Afternoons for Tuesday 27 May 2014 Afternoons

Best song ever written - El Cant del Barca

1:10 PM.Radek Patrman from Thames in Coromandel chooses the anthem of Barcelona FC. Audio
TV review with Phil Wallington

1:22 PM.Phil Wallington reviews 'Harry's Law', 'The Good Wife' and 'The Closer'. Audio
Book review with Nicky Pellegrino

1:35 PM.Nicky reviews 'The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair' - by Joel Dicker. Audio
Music review with Colin Morris

1:44 PM.Colin reviews Dave and Phil Alvin's album, a tribute to Big Bill Broonzy. Audio
Social media review with Ele Ludemann

1:56 PM.Evidence that even fake smiles make you happier and looking at tears under a microscope. Audio
Saving McCahon's Kauri trees

2:08 PM.The Auckland suburb of Titirangi is well known for its dense bush surrounds and towering Kauri trees. Titirangi is also the place where one of our most celebrated artists, Colin McCahon, called home… Read more Audio
MIT Graduate - Kirilani Collins

2:19 PM.A full-time job and full-time study means Kirilani averages about four hours sleep a day, but somehow she manages to keep getting top marks in her subjects. Audio
Feature album - It's Only Rock and Roll

2:47 PM.Our Feature album today is the 1974 Rolling Stones album "It's Only Rock and Roll". Audio
Louisa Lim - 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square

3:08 PM.Louisa Lim on the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square. She has worked in China as a correspondent for the BBC and for America's National Public Radio. Louisa's new book is "The People's Republic of… Read more Audio
Controlling Wilding Conifers

3:30 PM.The Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group is tackling the growing problem of wilding pine trees in the Queenstown basin Audio
The Panel pre-show for 27 May 2014

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

1:10 Best song ever written

Radek Patrman: "El Cant del Barca" - FC Barcelona Anthem

1:20 The Critics

TV: Phil Wallington, Books: Nicky Pellegrino, Music: Colin Morris, Web: Ele Ludemann

2:10 McCahon Kauri - You can see the influence of the Kauri trees in many of McCahon's works. It's not hard to see why. The studio in which he painted is ringed with the massive natives. But the Kauri trees at McCahon's cottage, and throughout the Waitakere ranges, are in trouble. Kauri Dieback is a disease which is having a massive impact. It's also not well understood, but could have massive implications for the Kauri in the coming years. Auckland Council's Biosecurity team have teamed up with the Colin McCahon Trust to try and save these trees.

2:20 MIT Graduate - Kirilani Collins is on her way to completing a degree in sports and recreation, for which she gets top marks. Nothing too unusual about that, except she holds down a full time job and full time study means she averages about four hours sleep a night.

2:30 NZ Reading

The penultimate part of our series 'Crete 1941 Eyewitnessed' recalls the struggle around Galatas - a village that saw some of the heaviest fighting involving New Zealand troops in the second World War.

2:45 Feature album

Rolling Stones: "It's Only Rock n Roll"

3:10 Feature guest

Louisa Lim on the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square: "The People's Republic of Amnesia:Tiananmen Revisited".

3:30 Science and environment stories

Stories from Our Changing World.

Our Changing World: A green invasion is sweeping across the Wakatipu basin. More than 70,000 hectares of the previously tussock-covered land is now affected by the spread of wilding trees such as larch, douglas fir and Pinus contorta. But the Wakatipu Wilding Conifer Group, or WCG, has the trees in its sights. Its slogan: 'We don't hate the trees - we love the scenery'. Alison Ballance heads to Queenstown to find out how chainsaws and herbicide are being used in the war against the tree weeds.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

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Afternoons for Tuesday 27 May 2014