Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
26 May 2012 - 2:23 am NZ time
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The Best Medicine
- Part 1 - Humour
Amelia Nurse talks with writer and evolutionary theorist Alastair Clarke. His book - 'Humour's Contribution to Human Ingenuity' will be published by Pyrrhic Press on 9 November 2009. (8′15″)
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- Part 2 - Humour
This week Amelia Nurse considers NZ's comedic track record. She talks to sociologist Mike Lloyd from Victoria University in Wellington. (9′50″)
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- Part 3 - Humour
Amelia Nurse talks to joyologist Pat Armitstead and to members of the Wellington Improvisation Troupe - Anton van Helden, Paul Sullivan, Christine Brooks and Geoff Simmons (12′29″)
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- Part 4 - Humour
Humour at work - find out whether work is the place for a joke or two - or not... with Dr Barbara Plester from the University of Auckland Business School. (12′56″)
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In this New Zealand society feature Amelia Nurse takes a look at humour.
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