"... the proposal.. is for the removal of half the academic positions in theatre, also... the disestablishment of the [theatre] program as a standalone entity, and to deprioritize the teaching of our performance and production elements of our courses, in favour of the analysis of theatre works..."

#JamesWenley, lecturer in theatre, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University, 2023

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018903783/theatre-s-back-but-can-it-continue-to-thrive

#podcasts #RNZ #TheDetail #theatre

"I think social media now is sort of all-consuming for a lot of people... we should probably all understand by now that there are components of social media, which are... akin to any form of addictive substance. That they are designed to get you to keep on coming back, and deliver a little hit of something, whether it's... dopamine, or... just an ego boost."

#AnnaRawhitiConnell, 2023

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018898243/social-media-s-new-revolution

#podcasts #TheDetail #SocialMedia

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/podcast-the-detail/the-places-where-bilingual-is-the-norm

"When my nain, my grandma, was at school, she wasn't allowed to speak Welsh. They did all their lessons in English," Owen says.

"In the 19th Century, quite a few years before my grandma was born, students would be punished for speaking Welsh and they would carry around a wooden sign with a 'WN' ['Welsh not'] on... so if you were caught speaking Welsh, you would be caned, beaten, get that sign around you.''

Sometimes I am ashamed to be English.

#BiLingual #TheDetail

Once again, NZ news media pundits spend over 20 minutes talking about various party's prospects in the 2023 election, with barely a mention of any actual policy. It's like listening to sports commentators sizing up the sportsball teams in a World Cup competition:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018877722/minor-parties-will-they-have-a-major-impact

#podcast #RNZ #TheDetail #elections #NZPolitics

I am very new to this #AI stuff, like many of us I guess.

I have had an interesting morning so far - read about AI solving an #OpenMiddle #maths problem, then listened to today's podcast on #TheDetail and it is also about #AI I have learned more! #learning #Curious https://www.newsroom.co.nz/podcast-the-detail/ais-new-frontier-works-of-art-and-human-like-chatbots

Please raise my taxes to pay for this 🙋🏻‍♀️

#theDetail
The inconvenient tooth about a trip to the dentist https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018868248/the-inconvenient-tooth-about-a-trip-to-the-dentist

Emile Donovan puts the question that’s on everyone’s mind, and the pause before it js answered says everything. https://pca.st/episode/ffde5bcc-059f-402e-9128-f33683457ecb?t=1098.0 #freedental #thedetail

The 18 Oct edition of The Detail podcast mentions household cleaners that come in powder form, instead of watered down in a plastic bottle. This requires a lot less container space and energy to transport, resulting in a much lower carbon footprint:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018863009/climate-change-and-our-survival-instincts

#podcast #RNZ #TheDetail #ClimateChange #HouseholdCleaning

This edition of The Detail podcast covers the frustrations of trying to get diagnosis and support for people with ADHD and other forms of neurodiversity:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018863681/the-impossibility-of-adhd

#ADHD #neurodiversity #RNZ #TheDetail #podcast

I can't believe economists are still telling the Just So story about cash money emerging from barter economies. A story that was thoroughly and quite publicly debunked by David Graeber in his 2011 book Debt. So even more disappointing that there are still journalists accepting it without question. Here's a recent example from the RNZ podcast The Detail:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018861441/what-makes-a-dollar-determining-the-value-of-a-currency

#podcasts #RNZ #TheDetail
#money #history #DavidGraeber

Am I the only person who thinks it's delusional to be talking about gene editing grass so farmed animals fart less methane? Are we really that desperate to avoid changing our diets and our economic dependence on exporting the products of mass animal exploitation?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018841177/is-it-time-to-reconsider-the-rules-on-gmos

#Aotearoa #NZ #RNZ #TheDetail #GMO #BioTech #CarbonEmissions