Weekend Variety Wireless With Graeme Hill On Radiolive

First Mark Honeychurch joins Graeme Hill to expose hoaxes, woo and scams for what they arent. Mark takes a look at Jehovahs Witnesses, following his recent trip to a three day convention held by the religious group. He takes a look at the way the event ran, the speakers and the group as a whole. He looks at their perspective on worldly pursuits and how the organisation uses politics. Additionally he looks at Jehovahs witnesses on entertainment, and on being worldly in the way they dress. Then, Steve Kilbey of The Church fame gets up close and personal with RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill. He discusses his life, influences, and just how hard is it to kick heroin? Hes an expert - hes done it 8 times. Everyone was just sharing and getting AIDS Kilbey talks Graeme through his early life, how he went from novice to legend, and the bands that inspired him to take the plunge. Born in England, he describes himself as an "english wog" who has always had "a foot in both camps". He takes a look at how this changed his stylistic

First up, its time for Graemes grievance of the week. In light of Aretha Franklins passing this week, he takes a look at songs that spell out words take RESPECT for example. Graeme shines a light on the laziness of people who use spelling as a song filler. Then Paul Casserly joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to take a look at the goofs and gafs of the media this week. They take a look at Rebecca Sealfon, a clear example of how to use spelling effectively and with purpose. Then the pair take a look at this weeks racist row.Senator Fraser Anning came out this week offering the the final solution aka. A white Australia. Numerous commentators have come out making comparisons to Hitler and the Holocaust, although this was not his intention. 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 horrors of a true big ship disaster from Canada in 1914, The Empress of Ireland. Pictured is the damage sustained by the Storstad hitting and sinking the big liner. 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 Graeme revisits the sweet tunes of the Sugar Man. Then, Environews. The Department of Conservation has just released a new comprehensive scientific survey on the status and health of all our fresh water fish. DoCs freshwater things person Nicholas Dunn walks us through what it says and some of our lesser-known incredible creatures left stranded from the last ice-age. But what to do about Whitebait? Heres a picture of one of your whitebait grown up. Three whitebait species are either at risk, declining or endangered. Should we be harvesting endangered native species? Forest and Birds fresh water things person Annabeth Cohen advocates for our wildlife and discusses the current regulations surrounding whitebaiting. She also takes a look at the sustainability of fishing for whitebait. 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 we are at the movies with James Croot. James takes a look at Mission impossible and the latest shark movie to hit our screens. Then, Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill to banter over the origin of words, their origin and meaning. First up Max looks at the origin of the word plastic. Then he ponders the question- why is petrol called gas? And finally Max takes a look at where the box is in box office. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

Marine biologist Rochelle Constantine joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to take a look at our marine reserves and their ecological management. Dr Constantine describes the effects of our Marine reserves on our wider marine environment. She also takes a look at new ways to protect special ocean ecologies. Astronomer Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy news.First up they take a look at the amazing story of Eta Carinae - a superstar. Dr Christie dicusses how Faint echoes of light illuminate what really happened during the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae in the 1840s.. Then Dr Christie explores a recent optical navigation from Hayabusa2s first gravity measurement of the asteroid Ryugu.54 images have been captured from Hayabusa2s first decent toward Ryugu, which brought it as low as 851 meters away from the asteroids surface. Then the pair explore the martian moon Phobos. The moon passed in front of the sun resulting in a solar eclipse. Said eclipse was captured from the surface of mars. Week

This week Gerard Hindmarsh joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to discuss the amazing story of Thomas Brunner. Gerard explores the unbelievable 555 day journey of exploration undertaken by Brunner alongside a small guide party. The group travelled deep into the unknown tracks between Nelson and the West Coast. 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 Graeme takes a look at the Plain English Awards. Entries close at the end of August! The Plain English Trust Chair Gergory Fortuin explains what its all about. Then Imtiaz Shams has been using his personal experience of leaving Islam to found tech for good start-ups to help people who leave conservative religions. In 2012, he began creating underground railroad networks for ex-Muslims around the world. He describes what it was like for him to leave and its not pretty He discusses why there is a blind-spot in many progressives towards the oppression of women, gays and apostates by Islamic authorities. Imtiaz was a guest of the New Zealand Rationalists And Humanists. 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 RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to expose hoaxes, woo and scams for what they arent. First up Dr Wiles takes a look at recent claims that Monsantos products are linked to harmful chemicals and in turn cancer. This is in light of allegations made against the companys product round up that resulted in an American man winning $289,000,000 USD in damages. Then the pair takes a look at psychics, and how a case from 1996 is making people question Sensing Murder. Dr Wiles also explores those setting themselves up as therapists. Then Professor Graham Le Gros of The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill. WARNING WARNING, this is not an easy listen. Prof Le Gros describes the wildlife that occasionally and sometimes permanently inhabits the human body and cripples many societies prospects. At least a Billion people, yes a billion, are infected with the hook-worm and in many places it is so chronic and endemic that those societies will never reach their potential. He also gives

This hour Tamar Munch joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill for Media Stick - the weeks media guff and gaffes laid bare for fun. First up Tamar and Graeme have a look at hate speech. Then the pair explores Sandy Hook denial and the latest from Alex Jones. Twitter is the wild west Jones struck out at Mueller recently claiming paedophilia. They take a look at the cult of the baby and how Jacinda Ardern made headlines for publicly breast feeding this week. Tamar discusses the plastic bag ban, and how ISIS made the ban first. And finally they explore Judith Collins latest Twitter fiasco. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

This week John McCrystal join Graeme Hill to tell of a New Zealand tragedy- the wreck of The Elingamite on the Three Kings Islands off the Northland coast. 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.

