Weekend Variety Wireless With Graeme Hill On Radiolive

Paul Casserly joins Graeme Hill for Media Stick, the weeks media sense & nonsense under the microscope. Graeme and Mr Casserly talk about the sudden death of Anthony Bourdain, a much loved cook and television personality. Anika Moa interviewed Winston Peters with hilarious little truth or false questions which Graeme plays. Also, a fa硤e that started at bFM farting the end of a song? Youll have to listen to understand. Listen to the full audio with Paul Casserly above. Also, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago this week. US Historian Jennifer Frost joins Graeme Hill to talk the life of Robert Kennedy and all the what ifs. Kennedys death was only two months after Martin Luther Kings assassination. Robert was always in the shadows behind his brother JFK, but after Martin Luther Kings death he spoke to the community about the importance of compassion and the accepting of all colours. Kennedy also campaigned for the youth vote, and tried to get them a voice. Listen to the full audio with

50 years ago Simon & Garfunkels Mrs Robinson was top of the charts as news broke that Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. Paul Simons biographer Peter Ames Carlin speaks with Graeme about Simons life, personality and work, and they have a fair old catfight about some stuff too. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.

Which countries want their teams to boycott the Football World Cup? Jonathan Dodd, Research Director at Ipsos joins Graeme Hill to discuss politics in sports, and the cognitive bias Stress Influence Tendency. Research shows that 49 per cent of Indian and 45 per cent of Saudi people that were surveyed, think their national team should boycott the Football World Cup in Russia next week. Mr Dodd finds this interesting as India or Saudi Arabia doesnt seem to have a large problem with Russia at the moment. Graeme notes politics shouldnt interfere with sports but it always does. Also, the cognitive bias Stress Influence Tendency - which Mr Dodd breaks into three key parts: social proof tendancy, prival superreaction and doubt avoidence. Also, A new Museum exhibition named the Secret World Of Butterflies opened at Auckland Museum this weekend. John Early, Curator and master of insects joins Graeme Hill to discuss what a butterfly really is, the collection and the strange world of the collectors. Mr Early sp

Cinema with James Croot. Tea With The Dames wherein four cinema legends let loose together. Also, Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill to banter over the origin and meanings of the words plastic, quintessential, rocket science and the whole shebang? Interested for next week? Ask Max a question by emailing Graeme, head to radiolive.co.nz to see how. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.

Science Report with special guest Martin Hanczyc of the Hanczyc Lab for Artificial Biology. Cue lightening, thunder and.. Its ALIIIIVE! Also, Space Junk, apparent Alien civilisation and exploding Asteroids... what could go wrong? Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in Astronomy. Dr Christie says we need to think more about space junk, the consequences could be terrible for humanity. "We could end up trapped on Earth." An asteroid exploded in our atmosphere, however it managed to be recorded by security cameras and only discovered seven hours before it hit the Earth. Astronomy: Dancing with the Stars Astronomy: Harmony of the Spheres, Planet Nine Ancient globular clusters may not so ancient after all due to the Alien civilisations bound to collapse. Also, New Horizons new job 12 light hours away, and the bizarre world of our Earth with it's newly formed moon. Listen to the full interview with Dr Grant Christie above. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - mid

This week concentrates on the Great Riots of New Zealand. Listen to the full interview with Gerard Hindmarsh above. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.

Weekend Variety Wireless host Graeme Hill talks to author Simon Winchester about his book, Exactly! How precision engineers created the modern world. Graeme describes the book as a salute to the engineer. The book taps into a market which previously wasnt really served by books. There are 2.5 million working engineers in this country [United States], says Mr Winchester. In the early 50s, Mr Winchesters father introduced to him a beautiful wooden box with red velvet which held over 100 small steel pieces of metal of an array of sizes. These steel pieces described as Gage Blockswere used to calibrate things like micrometres. This is where Mr Winchester first learned of precision engineering. Precision is integral to all aspects of life. But what exactly is precision and how did it become such a vital component to the modern world? In order to calibrate precision, you have to have something more precise. How do you measure that? Graeme asks, perplexed by precision engineering. There are many stories about

