with Kathryn Ryan
Monday to Friday, 9am - Midday
09:05 Sir Richard Lambert
Former editor of the Financial Times, and more recently was director general of the Confederation of British Industry - he played a key role in developing the business response to climate change. Sir Richard is in New Zealand to visit the Christchurch quake region - he'll look at what British industry can do. He will also be speaking at the Australia-New Zealand Business and Climate Change Conference, in Wellington on 1 August 2011.
09:25 Marion Fairbrass, Chair of SPELD NZ
Are kids with learning difficulties falling through the cracks at school?
09:45 Middle East correspondent Irris Makler
More than 130 people are dead after renewed Syrian government attacks on protesters, including an assault on the city of Hama.
10:05 Feature Guest - Charles Daugherty
Director of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Victoria University.
The Allan Wilson Centre will today begin a nationwide lecture series to commemorate the life and work of Allan Wilson on the 20th anniversary of his death. The series Out of Africa is hosted by Rebecca Cann who worked with Allan Wilson on his 1987 paper, "Mitochondrial DNA and Human evolution in Nature"
10:35 Book Review with Tina Shaw
Turn of Mind by Alice La Plante.
Published by Text Publishing.
10:45 Book Reading
Part one of a five-part adaptation of Five of the Family by writer David Hill.
Five members of an extended family gather for the stone-laying ceremony for Aunt Janet.
11:05 Political commentators Matthew Hooton and Sue Bradford
They discuss the US debt crisis, NZ First's conference and the Green Paper on Vulnerable Children.
11:30 Guest chef Ruth Pretty and wine commentator John Hawkesby
Salmon and Chervil Salad Vol-Au-Vent
Bacon Wrapped Black Pudding with Buttery Apple Sauce
11:45 Off The Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
Kennedy discusses a catastrophic decline in silvereyes, albine blackbirds, and "Adventure Deficit Disorder"

More pictures of pied and albino blackbirds are available on the NZ Birding forum.
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
Former editor of the Financial Times, and more recently was director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Sir Richard is New Zealand looking at earthquake recovery in Christchurch and to speak about climate change in a business context. (22′59″)
Chairperson of SPELD New Zealand, Marion Fairbrass discusses whether children with learning difficulties are falling through the cracks of our schooling system. (16′48″)
Irris Makler gives an account of the latest bloodshed in Syria. (8′16″)
Director of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Victoria University, Charles Daugherty speaks to the programme about the commemoration of the life and work of Allan Wilson on the 20th anniversary of his death. (29′23″)
Tina Shaw reviews Alice La Plante's new offering 'Turn of Mind' which is published by Text Publishing. (4′40″)
Political commentary from the left and the right. (18′31″)
Salmon and chervil Vol-au-Vent or Bacon Wrapped Black Pudding morsels tempt your taste buds? Find out what wines to match them with. (20′14″)
The catastrophic decline in silvereyes and the appearance of the Adventure Deficit Disorder. (10′14″)
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Off The Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
Princeton Unversity economist and former vice chair of the Federal Reserve Alan Blinder talks to Kathryn Ryan about his new book After the Music Stopped, about the financial crisis. Dr Blinder believes that many Americans still don't understand what went wrong and both the Bush and Obama administrations have failed to communicate clearly with the public about what happened and what the government was doing about it.
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