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Afternoons for Monday 19 October 2015

  • First Song - Hungry Heart

    1:08 PM.Bruce Springsteen wrote 'Hungry Heart' for The Ramones, but his manager talked him into keeping it for himself, and in 1980 it became Springsteen's first big solo hit, taken from the album The River.

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  • One Tree Hill

    1:14 PM.A long-awaited decision on what will replace the single monterey pine, on Maungakiekie-One Tree Hill, has finally been announced. Audio

  • Alice The Giant Boring Machine - Brett Gliddon

    1:20 PM.After almost two years underground, Alice, the giant boring machine, has just made her breakthrough back to daylight. She's been drilling twin sets of tunnels, in the final stage of the Waterview… Read more Audio

  • Kiwi Tractors - Steve Hale

    1:30 PM.Steve Hale has written a book on what he calls an addiction. It's all about tractor owning. Steve is an author, journalist, rugby coach and school teacher and his new book is called Kiwi Tractors: A… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Beach Fashion - Doris de Pont

    1:35 PM.Doris de Pont knows all about woollen bathers and bikinis, swimsuits and sundresses, playsuits and parasols. The New Zealand Fashion Museum and New Zealand Maritime Museum have put together an… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Favourite Album - Coney Island Baby

    1:50 PM.Steve Harris in Greymouth chooses Lou Reed's 'Coney Island Baby'. Audio

  • TV review with Alex Casey

    2:10 PM.Alex Casey talks about DNA Detectives, My Kitchen Rules NZ, American Horror Story: Hotel, and Funny Girls. Audio

  • Music review with Zac Arnold

    2:30 PM.Music 101's Zac Arnold shares music from Majical Cloudz, Mac DeMarco, and METZ. Audio

  • Book review with Pip Adam

    2:45 PM.Pip has been reading poet/rapper's tale of everyday people Brand New Ancients, and Anne Kennedy's The Time of The Giants. Audio

  • Theatre Review with Erin Harrington

    2:52 PM.Erin Harrington reviews Neil Armfield and Academy Award winning actor Geoffrey Rush adaptation of Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco at Christchurch's The Court Theatre. Audio

  • Berm Gardens - John Stansfield

    3:08 PM.Should councils ban residents from planting their roadside berms with veges and fruit instead of grass? Audio

  • Why We Work - Barry Schwartz

    3:15 PM.How we work isn't working according to psychologist Barry Schwartz who says we focus too much on the pay packet and not enough on what makes work satisfying. In his new book Why We Work Schwartz… Read more Audio

  • China Revisited - a tribute to Jack Body

    3:30 PM.Outstanding New Zealand composer Jack Body passed away earlier this year, so a tribute concert is being performed by the new Zealand String Quartet with an upcoming tour to China to follow. Lynda… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • The Panel pre-show for 19 October 2015

    3:45 PM.What the world is talking about, with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George. Why can't Zoe use touch screen technology? Audio

1:10 First song

Bruce Springsteen - 'Hungry Heart'

1:15 One Tree Hill - Todd Niall

A long-awaited decision on what will replace the single Monterey Pine, on Māungakiekie-One Tree Hill, has finally been announced. The plans have been announced by Auckland Mayor Len Brown and Paul Majurey, chair of the Tūpuna Maunga o Tāmaki Makaurau Authority.

1:20 Alice The Giant Boring Machine - Brett Gliddon 

After almost two years underground, Alice, the giant boring machine, has just made her breakthrough back to daylight. She's been drilling twin sets of tunnels, in the final stage of the Waterview Connection project. NZTA's Auckland highways manager, Brett Gliddon, talks about the final breakthrough.

1:25 Kiwi Tractors - Steve Hale

Steve Hale has written a book on what he calls an addiction. It's all about tractor owning. Steve is an author, journalist, rugby coach and school teacher and his new book is called Kiwi Tractors: A Humble National Icon. And he says it's quite common for people to own 20, 30, 40 or, in one case, more than 50 tractors. Steve talks about tractors and their owners, from his home in Te Aroha.

1:35 Beach Fashion - Doris de Pont

Doris de Pont knows all about woollen bathers and bikinis, swimsuits and sundresses, playsuits and parasols. The New Zealand Fashion Museum and New Zealand Maritime Museum have put together an exhibition, about the past one hundred years of beach fashion. 'At the Beach: 100 years of summer fashion in New Zealand' features only New Zealand made or designed garments. Doris de Pont is the brains behind The New Zealand Fashion Museum.

At The Beach - Book

At The Beach - 1950s image courtesy of NZFM

At The Beach - 1950s waterskiing image courtesy of NZFM

At The Beach - 1960s image courtesy of NZFM

At The Beach - 1980s image courtesy of NZFM

At The Beach - Bach image couresty of NZFM

At The Beach - Glamour image courtesy of NZFM

At The Beach - Glamour image courtesy of NZFM

At The Beach - Glamour image courtesy of NZFM

1:40 Favourite album

Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby. Chosen by Steve Harris in Greymouth.  

2:10 The Critics

TV - Alex Casey

Music - Zac Arnold

Books - Pip Adam

Theatre -  Erin Harrington

3:10 Berm Gardens - John Stansfield

Should council ban residents from planting their roadside berms with veges and fruit instead of grass? 

3:15 Feature interview - Barry Schwartz

Barry Schwartz IV.

Barry Schwartz IV. Photo: Suppliled/ Barry Schwartz IV

How we work isn't working according to psychologist Barry Schwartz who says we focus too much on the pay packet and not enough on what makes work satisfying. In his new book, Why We Work, Schwartz argues for radical revisions to the way we think about work. Money, he says, is not a effective motivator but job satisfaction is. The book suggests ways to change work culture so that employees stop dreading work and enjoy it instead.

3:35 Voices

Outstanding New Zealand composer Jack Body passed away earlier this year, so a tribute concert is being performed by the new Zealand String Quartet with an upcoming tour to China to follow. Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets the NZSQ to find out more about "China Revisited" and Jack's legacy of collaborations with Asia.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

What the world is talking about, with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zoe George.

Music played in this show

JESSE'S SONG:

ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen
TITLE: Hungry Heart
COMP: Springsteen
ALBUM: The River
LABEL: Columbia

FAVOURITE ALBUM:

ARTIST: Lou Reed
TITLE: Charley's Girl
COMP: Reed
ALBUM: Coney Island Baby
LABEL: RCA

ARTIST: Lou Reed
TITLE: Coney Island Baby
COMP: Reed
ALBUM: Coney Island Baby
LABEL: RCA

ARTIST: Lou Reed
TITLE: Crazy Feeling
COMP: Reed
ALBUM: Coney Island Baby
LABEL: RCA

CRITICS:

ARTIST: Majical Cloudz
TITLE: Silver Car Crash
COMP: Majical Cloudz
ALBUM: Are you alone
LABEL: n/a

ARTIST: Mac DeMarco
TITLE: Ode To Viceroy
COMP: DeMarco
ALBUM: Mac DeMarco II
LABEL: Captured

ARTIST: Metz
TITLE: Eraser
COMP: Metz
ALBUM: II
LABEL: n/a

HALF TIME:

ARTIST: Pratt & McLain
TITLE: Happy Days
COMP: Charles Fox, Norman Gimble
ALBUM: TV Land Presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
LABEL: Rhino