New Zealand went into methamphetamine hysteria this week. Siouxsie Wiles joins Graeme Hill to talk the week of hoaxes, woo and scams exposed for what they arent. The two discuss a Government report which has uncovered changes to levels of methamphetamine accepted in contaminated housing has blown up. Siouxsie asks why it has taken a change of Government and a request by the housing minister for evidence, for the con to be uncovered. Plus, the legitimacy of homeopathy is explored including the hype around kombucha tea. There are supposedly many health benefits, but what are the risks? Siouxsie also talks about her web series with her daughter. Listen to the full audio with Siouxsie Wiles above. Also, The closest Graeme has ever got to China is the Asian food market on a humid day. Graeme Hill is joined by John Dybvig for Letter from America, to share the latest news of the week from the United States. The two banter over Dybvig getting propositioned in China. The June 12th summit is back on but not

A Dog story leading The News, LeBron James walkout and Maa Nonus leaving statement. Tamar Munch joins Graeme Hill for Media Stick, the weeks media sense & nonsense under the microscope. They discuss why a story about a Dog made the very opening of the TVNZ One News this week. Media Stick: Royal Wedding, Yanny or Laurel? Media Stick: Critic Te Arohi, Kendrick Lamar LeBron James walking out during a Basketball game why did he do it? John Dybvig, who joins Graeme for Letter from America jumps on the phone and tries to school Tamar and Graeme with some Basketball lingo. Weve had enough about Basketball! Maa Nonu has cited family reasons for leaving and re-joining The Hurricanes over the years, and has now said the same for leaving Toulon. Graeme begs just once would a sports person admit to joining a team to get away from their family! Listen to the full audio with Tamar Munch above. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to th

Graeme Hill and music critic Grant Smithies respin Kraftwerks Man Machine. Is Kraftwerk the most influential band next only to The Beatles? Plenty of people say so. Listen to the full audio with Grant Smithies above. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.

Human Statistics with Jonathan Dodd. The latest polls and surveys and what they say about us and our cognitive biases. Also, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has this week declared Taranaki to receive substantial funds towards a co-ordinated pest eradication programme. Its the first province to do so. Taranaki Regional Council's Director of Operations Stephen Hall joins Graeme Hill to discuss the ground-breaking advancement. The next few years will target possums, stotes and rats with the aim of working towards a predator free Taranaki, Mr Hall explains. Taranaki is about 700,000 hectares. There are some real gems in terms of indigenous biodiversity remnants By the end of the decade, the programme should be finished, and there will be over 30,000 hectares of native vegetation created. Across significant chunks of Taranakis landscape lie existing programmes to build on. The first five years of the programme will cost about $47 million. Listen to the full audio with Stephen Hall above. Weekend Var

Movies with James Croot. Two of the all-time greats in cinema are having their 50th birthday together. 2001 A Space Oddysey and the ultimate spoiler victim, Planet Of the Apes. Also, Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. This week Mr Cryer gets his nose into the books joining Graeme Hill to talk the Word of the Week and to answer your questions. The word of the week is slaughter. Mr Cryer explains its Scandinavian origin and the two meanings of the word - one describing a violent, brutal killing; and the other, killing in large. Mr Cryer also tackles the age old question: Do you write affect or effect? Effect is normally indicative of change, while affect means definite change has occurred. Graeme has also been reading The Golden Door and came across the word shoddy. What association does the word have with woollen cloth in Yorkshire? Mr Cryer further explores the English language with the smell of an oily rag, pom pom, drivel and rodeo. Listen to t

Science Report with Physicist and author of Silencing Science, Shaun Hendy. The science behind the meth myth, how long does a neutron live and how the spread of information is ratcheted in favour of the flash universities. Also, Did you know it was now possible for you to explore exoplanets? NASA has set up a data base where you can flick through a collection of artistic expressions of exoplanets. Their surfaces are based on what would be expected to appear from current knowledge. Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy. This week the two also deepen their discussion around the back-to-front asteroid. This animation shows two clumps of Apollos co-orbiting with Jupiter as well as the contrasting rarity in our solar system that goes against the grain. Gaia Satellite is making ultra-precise measurements of the motion of the stars around the sun. Theorists can now calculate the stars behaviour. Predictions can currently be made five million years into the future and th

Documentary A Murder in Mansfield explores the story of a 12 year old boy interrogating his father about the murder of his mother. Graeme speaks with Collier Landry, the man who was determined to get the truth about his mothers death in 1990. Mr Boyle says his documentary was made as he had a desire to do something with this story, turn a negative into a positive. "Out of this tragic story, we witness the power of human resilience." Listen to the full interview with Collier Landry above. We felt it was a point of history that really needed to be told, and to be told in a really personal, human way. Graeme Hill is joined by Quinn Kanaly and Noel Dockstader, the makers of Point Of No Return, a gorgeously shot documentary following the first solar powered flight circumnavigating the earth. Ms Kanaly says they have both made a lot of history and science documentaries, and have a real passion for environmental stories. Soaring at 28,000 feet without a drop of fuel, nothing is predictable. Not the weather, n

