This Way Up Podcast Options

1:01 PM.Ashley Madison data breach, tech news (TV apps, video games and geoblocking) and Dr Adam Rutherford on consumer genetics. Audio

12:50 PM.The first audio recordings have been taken at the deepest point of of the world's oceans. NOAA oceanographer Dr Robert Dziak explains that it's far from quiet 11 kilometres underwater. Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Type 2 diabetes, the body's inability to control blood glucose, is a major and growing public health issue here in New Zealand and across the world. In his new book 'The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet'… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Dr Chris Smith with science news, and bacteria that can break down one of the most commonly used forms of plastic. Also signals produced by intestinal microbes seem to make strokes and heart attacks… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Eating plastic with bacteria, a diet for Type 2 diabetes, and deep sea sounds. Audio

1:50 PM.Why we humans have chins. That jutting piece of bone at the front of your face makes us unique in the animal kingdom. But nobody really knows why we've evolved to have them! James Pampush studies… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Dr Chris Smith with science news, and designing robotic skin that senses touch. Also monkeys have been able to control wheelchairs using only their thoughts. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Some people are going to amazing lengths, inventing followers and doctoring photos, to support their fake stories of illness and human tragedy on the internet. Rachel Monroe is a journalist who's… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Chinese clubs are buying some of the world's best football players. We ask The Guardian's chief sports correspondent Owen Gibson what's behind this recent surge of interest in the beautiful game. Read more Audio

1:01 PM.China's football revolution, online cancer hoaxes, science news (robotic skin and thought-controlled wheelchairs) and the evolution of chins. Audio

12:45 PM.Sile O'Modhrain and her colleagues at the University of Michigan are working on a full-page tactile display screen that refreshes as you read it. Read more Audio

12:30 PM.Peter Griffin with technology news, and the latest on Apple vs the FBI, why 3D TV really hasn't taken off, and a new drone comes to town. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The AA's CarFit programme shows older drivers how to set up their car. We attend a fitting session with the AA's Rochelle Comber, project co-ordinator Chris Brooks, Richard Brough, Paul Lambert… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Does your car fit you? Also tech news (Apple vs FBI and 3D TV) and the prospect of a Braille tablet. Audio

1:55 PM.Alex Gladstein is one of those behind flashdrivesforfreedom.org, a scheme to get people's old USB drives into North Korea. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.A railway university is being set up in India to improve services on India's vast but chaotic railway network. Vidhi Doshi lives and works and Mumbai. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Swibo's Tilt is a New Zealand-developed app that helps people recover from injury, or train so they avoid getting injured in the first place. Benjamin Dunn of Swibo shows us how the technology works.

1:20 PM.Peter Griffin with technology news. This week an update on how Netflix is cracking down on the use of VPNs by New Zealanders accessing its services. Also virtual reality dominates the news coming out… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.We put dishwasher detergents to the test with Paul Smith, the Head of Testing at consumer.org.nz. Read more Audio

1:01 PM.Dishwasher detergents, tech news (Netflix VPNs and Facebook Reactions), a physical rehab app, India's railway university and USB drives to North Korea. Audio

12:40 PM.David Epstein's amazing story about genetic mutations started with an email with the subject line "Olympic medallist and muscular dystrophy patient with the same mutation". Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Ben Lecomte aims to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean from Tokyo to San Francisco. En route he'll become a one man swimming laboratory, with scientists studying how his body… Read more Audio, Gallery

12:15 PM.Heart attacks are the leading cause of death worldwide. Dr Chris Smith of The Naked Scientists has news from the UK where scientists think they've found some important early warning signs of a heart… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Heart attack early warning, swimming the Pacific Ocean, and an amazing tale about genetic mutations. Audio

1:50 PM.Tech startup Augury wants to analyse the sounds made by machines, from air conditioners to cars to domestic appliances, to work out what is wrong with them. We talk to Saar Yoskovitz, Augury's… Read more Audio