Ready Steady Learn

With the madness of hand-in for the Elam Graduate Art Show only _just_ behind her, Vikki's in studio to talk about how the proliferation of screens affect the viewing politics of art. Is the advent of the infinite screen scroll democratizing art? Or homogenizing it?

Ben's been doing the hard yards so you don't have to: setting up and monitoring many native kauri, gleaning data that will help us understand how native plants are affected by our changing climate. And therefore, hopefully, one day help us better understand ways to protect our native gems as we forge into an uncertain future. On ya, Ben.

Dr Emily Parke is coordinating a national panel advising on ethical and social issues in invasive mammal pest control.

She joins Mikey to talk about the social and ethical issues surrounding pest eradication techniques such as gene-editing.

Learning new things can do wonders for elderly mental health but, c'mon guys, learning new things can be _hard_. Our guest, a doctoral student from the University of Auckland who is studying dance and brain function, says: not necessarily. Kate's area of study is poi, an evolution of traditional Māori mahi poi, and how it can be applied to bolster the acuity, strength, balance and mental health of our aging population.