Have we not moved away from the idea that Earth is flat? Mark Honeychurch joins Graeme Hill to talk the week in flat Earthers, the Loch Ness Monster and the 'Spirit Whisperer'. Flat Earthers are conspiracy theorists believing that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, is full of lies. A local New Zealand group was able to organise a conference to talk about their current theories and ideas in which national broadcaster TVNZ did a report. They call themselves Flat Mates. Mr Honeychurch and Graeme listen to clips of the conference and look into the groups religious crossover. Also, Also, the age old question - is something living in Scotland's Loch Ness? A bunch of scientists are headed out to take samples from the lake in the hope of extracting unrecognised DNA. Lastly, the Napier based psychic Craig Wright, otherwise known as the "Spirit Whisperer has just been convicted on two charges of indecent assault. Should spiritual mediums be policed by a professional association or does

Graeme Hill is joined by Paul Casserly to wave the stick and review the past weeks media. The two discuss Stephen Fry and Jordan Petersons recent debate on political correctness and Mr Frys interview following the debate expanding on his views. They also banter over a blooper from a recent interview with Kevin Mill about Grandfathers Clock, Frankie Boyle - the funniest Scotsman alive in light of his recent monologues in New World Order, and YouTuber Tim Pool addresses Elon Musk and how mainstream media has lost touch with the average person. Media Stick: Royal Wedding, Yanny or Laurel? Media Stick: Clothing Brand World & equal pay Critic Te Arohi, a student newspaper in Dunedin made the news for a cover of a computer-generated woman menstruating. Dave Scott, University Proctor, apologised to Critic editor Joel MacManus this week, after backlash of censorship. Also, The Hookers of Hawera, a new documentary series telling a unique story of working in the sex industry. The two also review US rapper Ken

This week Graeme & music critic Grant Smithies revisit Neil Youngs return to folky niceness, Comes A Time. It features a heartfelt sentimental salute to his Canadian homeland. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.

Ipsos Research Director, Jonathan Dodd joins Graeme Hill to discuss the current world of human statistics, polls and surveys. In light of Israel Folau’s recent anti-gay remarks, Australians were asked ‘Do you believe sporting organisations have a major or minor role to play in promoting awareness of and behaviour change relating to social issues?’ Commodified figures like Israel may not ask to be role models but become them regardless given their stance in the public sphere. 78% said that yes, they have a role to play in awareness. There is no change in opinion across age and gender within the results. Across the board there is the belief are standards to promote and uphold. Also, the ‘use it or lose it’ tendency. Skills deteriorate with underuse, Mr Dodds explains. ‘The more you need something, the more you use it and the more you get better at it…’ He discusses the conscious relationship we can have with this behaviour for added confidence and skill. Lastly, the fashion company World’s recent mislab

Cinema with James Croot. More goodies from the Documentary Edge Festival. Also, Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. Max gets his nose into the books this week joining Graeme Hill to talk royal expression, prostitution and the expression Happy as Larry. In light of last weeks royal wedding, Max explains the title Duke of Sussex. The title died in 1843; however Queen Elizabeth II has revived it as a wedding gift for Prince Harry. Happy as Larry refers to Larry Foley, an Australian boxer- Max uncovers why New Zealand can claim the saying. Also, why is prostitution described as the worlds oldest profession and who said it first? Lastly, kill versus cull and portmanteau words. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.

Science Report with Emily Parke. Sleep and screen addiction. Whos biggest; plants, animals or plain old bacteria? Plus the mystery of the Cambrian Explosion. Also, Harmony of the spheres, a rebellious asteroid and Planet Nine. Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy. An incidental discovery of an asteroid orbiting the sun in the wrong direction has led scientists to ask questions about its origins. Is this an object from another solar system? Nature through the laws of gravity means that only certain resonant orbits can exist and they have been converted into musical tones. Dr Christie discusses Harmony of the Spheres. New evidence reveals that Planet Nine might be out there! Gravitational influence in the distance has led to a hunt-on for the possible planet beyond the Kuiper belt. Dr Christie describes the massive body as potentially being ten times the mass of the earth. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioL