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Afternoons for Tuesday 17 April 2012

  • Best Song Ever Written - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt.1

    1:09 PM.Jessica Doube from Wellington has chosen 'Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt.1' by The Flaming Lips. Audio

  • TV Review with Phil Wallington

    1:21 PM.Discussing - Titanic dramas, 'The Chawners' Last Chance', 'Game of Thrones', and 'New Tricks'. Audio

  • Jersey Boys - musical

    1:33 PM.A quick word about Jersey Boys on at the Civic in Auckland. Audio

  • Book Review with Graham Beatie

    1:35 PM.'The 1960s Scrapbook' - compiled by Robert Opie; 'Maggie's Verjuice Cookbook' by Maggie Beer; 'The Library Book' (23 well-known writers with essays on how libraries influenced them and what they mean… Read more Audio

  • Music Review with Nick Atkinson

    1:45 PM.Featuring 'Stop And Think It Over' by Full Wood and 'Marion Bates' by Tono and The Finance Company. Audio

  • Web Review with Ben Gracewood

    1:54 PM.Tupac's Coachella 'performance' is equal parts amazing, tacky, and macabre; The UK government's war on internet freedom; and the Economist's Graphic Detail Blog. Audio

  • Open orchard project

    2:10 PM.Thanks to Robyn and Robert Guyton's Open Orchard Project, there's now 500 species of apple trees, 20 types of pears and a dozen species of plums growing throughout the Southland province. Audio

  • More goat farmers needed

    2:21 PM.A New Zealand company is calling for more people to take up goat farming after the European Food Safety Authority accepted evidence that goat milk is a good source of nutrition for babies. Audio

  • The Passionless People Revisited

    3:08 PM.Journalist, author, cultural critic and social historian Gordon McLauchlan is taking another look at New Zealand in his book 'The Passionless People Revisited'. Audio

  • Asian Report for 17 April 2012 - Graci Kim

    3:36 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle catches young and talented entrepreneur Graci Kim before she heads to Taipei for Diplomatic training. Graci chats to Lynda about her brand new interactive children's iPad book that… Read more Audio

  • The Panel Pre-Show for 17 April 2012

    3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with John Dunne and Tim Watkin (Part 1)

    4:07 PM.Topics - SkyCity's chief executive Nigel Morrison says the Auckland casino's slot machines are less harmful to the public than Lotto tickets - and he says claims of social harm are out of proportion… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with John Dunne and Tim Watkin (Part 2)

    4:32 PM.Topics - Chinese-made poppies will go on sale in New Zealand for the first time in this week's annual poppy appeal. Has banning the cane and the strap left schools unable to impose discipline and led… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

1:15 Critical Mass

2:10 Feature Stories

2:30 Reading

2:45 Feature Album

3:12 Tune Your Engine

3:33 Asian Report

4:06 The Panel