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Afternoons for Tuesday 2 June 2015

  • Your Song - Can you feel the love tonight

    1:10 PM.Pauline Grogan from Auckland nominates 'Can you feel the love tonight', sung by Elton John. Audio

  • TV review with Irene Gardiner

    1:20 PM.Irene Gardiner reviews The Campbell Live final;Dancing With The Stars;Westside. Audio

  • Music review with Colin Morris

    1:35 PM.Colin Morris reviews Leonard Cohen's 'I've got a little secret' from his Can't Forget: The Grand Tour album; and Boz Scaggs' 'Hell to Pay' featuring Bonnie Rait, from his Fool to Care album. Audio

  • Book review with Wendyl Nissen

    1:50 PM.Wendyl Nissen reviews war photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir 'It's What I Do'; and 'The Diet Myth' by Paul Campos. Audio

  • Web review with Ben Gracewood

    1:55 PM.Ben Gracewood reviews I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How; http://io9.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-chocolate-helps-weight-1707251800 How Ross Ulbricht ended… Read more Audio

  • Hawaiian Haka - Seamus Fitzgerald

    2:10 PM.It's a haka, but one with a different Pacific flavour. Hawaiian students, from Kahuku High School, performed their own version of the haka at this year's graduation ceremony. The song was written by… Read more Audio

  • Muay Thai in New Zealand - Leon Rose

    2:20 PM.Auckland photographer, Leon Rose, has spent ten years looking at Muay Thai boxing in New Zealand. He's just released a book about it, called Live, Train, Fight Like Thai. Audio

  • Feature Album - Touch

    2:45 PM.Eurythmics - Touch (1984) Audio

  • Curiosity as a superpower - Hollywood producer Brian Grazer

    3:10 PM.Brian Grazer is an Oscar winning producer. For nearly 30 years, he's organised a weekly meeting with scientists, artists, politicians and business leaders, interesting people for what he calls… Read more Audio

  • Richard and Christine Amery

    3:20 PM.Christine and Richard Amery have travelled the world staying in other people's homes. It's not about saving money though, Christine and Richard say home exchanges are a brilliant way to travel… Read more Audio

  • Uga or Coconut Crab Hunting in Niue

    9:06 PM.Uga or coconut crab are hunted in large numbers in Niue but to conserve them the Niuean Government has placed an indefinite ban on their export Read more Audio

  • The Panel pre-show for 2 June 2015

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

1:10 Your Song

Pauline Grogan - Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John

1:20 The Critics

TV: Television reviewer Irene Gardiner reflects on the end of Cambell Live and the debut of two new shows on TV3 - the launch of the latest season of Dancing With The Stars and Westside, the prequel series for Outrageous Fortune

Music: Colin Morris has new albums from Leonard Cohen and Boz Scaggs

Books: Wendyl Nissen reviews It's What I Do, the memoir of war photographer Lynsey Addario.

Web: Ben Gracewood looks at a fake scientific article intended to show up dodgy science reporting, story of the founder of the online drug marketplace The Silk Road. Finally, Ben discusses the latest "performance' from unpredictable actor Shia La Beouf.

2:10 Hawaiian Haka - Seamus Fitzgerald

It's a haka, but one with different Pacific flavour. Hawaiian students, from Kahuku High School, performed their own version of the haka at this year's graduation ceremony. The song was written by expat New Zealander Seamus Fitzgerald, whose son goes to the school.

2:20  Muay Thai in New Zealand - Leon Rose

Auckland photographer, Leon Rose, has spent ten years looking at Muay Thai boxing in New Zealand. He's just released a book about it, called Live, Train, Fight Like Thai.

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2:30 NZ Reading

People's Homes by Breton Dukes from his collection Bird North and other stories.

2:45 Feature album

Touch by the Eurythmics - 1983

3:10 Feature interview

Brian Grazer is an Oscar winning producer and one of Hollywood's most successful players. His CV includes films like Splash, The DaVinci Code, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13 as well as big TV hits like this year's Empire. He says the key to his success can be summed up in one word: Curiosity.

Christine and Richard Amery have travelled the world staying in other people's home. It's not about saving money though, Christine and Richard say home exchanges are a brilliant way to travel without missing out on any of the comforts of home. 

3:35 Science and environment stories

Stories from Our Changing World.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

What the world's talking about with Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy and our panelists, Sally Wenley and Neil Miller.

 

MUSIC DETAILS:

Tuesday June 2  

 

YOUR SONG: 

 

ARTIST:    Elton John

TITLE:        Can You Feel The Love Tonight

COMP:       Elton John

ALBUM:     The Lion King: Original Soundtrack

LABEL:      WALT DISNEY 477 177

 

THE CRITICS:

 

ARTIST:    Boz Scaggs

TITLE:        I'm A Fool To Care

COMP:       Boz Scaggs

ALBUM:     A Fool To Care

LABEL:      ATLANTIC PROMBOZ

 

ARTIST:    Leonard Cohen

TITLE:        Can't Forget

COMP:       Leonard Cohen

ALBUM:     Can't Forget: The Grand Tour

LABEL:      SONY 88875068262

 

FEATURE ALBUM:

 

ARTIST:    Eurythmics

TITLE:        Who's That Girl

COMP:       Lennox, Stewart

ALBUM:     Ultimate Collection

LABEL:      Sony 748412

 

ARTIST:    Eurythmics

TITLE:        Right By Your Side

COMP:       Lennox, Stewart

ALBUM:     Ultimate Collection

LABEL:      Sony 748412

 

ARTIST:    Eurythmics

TITLE:        Here Comes The Rain Again

COMP:       Lennox, Stewart

ALBUM:     Ultimate Collection

LABEL:      Sony 748412

 

THE PANEL:

 

ARTIST:    Mormon Tabernacle Choir

TITLE:        Onward Christian Soldiers

COMP:       Baring-Gould, Sullivan

ALBUM:     Onward Christian Soldiers

LABEL:      iTunes