Afternoons for Tuesday 22 December 2009

1:08 PM.Stephen Craw chooses Lonny Donegan's 'Rock Island Line'. Audio

1:15 PM.On the final Reeling In The Years for 2009, we go back almost 50 years, to December 1960. Keith Richardson had just picked up a job with the NZBS in Radio. A job he turned into a career. A career that… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.Business is booming at Sumner's Kiwi Bach cafe, a little slice of Kiwiana by the seaside. But a lawyer's letter out of the blue last week has given John pause. The letter says the word 'bach' is… Read more Audio

2:50 PM.Our Feature Album is"If I Should Fall from Grace with God"released in 1987 by The Pogues. Described by allmusic.com as"the best album the Pogues would ever make". Audio

3:09 PM.One Auckland private alcohol and drug practitioner says the 25th of December is not a great day for some people, as alcohol fuels the spillover of resentments built up over the year. Roger Green runs… Read more Audio

3:24 PM.Hawkes Bay based Yvonne-Marie Lorkin (wine editor for Dish magazine) kindly took a break from her mammoth preparation for Christmas Dinner to share some wine suggestions. Audio

3:38 PM.Living in the west for any Muslim comes with its challenges, especially if you're a woman. Jason Moon talks to two sisters who've set up as association to support young Kiwi Muslim woman. Audio

3:47 PM.At the University of Auckland, a mathematician is doing something rather unusual...for a mathematician. With a team of others, he's trying to figure out what happens in the asthmatic lung. Audio

4:07 PM.With Linley Boniface and Michelle A'Court. Audio

4:35 PM.With Linley Boniface and Michelle A'Court. Audio