Afternoons for Tuesday 18 December 2012 Afternoons

Best Song Ever Written - 'The Mercy Seat'

1:09 PM.Donald Buglass from Christchurch has chosen 'The Mercy Seat' by Nick Cave. Audio
TV Review with Phil Wallington

1:23 PM.A review of the year's TV shows and a look to changes particularly with news and current affairs. Audio
Book Review with Nicky Pelligrino

1:35 PM.'Grace:A Memoir' by Grace Coddington and 'Travels With Epicurus' by Daniel Kline. Audio
Music Review with Colin Morris

1:45 PM.'Dayglo Reflection' by Bobby Womack and 'Whatever You've Got' by The Proclaimers. Audio
Web Review with Ele Ludemann

1:56 PM.Topics - social media scams; malicious mobile apps; travel scams, holiday spam/phishing; and other Christmas scams. Audio
The Te Araroa trail

2:06 PM.Richard Bowles is an adventurer and running machine - he's just run the length of New Zealand in 62 days and he didn't take State Highway One either. He went the hard way - over mountain ranges… Read more Audio
The Romotow caravan

2:26 PM.Two Christchurch engineers have come up with what they hope will be the next generation of caravan. It's called the Romotow and it looks like a space-age room on wheels. They say besides looking smart… Read more Audio
Tune Your Engine - The Perfect Gift

3:07 PM.A study by Chicago's Nick Epley, a professor of behavioral science, reveals most people just want the gift that's on the top of their wish list. Audio
Asian Report for 18 December 2012 - Director Peter Wilson

3:32 PM.Acclaimed children's theatre director Peter Wilson performs for a Japanese preschool in Wellington and talks about judging puppetry at the International Arts Festival in Shanghai this year. Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 18 December 2012

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
The Panel with Neil Miller and Jane Clifton (Part 1)

4:07 PM.Topics - About 8000 people are sheltering in evacuation centres across Fiji, as authorities investigate the scale of the disaster and count the number of homes that have been ruined. Power bills have… Read more Audio
The Panel with Neil Miller and Jane Clifton (Part 2)

4:38 PM.Topics - The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the USA has led the nation to launch into an increasingly bitter argument over gun control laws. The Tertiary Education Union says it's a bad idea… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written - Donald Buglass of Christchurch nominated The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave.

1:20 Critical Mass

Hot Music - Colin Morris
TITLE:       Dayglo Reflection
ARTIST:   Bobby Womack (FEAT: Lana Del Ray)
COMP:   Bobby Womack
ALBUM:   The Bravest Man In The Universe - Track 4
LABEL:   XL Recordings

TITLE:       Whatever You've Got
ARTIST:   The Proclaimers
COMP:   Craig Reid, Charlie Reid
ALBUM:   Like Comedy - Track 1:
LABEL:   Cooking Vinyl COOKCD 560

TV review - Phil Wallington

Books - Nicky Pellegrino
Grace: A Memoir - Grace Coddington
Travels With Epicurus - Daniel Kline

Web - Ele Ludemann

The links:
Macafee warns of the 12 scams of Christmas:
https://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/12-scams-of-christmas-2012>

It's the guilt which makes chocolate so delicious:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9731303/Chocolate-its-the-guilt-that-makes-it-so-delicious-study-finds.html>

Research-based time savers might help people who are making new year resolutions:

http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/12/7-research-based-time-savers/>

2:10 The Te Araroa Trail - Richard Bowles
Richard Bowles is an aventurer and running machine - he's just run the length of New Zealand in 62 days....he didn't take State Highway One either. He went the hard way - over mountain ranges, through volcanic terrain, and on some of our more demanding trials. Richard has just become the first person to run the Te Araroa Trail, which runs from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
Links: http://www.projectcrimson.org.nz/home/page.aspx

http://www.teararoa.org.nz/index.cfm

2:20 The Romotow - Stuart Winterbourn.
Two Christchurch engineers have come up with what they hope will be the next generation of caravan.
It's called the Romotow, and it has a very futuristic look to it - a space-age room on wheels.

Link: http://www.romotow.com/

2:30 Reading - Our short story today is A Gift Shared by Christopher Horan, read by Michael Wilson.
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MUSIC DETAILS
Silent Night (Mohi/Gruber) A Dave Brubeck Christmas/Telarc 20CD 83410 /1'30"

2:45 Feature Album - Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart - Van Morrison.

3:10 Tune Your Engine - Xmas Gift Dilemmas - Nick Epley
Don't bother spending huge time and effort on Xmas gift selection - a study by Chicago's Nick Epley (a professor of Behavioral science) reveals most people just want the gift on the top of the wish list. So the thought doesn't count much apparantly.

3:30 Asian Report - Lynda Chanwai-Earle -
Acclaimed Children's Theatre Director Peter Wilson performs for a Japanese preschool in Wellington and talks about judging puppetry at the International Arts Festival in Shanghai this year.

4:06 The Panel - Jane Clifton and Neil Miller

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