Professor Ted Zorn joins RadioLIVEs Graeme Hill to discuss his current research project analysing Donald Trumps communications. Professor Zorn explains how his research project analyses Trumps style and how it affects US social discourse. He is a professor of organised communication at Massey Universitys Albany campus. His wife describes him as an obsessive follower of politics Post trump stress disorder Professor Zorn takes a look at Trumps tweets, his communication as whole and the way in which it impacts America. He describes that one of the goals of his work is to repair and diminish the polarisation of the American political system. Then, Astronomer Grant Christie joins Graeme Hill to talk the latest in astronomy news. First up they take a look at Strange Water-Worlds that are surprisingly very common. Then, how is the Opportunity Rover after 14 years on Mars? Will it wake up? Dr Christie takes a look at what will happen when the Earths magnetic field flips and how we know that it inevitably is going to. Finally they take a look at all known asteroids in the solar system. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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