Weekend Variety Wireless With Graeme Hill On Radiolive

Mystic, prophet, freedom fighter or terrorist? The extraordinary life of Te Kooti. Listen to the full audio 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.

Whispering Truth To Power is a stunning film about an amazing person you probably havent heard of, South Africas public protector Thuli Madonsela. Graeme Hill speaks with the director Shameela Seedat, ahead of the film screening at the Documentary Edge fest in Auckland from the 23rd of May. Graeme says Madonsela is a 'very cool' but courageous character who was the primary force that led to Jacob Zumas resignation. Listen to the full audio with Shameela Seedat 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.

What are alien octopuses? Graeme says he rates octopuses, they are the "most likely to succeed". Siouxsie Wiles talks with Graeme Hill for this week's scams, crazy claims and outright woo exposed for what it isnt. A recent study from a group of 'scientists' claimed to show octopuses might come from space - but Siouxsie isn't buying it. A cancer cure? According to yet another YouTube video, if you change the pH of your tap water it could be a miracle cure for cancer. But does it work? And is there a chemical that is going to kill the Ozone layer? Listen to the full audio with Siouxsie Wiles above. Knock knock - whos there? Donald Trump again. Oh, and some Royal Wedding banter. Graeme Hill is joined by John Dybvig for Letter from America, who shares all of the silly news of the week from the United States. Dybvig shows his passion for the Stormy Daniels saga. Why does he describe Trump as a bald-faced liar and a crook? The US had sanctioned ZTE - the largest telecommunications company in China for brea

The Royal Wedding conversation is proving to get more entertaining. Tamar Munch joins Graeme Hill to discuss the latest media from the week. Yanny or Laurel? The great debate continues as Tamar and Graeme banter over how they hear opposite to one another and why 47% of people hear Yanny and 53% hear Laurel. Graeme tells of his fancy for the Queen, the latest movie on Harry and Meghans wedding, and how William and Harrys marriage has sealed the Diana gap. Also, mayhem in the commentary booth. Tamar and Graeme listen to the argument over the head clash during the recent Roosters vs. Broncos game. Did the commentators know their microphones were on? Listen to the full interview with Tamar Munch 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.

This week Grant Smithies and Graeme dissect Kate Bushs debut, The Kick Inside, much of which was written when Kate Bush was 13! It features the smash hit Wuthering Heights. 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.

Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill for a Royal Wedding special but do they really care? The words this week are associated with royalty. The word Royal descends from ancient pre-European origins. Max explains how the word came about. They also discuss the origin of the words Bride, Wedding, Duke and Duchess. Words with Max Cryer: Wedding March & gaslighting Words with Max Cryer: Helter-skelter, obese Max has attended a royal wedding at Westminster Abbey. He tells Graeme Hill what it is really like to go to one and sit behind a large hat. Ask Max a question about the English language here. Listen to the full interview with Max Cryer 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.

ENVIRONEWS Botanist Peter De Lange responds to this Stuff opinion piece about Kauri Dieback criticising experts and claiming everythings going to be fine. Also, Is the monarchy's role in New Zealand still relevant today? It's the age-old question that continues to come up year after year. Graeme Hill is joined by Dr Sean Palmer, historian and monarchist on the night of the wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. On the occasion of a royal wedding, Dr Palmer and Graeme debate the role of our constitutional monarchy plus a whole lot of fun facts from English Royal history. Dr Palmer says its very valuable to have a monarchy, theres something about this system of government that works very, very well. He admits there will be some monarchys which arent pleasant, but he doesnt think we have to "grow up any further. Listen to the full audio with Dr Sean Palmer above. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app o

