Afternoons for Tuesday 1 April 2025
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Why girls drop out of sports
1:07 PM.New research has looked into why teenage girls are dropping out of sport at such an alarming rate. Read more Audio
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60 years of nursing changes
1:35 PM.Nursing is a profession that has long been dominated by women and there was a time when it was one of the few jobs that was seen as an acceptable career for those who chose to work. Read more Audio
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Tech Tuesday: tech in healthcare
1:45 PM.Tim Batt takes a look at some ways tech is changing the medical world, brain implants, AI doctors and depression therapy. Read more Audio
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Book Critic: Orbital and Ted Lasso and Philosophy
2:10 PM.Our reviewer Bill Hastings casts his eye over two books he recommends for good reading.
The books discussed are: Orbital by Samantha Harvey and Ted Lasso and Philosophy. Read more Audio
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Music feature: the file sharing era
2:10 PM.Today we're not actually focusing on a band or an album, but on the music industry itself. To be more specific, we're going to look at the ways we consume music, and how advancements in technology… Read more Audio
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Update on Oz with Brad Foster
2:25 PM.Our favorite Australian Brad Foster is discussing the upcoming federal election and how it might well be an election influenced by millennials and Gen Z. He also examines the serious case of a Sydney… Read more Audio
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Feature interview: social media as WMD
3:10 PM.The first generation to grow up never knowing a time before smartphones and social media has had enough. As a teenager, Emma Lembke saw her own mental health declining with constant scrolling and… Read more Audio
1:10 Why girls drop out of sports
New research has looked into why teenage girls are dropping out of sport at such an alarming rate
Young women are more likely to give up on organised sport compared to their male peers. The reasons behind this are multifaceted
Photo: Photosport
1:20 The story of Moana Pasifika
On the weekend rugby history was made by Moana Pasifika. Made up of players from several different Pacific nations, the team dominated the Crusaders ... winning 45 to 29.
It just the latest in a long story of a team that stated in 2020, created to play against the Māori All Blacks and is going form strength to strength.
Head coach Tana Umaga joins Jesse to talk about the win and how they got there.
Patrick Pellegrini of Moana Pasifika celebrates his try with Danny Toala (head gear) and Solomon Alaimalo of Moana Pasifika during the Super Rugby Pacific round seven match v the Crusadersat Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch on 29 March 2025. Photo: John Davidson / www.photosport.nz
1:35 60 years of nursing changes
Nursing is a profession that has long been dominated by women and there was a time when it was one of the few jobs that was seen as an acceptable career for those who chose to work.
Times have changed though and so has the nature of the job. Nurses today have more professional opportunities but they can also come at a cost.
Coralie Zimmer and Jo Smith started nursing in the 1960s and while their careers may have taken them down different paths, they both say they had the time of their lives.
Photo: Josephine Smith
1:45 Tech Tuesday: tech in healthcare
Tim Batt takes a look at some ways tech is changing the medical world, brain implants, AI doctors and depression therapy.
Photo: 123rf
2:10 Book Critic: Orbital and Ted Lasso and Philosophy
Our reviewer Bill hastings casts his eye over two books he recommends for good reading. The books discussed are: Orbital by Samantha Harvey and Ted Lasso and Philosophy.
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2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Our favorite Australian Brad Foster is discussing the upcoming federal election and how it might well be an election influenced by millennials and Gen Z. He also examines the serious case of a Sydney woman who stabbed her three children.
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on 28 March 2025. Photo: Mike Bowers / AFP
2:30 Music feature: the file sharing era
Today we're not actually focusing on a band or an album, but on the music industry itself.
To be more specific, we're going to look at the ways we consume music, and how advancements in technology over the past 30 years have impacted that.
Gareth Shute is a musician, journalist, and the author behind books like 'Hip Hop Music In Aotearoa' and 'Making Music In New Zealand'.
He's also a regular contributor for AudioCulture, where he recently wrote a brilliant three-part series on this topic.
Photo: Napster
3:10 Feature interview: social media as WMD
The first generation to grow up never knowing a time before smartphones and social media has had enough. As a teenager, Emma Lembke saw her own mental health declining with constant scrolling and hours spent on social media.
LOG OFF is an international youth movement dedicated to rethinking social media's effect on teenagers, and mitigating its potential harm. The group was founded by and is run by teens themselves, with leaders in the group coming from nine different countries. More about the group can be found on its website at: https://www.logoffmovement.org/. Photo: Sid Hastings/Washington Universi
3:30 BBC World History
NASA astronaut Rex Walheim performs a space walk outside the International Space Station on 15 February 2008. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
3:45 The pre-Panel
Wallace Chapman and producer Tom Riste-Smith preview tonight's episode of The Panel.
Photo: RNZ / Jayne Joyce and Jeff McEwan
