Afternoons for Tuesday 5 May 2015 Afternoons

Your Song - Father and Son

1:10 PM.Russell Watts from Taupo has chosen 'Father and Son' by Cat Stevens. Audio
The Panel pre-show for 5 May 2015

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
TV review with Irene Gardiner

1:20 PM.Irene Gardiner on the Spandau Ballet documentary 'Soul Boys of the Western World', and Australian drama 'Offspring'. Audio
Book review with Vanda Symon

1:31 PM.Vanda Symon reviews 'Letters of Note' compiled by Shaun Usher, and 'More Than Words' compiled by Liza Kirwin. Audio
Music review with Colin Morris

1:45 PM.Colin Morris reviews Pine Hill Project's new album 'Tomorrow You're Going'. Audio
Web review with Ben Gracewood

1:55 PM.Ben Gracewood talks about emojis and the New Zealand website Sign Ninja. Audio
Iroquois - David Watmuff

2:10 PM.The RNZAF says goodbye to the last of it's Iroquois helicopters. Read more Audio
Songwriter - Joe Morton

2:20 PM.Joe Morton has just won a prize in the US-based international songwriting competition for his song, Giants. Read more Audio
Feature album - Wilder Mind

2:45 PM.The feature album today is the brand new one from British folk rockers Mumford and Sons. 5 stars was the verdict from at least one reviewer yesterday morning. Marcus Mumford has never sounded better… Read more Audio
Feature interview - Barat Ali Batoor

3:10 PM.When an estimated 800 asylym seekers drowned trying to reach Europe, some newspapers suggested looking to Australia's tough border policies for answers. Photographer Barat Ali Batoor knows how hard it… Read more Audio
A Devilish Cancer - Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease

9:06 PM.In less than 20 years a rare contagious cancer has decimated Tasmanian devil numbers by 85 percent, but a vaccine may be on the way Read more Audio

1:10 Your Song

Father And Son - Cat Stevens. Chosen by Russell Watts

1:20 The Critics

TV - Irene Gardiner

Books - Vanda Symon

Music - Colin Morris

Digital - Ben Gracewood on That Way We’re All Writing Now, and Emoji, the new language of the internet

2:10 Iroquois - David Watmuff

The RNZAF says goodbye to the last of its Iroquois helicopters.

Iroquois helicopter
Number 3 Squadron Iroquois, with a monsoon bucket

Gallery: Iroquois helicopters

2:20 Songwriter - Joe Morton

Joe Morton has just won a prize in the US-based international songwriting competition for his song, Giants

2:30 NZ Reading - The Conductor

Nikolai talks with Shostakovich about his inability to love his 8 year old daughter Sonya, scared that his love could destroy her in the same way he thinks it destroyed the life of his beloved wife. By the end of summer he's able to enjoy her, meaning his sister in law Tanya can give up full guardianship and only needs to come in to cook and clean. Out on a walk, Nikolai and Sonya meet Nina Bronnikova, a dancer with the Kirov

2:45 Feature album

Mumford And Sons. Wilder Minds

3:10 Feature interview - Barat Ali Batoor

When an estimated 800 asylym seekers drowned trying to reach Europe, some newspapers suggested looking to Australia's tough border policies for answers. Photographer Barat Ali Batoor knows how hard it is to seek asylum in Australia. Originally from Afghanistan, he paid human smugglers and boarded a boat from Indonesia to try and get to Australia and nearly died at sea himself. Eventually he was granted asylum through the UN and now he shares photos and stories of the dangerous voyage and the desperation of people willing to cross oceans for a better life.

3:35 Devil Disease - Alison Ballance

In less than 20 years a communicable cancer called devil facial tumour disease has wiped out 85% of Australia's Tasmanian devil population. But as genetics expert Kathy Belov tells Alison Ballance, researchers are hopeful of developing a vaccine and optimistic that the noisy marsupial isn't about to become extinct in the wild

Stories from Our Changing World.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

What the world is talking about. With Noelle Mccarthy, Jim Mora, Tim Watkin and Tony Doe

MUSIC DETAILS

Tuesday 5 May

YOUR SONG:

ARTIST: Cat Stevens
TITLE:   Father And Son
COMP: Stevens
ALBUM: Tea For The Tillerman
LABEL:    ISLAND   870888

2:25pm:

ARTIST: Joe Morton
TITLE: Giants
COMP: Morton
(Supplied by composer)

FEATURE ALBUM:

ARTIST: Mumford And Sons
TITLE: Believe
COMP: Mumford And Sons
ALBUM: Wilder Mind
LABEL: DEWPROCESS

ARTIST: Mumford And Sons
TITLE: The Wolf
COMP: Mumford And Sons
ALBUM: Wilder Mind
LABEL: DEWPROCESS

ARTIST: Mumford And Sons
TITLE: Snake Eyes
COMP: Mumford And Sons
ALBUM: Wilder Mind
LABEL: DEWPROCESS

ARTIST: Mumford And Sons
TITLE: Ditmas
COMP: Mumford And Sons
ALBUM: Wilder Mind
LABEL: DEWPROCESS

PANEL HALF-TIME:

ARTIST: Henry Mancini
TITLE: Baby Elephant Walk
COMP: Mancini
ALBUM: Hatari
LABEL: RCA 352559

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