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14 March, 2010
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with Chris Laidlaw
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Audio from Sunday, 14 March 2010
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- 08:15 Insight, Sunday 14 March: Religion in Schools
- Penny MacKay considers the provision of Christian education in state-run primary schools. (duration: 27′40″)
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- 08:45 Peter Singer - Animal Rights
- Noted Australian philosopher Peter Singer considers where the rights of animals rate alongside those of humans. (duration: 19′29″)
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- 09:15 Mediawatch for 14 March 2010
- A courageous Kiwi soldier in Afghanistan is hailed as a hero, but how did he end up in the headlines? An Australian initiative offers journalists here a platform to probe their own industry; more private lives being made public in the press. (duration: 33′56″)
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- 09:40 David Finkel - The Good Soldiers
- His book chronicles a year in the life of a US Army Ranger Battalion stationed in East Baghdad. (duration: 20′42″)
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- 10:05 Richard Dawkins
- The best known biologist on the planet talks about his new book - 'The Greatest Show on Earth-the evidence for evolution. (duration: 34′03″)
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- 11:05 Ideas for 14 March 2010
- How does society determine what people are paid? Does that pay genuinely reflect the true value of what those workers are contributing to society? This week Ideas examines a report by The New Economics Forum from Great Britain entitled"A Bit Rich". (duration: 49′36″)
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8:12 Insight: Christianity in State Primary Schools
In an increasingly diverse and secular country, the provision of Christian education in state-run primary schools is under threat.
Written and presented by Penny Mackay.
Produced by Sue Ingram
8:40 Professor Peter Singer on Animal Rights
Australian Philosopher and Ethicist Peter Singer talks to Chris Laidlaw about (among other things!) his book Animal Liberation and animal rights in general.
9:06 Mediawatch
This week Colin Peacock looks at how a soldier from New Zealand was hailed as a hero all over the world this week. But how did he end up in the headlines in the first place? Also, a look at an Australian effort to help journalists here scrutinise their own industry, and how private lives are being made public in the press.
Produced and presented by Colin Peacock and Jeremy Rose.
9:45 Pullitzer Prize Winner David Finkel - The Good Soldiers
David Finkel talks to Chris Laidlaw about his book - The Good Soldiers - which chronicles eight months in the life of 2-16 - an American battalion in Iraq.
10:06 Professor Richard Dawkins on Evolution
Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and popular science author who is currently visiting New Zealand, talks to Chris Laidlaw about his latest book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.
10:45 Hidden Treasures
Each week Trevor Reekie takes you on a trip that seeks out musical gems from niche markets around the globe. This week Trevor showcases the new sound of English jazz with a track from the Portico Quartet and other gems you don't hear too often.
Produced by Trevor Reekie
11:05 Ideas
In the 1970s America’s top 100 CEOs earned on average 39 times the average American by the beginning of this century that ratio had grown to 1000 times. So how does society determine people’s pay rates and do those rates of pay reflect the real value of their work?
Presented by Chris Laidlaw
Produced by Jeremy Rose
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Presented by
Chris Laidlaw
Produced by Christine Cessford
email: sunday@radionz.co.nz
About Sunday
Chris Laidlaw presents a thought provoking range of interviews, documentaries and music over four entertaining hours each Sunday Morning.
Highlights include Insight at 8.15am, Mediawatch at 9.05am, extended interviews at 8.40am and 9.30am and after the news at 10am, and at 10:40am there's Trevor Reekie's Hidden Treasures, followed by listeners' feedback at 10:55am. Ideas rounds off the morning between 11am and midday.
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Pointing To The Exit (Adams/Gavin) - performed by Richard Adams and Nigel Gavin from the 2009 album Recent Works (ODE Records CDManu 3004)
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