Afternoons for Thursday 23 April 2015
1:10 Your Song
Jungle Drum by Emiliana Torrini. Chosen by Iris Richter
1:20 New Zealand A to Z - Stargazers
Alan Gilmore from the Mt John Observatory in Tekapo
Jennie McCormack from Farm Cove Observatory in Auckland
Ash Pennell, President of Dunedin Astronomical Society, the oldest star-gazing society in New Zealand
Stu Parker, a dairy farmer from Canterbury with a world class record for finding exploding stars
2:10 Latest stories from around New Zealand and the World
The 100-year-old Anzac biscuit, brought back from WW1. Credit: Bruce Gatward-Cook
2:15 Jody Direen
The Wanaka singer-songwriter Jody Direen is described as one of the hardest working musicians in the business today - and that hard work is starting to pay off with big gigs and award nominations rolling in
2:30 NZ Reading - The Patriot
Is the man who gives up his horse and does the work of two a greater patriot than the youngster who signs up for war?
2:45 Feature album
Tom Waits: Orphans - Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
3:10 Expats - Andrew Stanisich
Our kiwi expat this week has just launched his third cafe in LA. Two Guns Espresso caters to hoards of people - many of whom have been converted to the kiwi flat white
3:20 BBC Witness - Albert Einstein
The Nobel prize winning physicist and father of the theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, died on 18th April 1955. Witness talks to the son of one of Einstein's closest friends, Gustav Born, about the science and the humanity of the 20th-century's greatest scientific thinker
3:35 Tendon Re-Hab - Ruth Beran
Anyone who's experienced a tendon injury knows how painful it is. Currently, the gold standard treatment is a strict exercise regime, but physiotherapist Steve Tumilty from the University of Otago has been trialling the use of a laser plus exercise to treat tendinopathy, with some surprising results. Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Bridget Mills, Simon Mercep, Tainui Stephens and Irene Gardiner