The Panel for Monday 16 September 2019

3:45 PM.The Ig-Nobel Prizes for unconventional - if interesting - research have been handed out. Emile Donovan joins the panel with the winners and losers of the day. Audio

3:55 PM.What the Panellists Karlo Mila and Simon Wilson have been thinking about. Audio

4:03 PM.What's going to happen to the price of petrol? Energy consultant Ian Twomey joins us to discuss. Nineteen months ago Simon Wilson was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Since then he's written… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.How could supermarkets reduce the amount of plastic they use? A new scheme aimed at preventing financially unsound companies from winning big contracts with lowball offers is in the offering… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.What's going to happen to the price of petrol? Energy consultant Ian Twomey joins us to discuss. Audio

4:18 PM.Nineteen months ago Simon Wilson was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Since then he's written extensively about the experience - and over the weekend he had some thoughts about the process of… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.A Stuff article today highlights the "ethnoburbs" that have spung up due to Auckland's superdriverse population. The city's uneven ethnic distribution means some areas are almost completely made of… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.How could supermarkets reduce the amount of plastic they use? Audio

4:40 PM.A new scheme aimed at preventing financially unsound companies from winning big contracts with lowball offers is in the offering. Audio

4:47 PM.Following Māori language week, there's real momentum behind the idea of compulsory te reo in schools. But how have similar schemes from overseas played out? Audio

4:53 PM.A 2015 seismic report identified the structure as being earthquake-prone, and it's been under repair for much of this year. Once that work's completed, however, the REAL decision has to be made: the… Read more Audio

4:57 PM.When advertising copywriter Joshua Thompson saw the writing on the wall, and was called to a meeting with the top brass at his company, he decided on something unconventional for his support person… Read more Audio