Afternoons for Wednesday 26 November 2014

1:10 Best song ever written.  Travelling Again by Dar Williams.  Nominated by Shaune Blackwell in Auckland.

1:20 Music Trivia game 

2:10 The Plain English Awards - Gregory Fortuin
It's that time of year. It's time to throw away the jargon and celebrate plain English. The 2014 Plain English Awards are on tomorrow night. And they aim to celebrate clear communication and shame the use of meaningless drivel. The trust chair of the awards is Gregory Fortuin.

2:20 The intelligence of dogs -  Associate Professor Brian Hare
Associate Professor Brian Hare, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University in North Carolina, studies dog's brains and he's come up with a test to measure dog intelligence.

2:30 NZ Reading

Part three of our Neil Giles mystery, "The Terror at Tinakore Road" set in colonial New Zealand

2:45 Feature album

The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting (1985)

3:10 Online with Hamish MacEwan

Lee Rigby murder Facebook link
Google Contributor: can I really pay to remove ads?
Sophisticated malware bug Regin detected
Russia's webcam spying site urged to shut down
Bloodsucking video game peripheral suspended by Kickstarter
The latest Uber scandal, explained

3:35  Wearable Technology - Katy Gosset
Katy Gosset finds out about the latest use for wearable technology.
New Zealand Society

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show with Zara Potts, Jim Mora, Tim Watkin and Virginia Larson.