Afternoons for Monday 14 July 2025

 

1:15 The 11 year old country singer from Lyttleton going places

Cleo Fitzgerald recently became the overall winner of the Junior NZ Golden Guitar awards. 

It was her first time entering the Country Music Festival. As well as taking home the coveted Golden Guitar trophy, she won Country Gospel, Country Vocal Solo and runner up in the Country Rock. 

Next up is the Tamworth Country Music Festival in Australia in 2026.

Click here if you want to help Cleo get there. 

1.25 The Black Sox fight to reclaim the world title

The Black Sox have won silver at the Softball World Cup.

The team has long been a dominant force in the sport, having won the Men's World Championship a total of seven times, becoming World Champions for the first time in 1976.

NZ Softball Hall of Famer Jarrad Martin talked to Jesse.

1.35 The Kerikeri couple proving that age really is just a number.

Kerikeri couple Sophia and Bob Warren have become the first over-70s world champions in the sport of Hyrox.

The competition combines running and strength activities.

What makes this story even more remarkable is that the couple only got into the sport six months ago.

1:45 Feature Album - David Bowie Blackstar

David Bowie's twenty sixth and final studio album.

It was recorded in secret in New York and two days after its release on the 8th of January 2016, Bowie died of cancer. 

2:10 Absolute escapism: The Waterfront and the Slow TV movement

This week Caitlin Cherry is looking at the new show The Waterfront on Netflix and discusses the growing Slow TV movement on YouTube. 

2.20 Information Cold Call - Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland

Each week Jesse cold calls an information centre, today the spotlight is on Auckland!

2.30 The pros and cons of weight loss drugs

Dr Chaey Leem is an obesity doctor, so he knows all about the challenges of losing weight. 

He joins us to answer listener's questions about weight loss drugs. 

3:10 Does violence on the screen really lead to violence off them?

 Violence in movies and video games normalizes a culture of cruelty says Dr. Henry Giroux, a leading voice on education, media, and democracy. He says modern entertainment packages violence as a product, turning brutality into something exciting, routine, and even justified. 

Dr Giroux explains how the normalization of violence doesn't just dull us to suffering, it weakens democratic values and discourages us from thinking critically about the world around us.

3:35 Here Now: Back to Basics

This week in our final part to Back to Basics, on Here Now with Kadambari Raghukumar - she's joined by the three musicians who featured across the series, for an impromptu chat and a jam in the RNZ studio. 

3:45 The pre-Panel

Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.