Weekend Variety Wireless With Graeme Hill On Radiolive

First up this hour, James Croot takes us to the movies. Then Living legend Max Cryer joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to explore the wonders and weirdness of the English language. Why are cops called cops? Is a country mile actually longer than an urban one? Hear the fascinating story of why a red carpet is now almost universally associated with celebrity walk-ons to big events. Have you ever mulled without using the word over after it? What does it really mean to mull? On top of all this stuff Max recalls a night at the Grammys. He was sitting next to Paul McCartney when Aretha Franklin came on stage and had a bit of a stage malfunction. Ask Max a question about words and the English language and hell get his nose into the books. Send your questions to ghill@radiolive.co.nz. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First, Renowned physicist and author of the book Silencing Science, Shaun Hendy joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill. Shaun gives a fascinating insight into some scandals that have rocked, and still worry the world of physics. He tells the story of the Schon controversy, unsolved to this day. Did this physicist just make up stuff hoping to be proven right in the near future and by doing so claim firsty-pops? A first class science institute in India is claiming some weird stuff but nobody is answering the phone. Whats going on? A fierce competition between two research teams on how water actually freezes might have been better off working together. Then Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy news. This week Dr Grant Christie describes the Chinese Change mission to soft-land on the far side of the moon, but why are they taking silk-worm moths and potatoes? Are there detectable signs of interference from another universe in this universe? Some astronomers think maybe yes. Slight

Gerard Hindmarsh joins Graeme Hill to discuss New Zealands Napoleon. The pair explore Te Rauparaha, his Ngati Toa migration and his deadly conquest of the south.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up this hour RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill is joined by John Dybvig to give us the latest news from the USA. Then, Graeme is joined by Ted Zorn to take a look at Trump's behavioural patterns.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up, Mark Honeychurch of New Zealand Skeptics joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to expose the weeks woo and scams. He did a lot of field work this week. Kandallah School in Wellington seems very keen on allowing evangelists in to preach their Christian dogma. Mark turned up at the school to advocate for secular education and copped some flak. Mark attended an Allergy Expo and sampled some of the remedies on offer, including wacky magnet stuff, some kinesiology woo and life improvement courses aligned with Scientology. Youll hear the price-tags in the audio and you should be sitting down He also chips in about the horrendous Catholic child rape and subsequent cover-up . Then - the world famous NZ theatre group Indian Ink are touring a new spectacular. The new piece takes place following the events of the classic Krishnans Dairy. Krishnans Dairy follows the events surrounding the death of dairy owner Gobi Krishnan, and the way in which his wife Zina deals with his passing. Thats where the unexpected happensT

This hour, Paul Casserly joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to take a look at the goofs and gaffs of the media this week - And this week is Paul's final hoorah. First up Paul and Graeme take a little thing he found on the BBC about Spinal Tap. The stars of the cult classic are saying that they havent made any money, and are additionally claiming 400 million dollars. Apparently someone screwed them along the way. Then Paul takes a look at Theresa May, who has sparked the minds of many across the globe. When asked something along the lines of what was your naughtiest act she admitted to running through fields of wheat Now that is what Paul refers to as a dutch oven sort of question This led straight into a conversation about former Prime minister Helen Clark. Helen I reckon shes looser than people think she is Additionally this brings up Graemes own experience with Ms Clarke that resulted in him calling her a variety of profanities, thinking she was a prank caller. She called back. Then Paul takes a look at Mcfadde

This hour, John McCrystal recounts the 1959 tale of The Royal Charter. The ship was lost in a terrific storm off the coast of Wales with more than 400 lives on board. Sailing all the way from Melbourne, and bound for Liverpool this truly is an epic tale.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up this hour, Human Statistics with Jonathan Dodd. The world of cyber-bullying dissected. Then Its our unique signifier of spring. The big yellow bomb of Kowhai flowers is marching through New Zealand. Renowned Botanist Peter De Lange of Unitec joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to discuss the native tree. It's a ripper this year He describes the latest research about this NZ icon. He also looks at the variety of species of the flower, and the eight different species we have here in New Zealand. Dr Lange regales some fascinating facts and debunks the public hysteria that occasionally erupts about the trees poisonous status.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up this hour, James Croot is taking us to the movies. Then Max Cryer joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to banter over words, their origin and meaning. First up Max and Graeme explore the question what is a Pope? Then they explore why a biscuit and a dog are both coined Afghans - and also take look at how Mae West connects to the word. Max takes a look at who said Hunky Dory first. Then he takes a gander at the origin of Angostura Bitters. Finally Max and Graeme look at the bizarre origin of the word coffin.If you are interested in the origin of a word or phrase, e-mail your wordy questions to Graeme at ghill@radiolive.co.nz.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up its Science Report with Emily Parke. Is any amount of alcohol harmful? Who are you really, when you consider the vast array of bacteria that make up your body? Then , Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy news.First up he takes a look at the on-going mission to collect a bag of asteroid stuff and bring it back to earth. There is a really nice video to check out on the Weekend Variety Wireless webpage. Then they take a look at a new solar system being born. Aucklander Rolf Olsen attracted world acclaim in 2011 by being the first amateur to image the disk of dust and gas that surrounds the star, just now found to contain a massive planet. Beta Pictoris b has now been weighed by astronomers and has a precise new mass measurement. If youre interested in learning more about Beta Pictoris take a look on Radiolive.co.nz. Then Graeme and Dr Christie take a look at asteroid Itokawa. A Japanese research group has clarified the chronology of the near-Earth asteroid, afte

