The US midterm elections, What meaningless work is doing to our souls, the history of the human race through our teeth and Earth to Zena on NZ Live

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Expert on trapping pests
Monday 5 November 2.30pm

What's the best way to lure a rat? Trapping and using lures are a big part of the plan to make Aotearoa predator free by 2050, but not all lures are created equal.
Victoria University researcher Mike Jackson is part of a project finding better lures for traps and tells us what he has found out.

The history of human teeth
Monday 5 November at 3:10pm

Our teeth are as individual as our fingerprints and incisors have plenty of insight into evolution as well as the future. They tell the story of what our ancestors ate, where they lived, and some of the values they held. Anthropologist Tanya Smith unlocks their secrets her new book, The Tales Teeth Tell.

Exploring Reggae with Miles Buckingham
Tuesday 6 November at 2:20pm

Reggae is well entrenched in our music culture. Jamaica is still the spiritual home of it but reggae has created new musical traditions all over the world, including in Aotearoa. Radioactive's Miles Buckingham insists that Reggae is as diverse as anything else and he's in our Wellington studio to spin some tracks that aren't usually considered part of the cannon.

Disney Producer, Thomas Schumacher
Tuesday 6 November 3:10pm

Name just about any animated Disney movie and chances are Thomas Schumacher had a hand in it - The Lion King, Mulan, Hercules; he's produced them all. Now he's President & Producer of Disney Theatrical Group, working to bring Disney classics to the stage. He's in New Zealand making preparations to bring Aladdin the Musical here in January. He tells us about his 30 years at Disney.

Bookmarks with Sarah Farrar
Wednesday 7 November at 2:20pm

Sarah Farrar has put together some of Te Papa's biggest exhibitions in the past few years as senior art curator. After eight years in that role. Sarah is joining Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki as it's new Head of Curatorial and Exhibitions. She has just submitted the thesis for her PhD in Curatorial Practice at Monash University in Melbourne and shares with us the books, movies, music and tv shows that she loves

How meaningless work scars our souls
Wednesday 7 November 3:10pm

If you did not go to work tomorrow, would it really matter? Can the world get along without whatever it is you do for a living? London School of Economics professor David Graeber says most of us spend our working lives doing jobs we secretly believe don't really need to be done. He says we shouldn't fear automation, we should fear what meaningless work is doing to our souls. He offers his solution to stop what he calls a scar across our souls in his new book, Bullshit Jobs.

Short Story Club
Thursday 8 November 3.10pm

Every Thursday we discuss The Undertaker’s Story (1954) by Frank Sargeson from the Landfall Archive http://www.landfallarchive.org/omeka/items/show/22192 (the story starts on p13 of PDF / p83 of pagination)

Just email your thoughts about the story before 3pm Thursday to be in to win a book. jesse@rnz.co.nz

Earth to Zena on NZ Live
Friday 9 November at 2.20pm

Wellington four piece band, Earth to Zena describe their music as psychedelic shoegazing. They are Renee Cotton on lead vocals and synthesizer, Barton McGuire on guitar, Alex Sipahioglu on bass and Nic Allan on drums. They perform live in our Wellington studio