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Afternoons for Tuesday 24 May 2011

  • Best Song Ever Written - Gotta Serve Somebody

    1:08 PM.Mike from Dunedin nominates "Gotta Serve Somebody" by Bob Dylan. Audio

  • TV Review with Phil Wallington

    1:20 PM.Phil Wallington reviews the Rise Up Christchurch Telethon, Electric Dreams, and The Next Big Fat Family Challenge. Audio

  • Book Review with Vanda Symon

    1:35 PM.Vanda Symon reviews The Conductor by Sarah Quigley, and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher. Audio

  • Music Review with Nick Atkinson

    1:45 PM.Nick Atkinson reviews Cluster Funk by Jacam Manricks and Sing Along with The Yoots, by The Yoots. Audio

  • Internet Review with Noelle McCarthy

    1:50 PM.Noelle McCarthy reviews When the Internet Thinks it Knows You by Eli Pariser. Audio

  • Olympic Dream

    2:10 PM.Show jumping is an expensive sport. When you're laying out eighteen hundred dollars a month for stables, and thirty eight thousand dollars just to get your horse to Europe for elite competition, it's… Read more Audio

  • Adam Parore

    2:20 PM.First there was the altitude sickness to contend with, then the weather turned foul but on his second attempt, former New Zealand test cricketer Adam Parore reached the top of Mount Everest. Audio

  • Running Health

    3:10 PM.British journalist Adharanand Finn is a keen runner. So keen that he's packed up his family, packed in his job and shifted to Kenya for six months to go running with the Kenyans. Audio

  • Asian Report for 24 May 2011 - Falun Dafa

    3:30 PM.If you've ever seen groups of people gathered in your city centre practicing what looks to be a form of meditation or even Tai Chi, then it's possible that they belong to the eastern practice of Falun… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 24 May 2011

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Graham Bell and John Dunne (part 1)

    4:08 PM.Pike River; Fleabag Casino Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Gotta Serve Somebody by Bob Dylan. Chosen by Mike Jenkins of Dunedin

1:15 Critical Mass

Phil Wallington reviews TV, Vanda Symon reviews The Conductor by New Zealander Sarah Quigley and My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher.

Nick Atkinson has new music and Noelle McCarthy looks at what people are blogging about.

2:10 Feature Stories

An undisclosed offer from the Saudi Arabian Equestrain Federation for Waikato show jumper Katie McVean's nine-year-old mare Dunstan Delphi has proved too good to refuse. McVean and Dunstan Delphi came sixth equal at the recent World Cup Horse Show Jumping Finals in Germany.

For the first time ever, a rare white kiwi chick has hatched in captivity. "Manukura" was born at the Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre in the Wairarapa.

2:30 Reading

Kate de Goldi's The 10 pm Question, told by John Leigh.

2:45 Feature Album

Lady GaGa's Born This Way.

3:12 Tune Your Engine

British journalist Adharanand Finn is a keen runner. So keen that he's packed up his family, packed in his job and shifted to Kenya for six months to go running with the Kenyans. He's writing a book about his experience, and about the people he's met on his travels from the famous, top level athletes to the Irish priest who's played an important role in their success.

4:06 The Panel

Graham Bell and John Dunne.