There is an assumption that the main controller on how hot and how dangerous a climates going to get are human emissions. Lead researcher Professor Will Steffen from The Australian National University (ANU) joins Graeme Hill bringing stark warnings about tipping points and climate change. Like many complex systems, the earth itself has tipping points and once you cross those, internal feedbacks loops could drive much dramatic warming and other climate effects. An international study has found the Earth is at risk of entering a hothouse climate that could lead to global average temperatures of up to five degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial temperatures and long-term rises in the sea level of between 10 and 60 metres. Mr Steffen says such increases in temperatures and sea levels would be devastating for human civilisation and most ecosystems that support plant and animal life. Also, Environews. A landmark agreement. Forest & Bird and our largest farming co-operative Pamu sign an agreement on bes

Cinemaphile with James Croot. Also, Max Cryer is a New Zealand living treasure in both entertainment and etymological spheres. He joins Graeme Hill to banter over the origin of words and their meaning. This week's words include spring, hustings, and shindig. Plus, Mr Cryer answers more of your questions on bamboozle and winkle-pickers and not on your nelly. 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.

It could be time to say goodbye to the days of busy parking lots with a set of dream wheels, daddy-o! Physicist and author of joins Silencing Science, Shaun Hendy joins Graeme Hill to head back to the future with more of what science fiction has got right and wrong. While flying cars seem more probable in the future, Mr Hendy believes teleportation to be more unlikely. While it is possible to teleport the quantum state of one atom and impose that on another, the concept of recreating this with a human being raises a few begging questions. Mr Hendy and Graeme dive nose first into the latest progressions in artificial intelligence (AI) with conversation over speech recognition, image processing and autonomous vehicles. There have been big advances in what AI can achieve in the weird and wonderful world of anthropomorphised robots, gaming, forensic investigations. Plus UFO sightings are at an all-time low! Uncanny and unnerving? Graeme predicts we might end up needing to break up with some software. Its

This week Gerard Hindmarsh joins Graeme Hill to discuss the Kiwi Cold War Sappers. He discusses a group of NZ military engineers who were tasked with clearing bugs from our Moscow Embassy in 1980 but went undercover as refurbishers and caught considerable hell. Gerard regales the particularly harrowing time endured by sapper Ian Stobie, pictured working at the embassy, and his fight for recognition.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

Graeme Hill is joined by John Dybvig for his take on the latest news of the week from the United States. First up does Ivanka know anything about her mother? The presidents daughter spoke out this week about her mothers immigrant status. She discussed how she is the child of an immigrant, but her mother was a legal immigrant. However, in Ivana Trumps new book she discusses how she made it into the country through a sham wedding, thus making her an illegal immigrant. In the words of Dybvig she obviously hasnt read the book. Then the pair take a look at a shooting that occurred this week. An unarmed man was shot for parking in a disabled parking spot and not being disabled. Following the shooting it was revealed that the man was in possession of a disability pass. How Stupid is America?This week every important agency (CIA etc.) gathered for a press conference at the white house. They stated at said press conference that Russia is meddling. Trump came back later that day and disregarded the conference entirely

Mark Honeychurch joins Graeme Hill to expose hoaxes, woo and scams for what they arent.This week Mark gives us a rundown on the Humanists convention in Auckland.The conference is run by the NZARH And no we dont mean the New Zealand Association of Registered Hairdressers.The New Zealand Association of Rationalists and Humanists runs the conference each year, and Mark has the rundown of everything for us. He discusses the conference as a whole, some of the other speakers and lets us know what really goes down at a skeptics conference. Then Nigerian human rights advocate Leo Igwe joins Graeme to discuss his views, and the work he is doing in Nigeria and around the world.Igwe has specialized in campaigning against child witchcraft accusations and works in difficult circumstances against the grim effects of superstition throughout Africa.He joins Graeme to discuss his own personal experiences with witchcraft accusations, and the ways in which he uses it to help others. Mr Igwe was born in Nigeria, amidst a natio

This hour, Paul Casserly joins Graeme Hill for Media Stick - the weeks media guff and gaffes laid bare for fun. First up the pair discuss Winston's latest scandal. This week he fired shots at opposition minister Gerry Brownlee. They also take a look at Bill Maher's return to the small screen. This week he even got crafty with a description about enemas. Antony Bourdain who passed earlier this year will return to small screens this week. His final series will air later this year.They ask the question does censorship ever work?Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux were shut down this week after attempting to hold an event in Auckland. Graeme and Paul discuss how we need to not make out like they are more monstrous than they actually are.Theyre not devils theyre just dicks Paul and Graeme also touch on Lloyd Burr and how he is like a stunt journalist. They reckon that we need more like him. Then Graeme gives us a taste of Kristin Hershs new track off of her latest album due to be released in October.Weekend Varie

Shipwreck Tales make a brief return so we can make the archive complete. This week John McCrystal guides us through the hell of The Cospatrick. The ship was transporting hundreds of immigrants bound for New Zealand when it met disaster.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 Ipsos researcher Jonathan Dodd. He looks at what we really mean by natural? Then, his writing on humanist and secularist issues has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and New Statesman. He has appeared on endless TV shows defending atheism and secularism and he joins Graeme Hill to discuss his views. Andrew Copson is the Chief Executive of Humanists UK. Humanists UK is a group that works to bring together non-religious people to develop their own views and understanding of the world around them. Mr Copson has represented Humanists UK extensively through multiple public outlets. Graeme and Andrew also discuss the wilful stigmatisation of humanists around the world. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.