Afternoons for Wednesday 28 October 2009

1:10 PM.Gerald Hare of Wanganui chooses 'By Kind Permission Of', from Jethro Tull's 1970 US tour. Audio

1:20 PM.Can you work out the common theme amongst today's songs? Audio

2:10 PM.A late-night discovery by an amateur astronomer in Auckland has revealed an asteroid that NASA didn't even know existed! Audio

2:20 PM.Last year it was 'climate porn' and 'toxic debt'; this year it's 'besties' and 'boyzillians', just 2 of the 5,000 new words to make the cut in the latest edition of the Macquarie Dictionary. The… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.They may have spent only a few years at Te Aute Maori Boys College, but the school can take credit for who they have become today. Te Aute College recently recognised 15 of its old boys, including Sir… Read more Audio

2:55 PM.Today's album is 'Invincible', Michael Jackson's last. It came out in 2001 and sold more than 6 million copies worldwide. Tonight the Michael Jackson doco, 'This Is It', premieres worldwide, including… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The latest edition of Digital Planet with the BBC's Gareth Mitchell, and new media pioneer and cafe enthusiast Bill Thompson. Audio

3:30 PM.It's almost twenty years since the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. That moment is being marked round the world, including Auckland. Sapna Samant investigates what's happening in the Queen City, and… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.Mark Le Gros and his boss Carolyn Larabell, from the National Center for X-ray Tomography in the USA, have an interesting professional relationship. Together they have successfully built a new… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.With Graham Bell and Neil Miller. Audio

4:40 PM.With Graham Bell and Neil Miller. Audio