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Summer Noelle for Friday 21 January 2011

  • Hugh Green and Sir Ray Avery

    9:08 AM.Irish man Hugh Green was just passing through when he came to New Zealand in 1952 at the age of 20. But he stayed and made a fortune and now 60 years later he is giving away millions through his… Read more Audio

  • 15 year old quits school to head his own company

    9:29 AM.Luke McIntyre is 15 but instead making the most of the last days of the summer holiday before the start of school, he's putting on a suit and tie and going to the office of Omex Integrated Solutions… Read more Audio

  • Jim Flynn - India

    9:38 AM.The Torchlight List - Around the World in 200 Books. India: Salman Rushdie - Satanic Verses & Midnight's Children, Vikram Seth - A Suitable Boy, V.S. Naipaul - India: An Area of Darkness & India: A… Read more Audio

  • Inventer - George Davison

    10:06 AM.As a young engineer, George Davison played a key role in developing the Hamilton Jet. Audio

  • Sports with John McBeth

    10:25 AM.Today we look at cricket, tennis and basketball. Audio

  • Science blogger - Chris McDowall

    10:35 AM.Science blogger Chris McDowall is passionate about maps. He has been described as a guru in visualising science data, turning boring databases into dynamic graphics. His latest entry on his blog… Read more Audio

  • Jim Flynn - Middle East

    10:52 AM.The Torchlight List - Around the World in 200 Books. Middle East: V.S. Naipaul - Among the Belivers : An Islamic Journey & Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples, Robert Fisk -… Read more Audio

  • Resounding Radio (Part 20)

    11:07 AM.The final episode in the documentary series on the history of radio broadcasting in New Zealand. Thanks to Jack Perkins for so generously making this series available this summer. Audio

  • Songs of Summer

    11:20 AM.Miriam Clancy has been choosing this week's songs of summer. Today, '1999' by Prince. Audio

  • Week in review

    11:25 AM.Peter Elliot and James Griffin join Noelle to chat about concerts, the Golden Globes and working. Audio

  • Jol Mullholland

    11:45 AM.Jol Mullholland is the man who composed our theme, he is also one of the hardest working, and most sought after musicians, producers and song writers in New Zealand, the Mots, Lupin, Nightchoir… Read more Audio

Monday to Friday, 9am - Midday

9:10 Hugh Green & Sir Ray Avery

making a difference to the lives of babies throughout the world and in particular those in developing countries by developing an affordable high tech, robust, quality neonatal incubator

http://www.medicinemondiale.org/projects

9:30 Luke McIntyre

A rather young man who has decided to forego school to get into business at the age of fifteen

http://www.omexintegratedsolutions.com/

9:45 Jim Flynn

Intelligence expert, professor of politics and author of 'The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books'. Jim believes that reading great literature could be better than a university education.

Today's first lot of recommendations, India: Salman Rushdie - Satanic Verses & Midnight's Children, Vikram Seth - A Suitable Boy, V.S. Naipaul - India: An Area of Darkness & India: A Wounded Civilisation

India: A Million Mutinies

10:07 George Davison

Kiwi Inventors who should be Famous - assisted in making our popular jet boats even zippier

www.hamiltonjet.co.nz/hamiltonjet_waterjet

10:25 John McBeth

Sports correspondent on the Para-Athletic World Champs event in Christchurch, NZ vs Pakistan in the cricket, and Venus Williams at the Australian Open in one of her own designer dresses

10:35 Chris McDowall

Sci-blogger with a head for numbers who has mapped Auckland's public transport systems...

http://sciblogs.co.nz/seeing-data/

http://player.vimeo.com/video/18966477

10:55 Jim Flynn

Today's second lot of recommendations from The Torchlight List, Middle East - V.S. Naipaul

Among the Belivers : An Islamic Journey & Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples,

Robert Fisk - The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East

11:15 Miriam Clancy

Musical selections for the summer season... Prince

11:20 James Griffen & Peter Elliot

The week that was - Peter's hot holiday, James' still annoying neighbourhood tui, big sharks, Big Day Out pasts, Ricky Gervais on hosting the Golden Globes, and how judgement day is rather imminent...

11:35 Jol Muholland

Live set from Auckland musician of The Mots and Gasoline Cowboy (composer of the Summer Noelle music theme)

Songs

Nick Dave - There she goes, my beautiful world
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Dance All Night
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean
The Cure - Inbetween days
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Prince - 1999
Jol Mulholland - Everything's gonna be alright (live) (NZ)
Jol Mulholland - Bonafide Butterfly (live) (NZ)