Science Report with and Shaun Hendy. A memory transplant, a cure for the common cold and how the fall of the Roman Empire is etched in Arctic Ice. Also, NASA has released a video of their ground breaking new micro helicopter where science bands together with technology. Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk cosmic mystery, Scholzs star and how it shook up our solar system, and a proposed Martian helicopter. The NASA Martian helicopter will hugely increase the range of surveys, Dr Christie says. Weighing in at about 1.8 kilos and the size of a cricket ball, the micro helicopter is set to explore the Red Planet. Counter-rotating blades spin at 3000rpm in order to cut into Mars atmosphere- averaged at 1% of that on earth. A massive flare erupts from our nearest stellar neighbour. An observatory from Chile has detected the flare from Proxima Centauri - one of the closest stars to our solar system. Also, the Hubble space telescope has been looking at a distant galaxy to uncover a new cosm

Graeme is joined by Gerard Hindmarsh to discuss Tupaia, the fellow Tahitian traveller on James Cooks Endeavour, without whom things may have turned out very differently. Go here for the Outsiders archive. Listen to the full audio 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.

New Zealand Documentary Lets talk about Sex will be playing at the 2018 Documentary Edge Festival. Julia Stone and Lisa Baird the creators of the Documentary Lets Talk about Sex, playing at the 2018 Doc Edge Fest 2018 join Graeme Hill on Weekend Variety Wireless. They want to know what peoples attitudes are around Sex, and are people scared to talk about it? Ms Stone and Ms Baird say they started the documentary find out how difficult people find it to talk about sex. Check out the line up for Doc Edge here. Listen to the full audio with Julia Stone and Lisa Bird above. One of the most distinctive and influential drummers in the history of rock music. The son of John Bonzo Bonham, Jason Bonham, joins Graeme Hill to talk about his late father and Led Zeppelin. Jason is keeping his fathers work and Led Zeppelins music alive with concerts built upon true scholarship and love, fully endorsed by the surviving members of the band. John Bonham died at only 32 of a massive vodka binge when his son was only 1

Healing Crystals that come from underground and personalised vitamins what could go wrong? Mark Honeychurch joins Graeme Hill to talk the week in woo, scams and hoaxes. Mr Honeychurch says people are buying Healing Crystals for health, and he thinks theyre bullshit. The crystals come from underground, which actually isnt very good for the environment. Also, personalised Vitamins shop Wondermins claims to help your health symptoms, if you tell the company what your issues are they will send you the vitamins that you need. Mr Honeychurch filled in the survey and it recommended he pay around $50 a month to help his health. He then filled in the same survey but with horrible symptoms, lying that he was much sicker, older and an alcoholic and it still said he needed about $50 worth of those vitamins! Listen to the full audio with Mark Honeychurch above. Also, Racism is an issue that still plagues Americans today. Graeme Hill is joined by John Dyvbig for Letter from America, talking racism in America, Don

Claims made this week showed clothes that are labelled as made in New Zealand were actually manufactured in Bangladesh. Paul Casserly joins Graeme Hill to poke the stick at the latest Media from the week. Dame Denise LEstrange-Corbets, from the brand WORLD spoke out, saying she claims no one has felt mislead by her label in the last seven years. Graeme plays audio of John Campbell addressing this issue the label was actually made in New Zealand but the clothes werent, and she wont change it. Media Stick: Poo-Nami & Mike Hosking Media Stick: Nazi Pug & Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Also, The Womans Soccer team got equal pay for the national representative status. A member from their team said they should get the same pay, as they train just as hard as the men do. Listen to the full audio with Paul Casserly 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.

This week Grant Smithies tries to find greatness in The Rolling Stones Some Girls while Graeme gets a headache and wants to end it all before the hours out. 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.

