Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

It's Tuesday which means we get an insight into the issues bubbling away in the tech world ... Tim Batt is here to share the latest and today he's looking at Nintendo and a patent legal challenge.

How New Zealand media covered Covid-19 made the pandemic seem like a competition or a war the country was winning. That's according to a University of Otago study. Bioethics researchers analysed more than a thousand news articles .. and the result is fascinating. Lead author and PHD candidate Emma Anderson talks to Jesse.

Mark Campbell has won this year's National James Dyson Award and taken home $11,000 NZD in prize money.

A shortage of registered pharmacists means the sector is under an immense amount of pressure. 

Loneliness isn't the urgent crisis we've been led to believe. It's not a new problem. It's not an emergency and it's not beyond our control says psychiatrist and Professor at Trinity College Dublin Brendan Kelly. Almost everyone goes through times when we feel lonely. It's an unchanging part of human life. And while it can be a challenge for many people, Dr Kelly argues that mislabelling loneliness as an epidemic and medicalizing normal human experiences can distract us from long-term solutions. Professor Kelly joins us from Dublin.

Time for our expert feature. Today we're looking at energy. That is electricity, petrol, oil and all the fuels that make the modern word run. The expert we'll be putting talking to is Geoff Bertram. He's an economist and writer with decades of experience looking at the energy sector.

Time now for me to make a cold call, which always adds some spontaneity to my, and hopefully your, Monday. Will they answer? Will they be happy to chat? Today Jesse chances his luck with the Marlborough Citizens Advice Bureau.

This week our tv critic Philippa Rennie reviews Task (Neon) and the latest investigation by John Campbell, Under His Command - Season 2. (TVNZ)

Internationally acclaimed architect, educator, and the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize Francis Kéré is currently in the country delivering a series of public lectures in Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington as part of the 2025 Futuna Lecture Series Francis first gained international recognition with the very first building he designed - a primary school in his home village of Gando, Burkina Faso. Since then, he has gone on to design acclaimed buildings across the globe. He is known for involving community at the heart of his projects drawing inspiration from the natural landscape and using local materials in his projects Francis Kére spoke to Jesse.

As anyone who has ever been to a wedding .. funeral .. or work function knows .. being able to speak eloquently and confidently in front of a crowd, takes talent. Whether really good ... or really bad .. speeches are memorable. Oracy is the ability to express oneself fluently in speech and our next guest is worried that our children are falling behind with their oracy skills. Karena Shannon is from Oracy Aotearoa New Zealand.

There have been a raft of proposed changes to school curriculums announced in the last week .. including agribusiness, agriculture and horticulture science being removed as stand alone subjects and only being taught as a vocational hands-on pathway from 2028. Kerry Allen, is the curriculum director of AgriBusiness in Schools, she joins Jesse to explain why she thinks this is a poor decision.

The critter for this week is rytinotus squamulosus, the debris cloaking bark beetle! 

Today, we're discussing knitting.

Gretchen Lowe talks Emile through this delicious sounding recipe from her new book My Weekend Table. Gretchen says this salad goes well with her quick roast chicken recipe; that's also in the book.

Kate Rodger joins Emile to discuss two new films, Downton Abbey and Bad Guys 2.

Reach for your comfort blanket now because its Freaky Friday time! The time of the week where we speak to you, the Afternoons listeners, about your strangest and spookiest experiences. Get in touch if you have a goosebump-inducing story of your own to share, either on text 2101 or email afternoons@rnz.co.nz

A group of women will be trying their hand at stand-up this weekend, as part of a new initiative aimed at getting more Pasifika women into comedy.

It's not always easy to tell if our pets are experiencing pain and discomfort so it's essential for owners to look for clues that our furry friends might be in pain. While acute pain can be obvious... chronic pain can be more subtle.. and we might mistake these changes in behaviour as "getting old" or "slowing down" So what are the signs to look out for? Natalie Lloyd is the Secretary of the Companion Animal Veterinarians Branch of the New Zealand Veterinary Association and an experienced vet.

It feels like the world is watching as American authorities try to find the person responsible for the killing of Charlie Kirk. 

t's time to talk money with Mary Holm, and today she has got some tips on buying a house or an apartment.