This week Gerard Hindmarsh joins Graeme Hill to discuss a tale of Yacht vs Whale. They take a look at three stories of very unlikely survival after destructive encounters with whales on the high seas.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

Equally frightening and marvellous, The Gordons shook the foundations of New Zealand music literally. The band emerged again many years later to become Bailterspace. Its an unusual story helped in its telling with exclusive interviews with bassist/guitarist John Halvorsen, Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd and co-traveller videographer Stuart Page. Emerging onto the scene in 1980 as The Gordons, the band created a sound that still resonates over 30 years down the track. The band was made up of: Brent McLachlan drums, John Halvorsen vocals, guitar, bass , Alister Parker vocals, guitar, bass. The band reemerged in 1987 with the name Nelsh Bailter Space, which later changed again to Bailterspace.They received the IMNZ Classic Record award in 2013 for The Gordons 1981 debut album. Bailterspace are doing some dates in NZ. Its a rare thing. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

Siouxsie Wiles joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to provide what Graeme considers to be practically a public service. Siouxsie is here to suss out scams, explore woo and expose hoaxes. First up they take a look at TVNZs recent decision to axe a pseudo-history show called New Zealand: skeletons in the cupboard. The show makes claims that seven foot tall, red headed Celts and pale skinned fairy like settles in NZ before the Maori arrived. The documentary was apparently viewed 4000 times before being taken down from the on demand service. Then its time for a look at Sensing Murder again. This week the New Zealand Heralds entertainment writer Siena Yates went in for a reading from one of the Sensing Murder psychics. She says she went in a reluctant sceptic and shes come out a believer. Although Ms Yates admits that some of what psychic said was just straight up wrong, the things she did get rightshe got scarily right! Siouxsie gives us a follow up on the latest deer velvet news. And finallyDavid Avocado Wolfe is comi

Tamar Munch joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to take a look at the goofs and gaffs of the media this week. First up they take a look at the death of Greg Boyed, and the way in which the media dealt with reporting on the passing of a friend and fellow journalist. They did the news which I think was a brave and a right thing to do Then they take look at race baiting in headlines.Graeme and Tamar take a look at a new piece by satirist Jonathan Pie in which he proverbially rips Rupert Murdoch a new one. Take a look at Its a JOKE! here. They also take a look at CNNs use of the term Breaking News over one afternoon. In the words of Graeme they got "excited for themselves". Finally Tamar discusses Lenny Henrys new video. If you want a laugh, take a look at the video above Finally Tamar discusses Lenny Henrys new video. If you want a laugh, take a look at the video 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.

Shipwreck Tales make a brief return so we can make the archive complete. This week John McCrystal regales the epic survival journey of the castaways from the ship Sydney Cove.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up its human statistics with Jonathan Dodd. Mr Dodd takes a look at a suicide. Then Graeme is joined by playwright and theatre advocate Roger Hall, to discuss NZ theatre month hitting Auckland this September. The month was an initiative that was started three or four years in the making. Mr Hall believes that Aucklanders are generally unaware of the quantity and quality of theatre performances in the city, and are missing out on a multitude of performances. I dont sense a civic pride in all of the plays we do Graeme and Mr Hall also touch on Wellington and how they think that they are the theatre city. However Wellingtonians dont realise how much theatre there is in Auckland. Aucklanders dont even realise how much there is. Mr Hall wants Aucklanders to be more aware, and proud of the dramatic arts we have at our disposal. Graeme and Roger discuss the biggest enemies to theatre TV and Netflix, winter weather, and the cost. He doesnt believe that theatres have recognised this, and that they are virtual

First we are at the movies with James Croot. Then, Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill to banter over words, their origin and meaning. First up Max takes a look at the real origin of Rugby. Then he asks the question have you ever said pretty ugly and thought about what you were saying? Has jewellery any connection to Jew? Max also looks at getting shirty and the phrase warts-and-all.Finally max explores what a creed is and where it comes from. If you are interested in the origin of a word or phrase, e-mail your wordy questions to Graeme and hell forward them to Max.

Professor Ted Zorn joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to discuss his current research project analysing Donald Trumps communications. Professor Zorn explains how his research project analyses Trumps style and how it affects US social discourse. He is a professor of organised communication at Massey Universitys Albany campus. His wife describes him as an obsessive follower of politics Post trump stress disorder Professor Zorn takes a look at Trumps tweets, his communication as whole and the way in which it impacts America. He describes that one of the goals of his work is to repair and diminish the polarisation of the American political system. Then, Astronomer Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy news. First up they take a look at Strange Water-Worlds that are surprisingly very common. Then, how is the Opportunity Rover after 14 years on Mars? Will it wake up? Dr Christie takes a look at what will happen when the Earths magnetic field flips and how we know that it inevitably is going t

This week Gerard Hindmarsh sits down with RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to discuss Moores March. New Zealander Ron Moore was serving in the African Desert war in 1940 when his group was attacked and left for dead. All they had to do was walk wounded and unaided 340km through the Sahara with just 1 litre of water to safety.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

First up, Dybvig gives Graeme a taste of his recent trip to Fiji. Being Dybvig, of course something went array which resulted into him being conned down an alley, up some rickety stairs and drinking Kava. Then he revisits his favourite topic Trump and Russia What a denigration hes doing to a lot of our normsHe takes a look at Trumps intervention into a court case this week that Dybvig believes is a great example of the presidents bias. The pair look at the presidents conflicts, twitter use and the tale of the tapes. They also shine a light on Michael Cohens recent silence. Finally they look at Omarosas role as a schemer and her drip feed method of information release regarding Trump. Then Cat Stevens tribute artist Darren Coggan joins Graeme to give him a rundown of his new show. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.