What is the Reason-Respective Tendency and what is the biggest concern for New Zealanders? Jonathan Dodd, Research Director at Ipsos joins Graeme Hill to discuss the top six issues facing New Zealanders today. Housing issues are the biggest concern for New Zealanders, with 41 per cent of the 600 researched putting it ahead of poverty and inequality concerns. The research also shows wealthier households are more concerned about crime and poorer households are more concerned about healthcare. Mr Dodd says they've found men were much more likely to be worried about drug and alcohol issues however woman were more concerned with the cost of living. Cognitive Biases: The Reason-Respective Tendency explains we do things better / follow instructions better when there is an apparently sound reason for doing so. Listen to the full audio with Jonthan Dodd above. Also, About a third of an extremely rare (in the wild) New Zealand shrub (Muehlenbeckia astonii) has been destroyed on a farmers private land. What can be do

At The Movies with James Croot - More from the upcoming Documentary Edge Festival. Also, Why is the English language shaped the way it is? Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill to banter over crud, gaslighting and the Bridal March explained. The word of the week is Wedding March, Mr Cryer explains the melody is supposed to play after the marriage ceremony rather than as the bride walks down the aisle. Also, what are the history and origins of the words crud, gaslighting and Pollyanna? Listen to the full audio with Max Cryer 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.

Science Report - Marine Biologist Rochelle Constantine has just returned from a six week research expedition to Antarctic waters. Visit the expedition here. Also, When astronomers get together, they always have something to talk about". Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to discuss the observable universe, a study into how Mars was made, and what will happen when our sun dies? Dr Christie explains the Observable Universe is the universe in a glance. Cosmologists typically assume that our observable universe is just the nearby part of a greater entity known as "the universe" where the same physics applies. Earth's orbital changes have influenced climate life forms for at least 215 million years, and The Earth was up to 5 per cent further away then it normally was. A new mission to study how Mars was made will look inside the planet rather than the surface. Also, what will happen when our sun dies? Listen to the full audio with Dr Grant Christie above. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme

This hour is Outsiders with Gerard Hindmarsh. This week the story of Urewera resistance fighter, prophet or cultist? Rua Kenana. 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.

London's First Lady of Soul is about to hit our shores with a familiar sixties swing in her step. Graeme Hill speaks to PP Arnold ahead of her one-off performance at the Powerstation May 20th. PP Arnold has recently released a new album, The Turning Tide- made with Barry Gibb and Eric Clapton through the late 60's to early 70's, marking an unlikely and exciting comeback. Shes sung with a myriad of megastars. While touring England with Ike & Tina Turners Ikettes she decided to stay in London and like Jimi Hendrix found herself in the white-hot creative cauldron of swinging sixties London. 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.

Are Dr. Oz's claims legitimate when he speaks about the efficacy of the so-called 'miracle' products on his show? Graeme describes Dr. Oz as an odious character, he is a qualified Doctor but does he care about his reputation of credibility therein of said discipline? Dr. Oz's lack of skepticism has landed him in some hot water. Trump attends to appoint Dr. Oz for a 2-year term on his president's council in the sports and nutrition department... Siouxsie says this could be the beginning of the end of Dr. Oz. Also, anti Cancer therapy in America has been claimed by a man named Burzynski. Siouxsie says if it were a real cure it wouldn't be on some dodgy website, it would be in the hospital, actually used to treat people with cancer. Robert S Muller III is heading to court against Donald Trumps ex-campaign manager... and has issued 70 subpoenas in light of this. John Dybvig joins Graeme Hill for this weeks Letter from America, Robert Muller, Trump & a Simpsons reference? Dybvig reckons Trump will ge

That scene from Shortland Street no one wants to talk about, Mike Hosking on the Clarke Gayford rumours and being banned from Facebook. Graeme and Tamar spend ten minutes talking about the frustration of a "calling card" instead of their courier parcel... and then it's time for Media Stick. The recap the horrible "poo-nami" scene from Shortland Street this week (which was actually just chocolate). Tamar admits it's actually based on a true story, there was a sewage leak in the Shortland Street admin offices. Graeme plays the audio of Mike Hosking 'whispering' on air about the Clarke Gayford rumours. "I've been banned from Facebook", Graeme says he put up a image of a scantily clad showgirl who he had once interviewed, which resulted in his banishment. 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 the Rova app on Android and iPhone. RadioLIVE.