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Pinenuts
12:45 PM.The ancient Romans and popes over the ages have loved pinenuts, but why are they so expensive? Alison Sandle explains. Audio
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iPad review
12:30 PM.Our technology correspondent Bill Thompson gives his assessment of Apple's new tablet computer, the iPad. Audio
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Sense of direction
12:15 PM.Is technology like the in-car GPS unit destroying our natural sense of direction? Alex Hutchinson on Inuit hunters in the Arctic, London taxi drivers, and the team of Canadian neuroscientists working… Read more Audio
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Ladybirds
1:35 PM.Ladybird breeder Terril Marais on where to find them and how to attract them to your garden. Audio
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iPlot: Compost
1:15 PM.We finally make our compost pile! After a month spent gathering the right organic matter Colin Walker shows us how to build a killer compost heap from scratch. Audio
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Tech review
12:45 PM.Peter Griffin and Bill Thompson have their top tech picks of 2009 and what'll be big in 2010. Audio
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Has cooking made us human?
12:15 PM.Anthropologist and primatologist Richard Wrangham reckons cooking our food has been the single most important factor in mankind's evolution, shaping the size of our brains, teeth and gut...and our… Read more Audio
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Brie vs Camembert
12:15 PM.What's the difference between most New Zealand-produced camembert and brie? The answer might surprise you! With Jenna Russell, Brett Charlton and cheesemonger Martin Aspinwall. Audio
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Odourless longdrops
1:55 PM.American inventor Don Sifers reckons he's solved the problem of stinky longdrop toilets. His 'latrine deodorizer' mangles methane molecules! Audio
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Roller derby
1:40 PM.Sonia Yee gets her skates on and meets some of the lasses in the Smash Malice and Brutal Pageant teams in Wellington's Richter City Roller Derby League. Audio
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iPlot 11: More Planting
1:25 PM.The salad and rocket's going off but when will we have a bit more variety on the menu? Plus Colin Walker supervises more planting - this week, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and basil. Audio
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Dirty laundry
1:15 PM.The Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai in India's a world famous outdoor laundry that handles three-quarters of a million items every day. Meena Kadri reports. Audio
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Smell
12:15 PM.How does our sense of smell work? Smell psychologist Professor Rachel Herz knows. Plus how smell's being used to sell us stuff and why Christmas trees don't smell like they used to! Audio
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Wasabi
10:13 AM.We meet Fenton Wood, an ex-policeman growing real wasabi in the South Island. Audio
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Haggling: how to pay less for more
10:13 AM.Our guide on the best way to haggle. The simplest way to save money without changing your spending habits. Audio
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Ten-pin bowling
10:13 AM.Higher scores as new technology makes it easier to get a strike. Jason Belmonte is rising to the top by bowling with two hands. Audio
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Vint Cerf
10:13 AM.Vint Cerf's acknowledged as one of the fathers of the internet after inventing a way to send information over a network of computers more than 30 years ago. Audio
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Farmers
10:13 AM.Historian Ian Hunter's charted the 100 year history of Farmers, one of the country's biggest retail chains. Audio
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Charity collectors
10:13 AM.Jessica Wilson of Consumer.org.nz on the on-street collectors packing clipboards and hoping to sign you up for the long term. Audio
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Foraging: nettles
10:13 AM.We meet Maryanne Vella, a nettle fan who grows nettles and uses them in everything from tea to fudge. Audio
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Old school advertising: Bill-sticking
10:13 AM.We grab some glue and a brush and go bill-sticking with Jamie Holloway. Audio
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Peanuts: crunchy or smooth?
10:12 AM.Peanut history with Andy Smith. Plus peanut butter- bait of choice for possums and rats. And crunchy or smooth? The chimps decide. Audio
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Bras
10:12 AM.The modern bra's an amazing piece of engineering. We're looking at the history of the brassiere with historian Dr Caroline Daley, and the aesthetics of the push-up bra with curator Alison McCann. Plus… Read more Audio
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Mags for nags: Wheelrights
10:12 AM.We meet two of New Zealand's last working wheelwrights. Greg and Ali Lang of the Wheelwright Shop mend and make wooden wheels for horse-drawn vehicles. Audio
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Product lives
10:12 AM.Hamish Wilson of Consumer.org.nz's been researching how long stuff like TVs, washing machines and cell phones should last for. Plus Bill Bevan on the laws that protect you even after your warranty… Read more Audio