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Walmart in India
12:15 PM.Anu Anand reports from India, where foreign supermarkets Walmart and Tesco get the all clear to open for business. Plus people cash in bangles, rings and necklaces from India's huge gold reserves. Audio
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Tech news
1:45 PM.Charles Arthur beams in with the latest tech news. This week, Apple's decision to ditch Google Maps on the new iPhone 5, and the irresistible rise of the solid state drive. Audio
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UK news: Badger Cull
1:35 PM.Anna-Louise Taylor on English plans to hunt down and kill thousands of badgers, and an ambitious internet-based plan to save threatened high street shops. Audio
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Folding Cars
1:25 PM.Cars that fold up when you park them are being touted as a solution to many urban transport woes. Steve Ashley's been looking at folding cars for the BBC and the New York Times. Audio
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Naked Science
1:15 PM.The latest science news with Dr Chris Smith. This week, the scientific basis for all those glass half full people who look on the bright side of life. Also why do eunuchs live longer? Audio
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KiwiSaver 2: Performance
12:40 PM.How do you measure how your KiwiSaver fund is doing? And what can you do if you're not happy with your rate of return? With Chris Douglas of Morningstar Australasia and Amanda Morrall of… Read more Audio
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Minecraft
12:20 PM.Minecraft's the computer game where you mine for stuff and then make things out of virtual blocks. With Minecraft devotees Stella and Lukas and Gus Mastrapa of Wired. Audio
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Cheese smugglers
12:15 PM.Large-scale cross-border cheese smuggling in Canada! Dave Seglins is a reporter and host at CBC Radio News. Audio
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Genevieve Bell
1:35 PM.Genevieve Bell is an Australian cultural anthropologist who works at Intel. She looks at how different genders and cultures use technology. Audio
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Grand Theft Auto
1:15 PM.David Kushner's just written 'Jacked: the unauthorised behind-the-scenes story of Grand Theft Auto'. Audio
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An African El Dorado?
12:50 PM.David Smith of the Guardian reports on Angola, the African country where 120,000 Portuguese people have migrated as their economy melts down. Audio
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Kaimoana: Tarakihi
12:35 PM.Tarakihi, the grey fish that's lovely baked whole. We speak to Rachel Taulelei from Yellow Brick Road. Audio
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Overdiagnosis
12:15 PM.A recent paper published in the British Medical Journal says evidence is mounting that medicine is harming healthy people through ever earlier detection and wider definitions of disease. We speak to… Read more Audio
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How to make kefir
1:45 PM.Deb Gully talks Simon Morton thorugh making the fermented milk drink kefir. Read more Audio
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Fermentation: Sandor Katz
1:30 PM.Sandor Katz is a fermentation revivalist! His new book 'The Art of Fermentation' is like a DIY guide for home fermentation. Audio
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Tech news: iPhone 5
1:15 PM.Charles Arthur, the Guardian's technology editor, has a look at the new iPhone 5 launched earlier this week. Audio
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Bioprinting
12:50 PM.Using 3D printer technology to print human organs. We're speaking to surgeon Robin Levin, who works in biomedicine, about the possibilities. Audio
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Naked Science
12:35 PM.Dr Chris Smith beams in with the latest science news. This week, scientists discover the genetic basis for facial appearance, and using Glasgow's disused mines to heat homes. Audio
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KiwiSaver 1: Statements
12:15 PM.KiwiSaver statements pop through the letterbox every few months. So what can they tell you, and how can you make sure you're not getting fleeced with fees? With Chris Douglas of Morningstar… Read more Audio
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Tech news
1:55 PM.Charles Arthur beams in with technology news, and all sorts of new handsets are about to hit the market in time for Christmas. Ho ho ho! Audio
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Safer driving
1:40 PM.James McNamara of CleverMiles is one of a team of Irish inventors is using a mix of onboard sensors and a clever algorithm to measure how well you're driving your car. Audio
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History of Anaesthesia
1:15 PM.It would be unthinkable nowadays to have an operation without the option of some kind of anaesthetic. How times have changed! With Waikato DHB anaesthetist Aidan O'Donnell, the author of 'Anaesthesia… Read more Audio
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Driverless cars
12:50 PM.Dr. Eddy Llaneras of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute is principal investigator of a study backed by the US government, looking how drivers behave and what they do when they aren't actually… Read more Audio
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Sip and puff sailing
12:40 PM.'Sip and puff' technology is helping people with spinal cord injuries to sail. With Brendan Tourelle and John Cranch of Sailability Auckland. Audio
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Birds: Blackbird
12:25 PM.Birdman Hugh Robertson on one of our flying early settlers, the blackbird. Audio