 years, Kim Nye held the honour of being the only Football Fern to have scored a goal at a FIFA Women's World Cup. 

It was way back in 1991, against tournament hosts China, when she scored that goal which stood the test of time - until Amber Hearn scored at the World Cup in Germany in 2011.  

Nye appeared 16 times for New Zealand in total - scoring three goals - and has witnessed both the struggles and growth of women's football. She talks to Jesse about her amazing career.

3:15 Solving the World's Problems

Wellington's favourite son Dave Armstrong is in the studio to discuss our nation's capital and what needs fixing and how.

3:20 History with Dr Grant Morris

New Zealanders love to holiday at one of our many lakes. It is perhaps second only to the beach as the quintessential NZ holiday.

NZ has 43 lakes over 10km2 and they are hugely varied. Why did a lake holiday become popular? How have some lakes become so popular at the expense of all the others? We can use history to answer these questions.
 

3:35 BBC Witness History

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman and producer Sam Hollis join Jesse in the studio to preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.