8:15 Gary
Mulgrew
Scotsman
Gary Mulgrew had an international finance career in Britain, the USA, Canada
and Australia, until he was arrested for fraud, extradited to Texas, and
incarcerated in one of America’s toughest prisons. Released in 2010, and now a
successful businessman, he tells his story in Gang of One (Hodder &
Stoughton, ISBN: 978-1-444-73790-5).
8:45 Craig
Rodger
Dr Craig
Rodger is Associate Professor, Physics, at the University of Otago, and joint
principal investigator of the Antarctic-Arctic Radiation-belt (Dynamic)
Deposition VLF Atmospheric Research Konsortium (AARDDVARK). He was part of the
team that managed to document the largest known recorded solar flares in 2003.
9:05 Leonard BellLeonard Bell lectures in art history at the University of Auckland, and is the author of several books. He is the co-editor, with historian Diana Morrow, of Jewish Lives in New Zealand (Godwit, ISBN: 978-1-86962-173-5), the first authoritative history of the impact of Jewish settlers on New Zealand since the 1840s.
9:45 Art
with Mary Kisler: Degas to Dali
Mary Kisler
is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland
Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She will discuss the Degas to Dali exhibition,
featuring masters from the National Galleries of Scotland, currently exhibiting
at the Auckland Art Gallery (to 10 June).
10:05
Playing Favourites with Simon Bennett
Simon
Bennett is a drama director and producer with extensive stage and screen
experience. As well as being a founder of Wellington's BATS Theatre, Simon has
directed Shakespeare, Sondheim musicals and New Zealand plays throughout the
country. His screen experience includes directing episodes of long-running
television successes Shortland Street (which he produced from 1997 to 2000) and
Outrageous Fortune, as well as directing the feature film Sione's 2: Unfinished
Business, which screened here in January and opened in Australia this month.
Simon is the producer and a director of comedy-drama The Almighty Johnsons,
about four New Zealand brothers who are Norse gods; the second series is
currently screening on TV3.
11:05
Blythe Duff
Scottish
actress Blythe Duff is best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the television
drama Taggart. She is in the cast of Beautiful Burnout, a co-production from
Frantic Assembly and the National Theatre of Scotland that explores boxing
culture. It is currently playing at the 2012 New Zealand International Arts
Festival (to 18 March).
11:40 Kelly
Link
American
“slipstream” writer Kelly Link mixes the genres of science fiction, fantasy,
horror, and mystery. Her short story collections include Pretty Monsters (Text,
ISBN: 978-1-921656-36-1) and The Young Grave (Text, ISBN: 978-1921520730), and
she is co-editor (with Gavin Grant) of the anthology Steampunk (Small
Beer/Walker, ISBN: 978-0763656386). Kelly Link is a guest speaker at Writers and Readers Week
(9-14 March) during the 2012 New Zealand
International Arts Festival (24 February to 14 March).
Provided by:
Mark Cubey
Producer, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill
Radio New Zealand National
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