8:12 Insight: Wanted: Women in Blue; 8:40 Graeme Lay – Mrs Cook and her Husband, James; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe – Sri Lanka After the War; 10:06 Ideas: God’s Invisible Hand – religion, morality and business; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 John Thwaites – Sustainable Australia; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Global Diabetes Epidemic; 8:40 Pankaj Mishra – Revolt Against the West; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Tatiana Lacerda Prazeres – Trading with Brazil; 10:06 Ideas: The School Lunch Debate; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Teresa Doherty – International Justice; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Farming in a Changing Climate; 8:40 Sandra Grey – Dissent and Democracy; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Ans Westra – Damning Pictures; 10:06 Ideas: The Public Service – Past, Present and Future; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Gerald Hensley – ANZUS Under Fire; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Trading with China; 8:40 Gideon Haigh – On Warnie; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Gordon Weiss – Siege in Sri Lanka; 10:06 Ideas: Jim Bolger – His life and influences; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Jane Ridley – King Bertie; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Leaving Afghanistan; 8:40 Jane Tolerton – Veterans’ Stories; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Karl Zohrab – The Forgotten General; 10:06 Ideas: Focus on Kurdistan; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Tamati Kruger – Tuhoe and Nationhood; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Debating Charter Schools; 8:40 Tim Bale – Thatcher’s Life and Legacy; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Albert Ruesga – Post-Disaster Funding in New Orleans; 10:06 Ideas: Bee-pocalypse Now?; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Richard Hil – Academic Anger; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Trading with South America; 8:40 Suzanne Snively – Public Service and Integrity; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Tony Wheeler – Still Traveling; 10:06 Ideas: Prison Break; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Stephen Tindall – Philanthropy for Social Change; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Power Play for Antarctica; 8:40 Elaine Wainwright – Hope in the New Pope; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Brian Turner – Spirit of the Land; 10:06 Ideas: Invented Languages; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Alain de Botton – Religion for Non-Believers; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Salmon Farming – Swimming Against the Current; 8:40 Marjolein Lips-Wiersma – Meaningful Work; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Carlos Dora – Green Economy for Cities; 10:06 Ideas: Nature Deficit Disorder; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 David Barber – Signing Off; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Immigrant labour - growing exploitation?; 8:40 Deborah Hart – Role of mediation in Family Court reforms; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Paul Buchanan – The legacy of Hugo Chavez; 10:06 Ideas: Eco-psychology; 10:55 Today’s Track; 11:05 Down the List; 11:12 Sir Don McKinnon: In the Ring – A Commonwealth Memoir; 11:40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Is Manufacturing in Crisis?; 8:40 Ian Gawler – Surviving Cancer; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Andrew Thorburn and Rae Julian – Principles of Empowerment; 10:06 Ideas: Beyond the Pavlova Paradise; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 John Berry – Across Cultures; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Black Caps – Still International Players?; 8:40 Rupert Howes – Environmental Credentials; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Matthew Jockers – Austen and Eve; 10:06 Ideas: Re-imagining the Urban House; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Chris Prowse – Songs about The Shiner; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Hillary Clinton; 8:40 Glen Chilton – Alien Invaders; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 John Loughhead – Energy Planning; 10:06 Ideas: Eradicating Disease; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Jared Diamond – Learning from Tradition; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Maori & Water Rights; 8:40 Benny Wenda – Self-determination for West Papua; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Jean Clottes – Rock Relations; 10:06 Ideas: Melissa Clark-Reynolds; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Sandra Janoff – Change Strategy; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: The Blueprint for Central Christchurch; 8:40 Dan Nocera – Fuelling the Planet; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Jacqueline Rowarth – Chemical Controversy; 10:06 Ideas: The Right to Roam; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Seyed Majid Tafreshi Khameneh – Iran’s Foreign Policy; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Teenage Self Harm – Behind the Scars; 8:40 Gordon Tietjens – Going for Gold; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Mark Costello – Naming New Species; 10:06 Ideas: Idle No More; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Lockwood Smith – Farewell, Mr Speaker; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: The Future of Shopping; 8:40 Robert Patman – Intervention in Mali; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Roger Moses – Back to School; 10:06 Ideas: Another World is Possible; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Hugh Masekela – Protest Music; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Declining Older Populations; 8:40 Toby Ord – Giving What We Can; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Mark Reason – Rugby Roundup; 10:06 Ideas: John Barnett; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Jon Johansson and Paul Morris – This Year, Next Year; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Online Video Games - a Virtual Crisis?; 8:40 Robyn Paterson – Finding Mercy; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Victoria Treadell – The UK Relations; 10:06 Ideas: Mad Pride; 10.55 Today’s Track; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Avner Gvaryahu – IDF Soldiers Break the Silence; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint
8:12 Insight: Buying into Myanmar; 8:40 Geoff Cochrane – Drinking and Writing; 9:06 Mediawatch; 9:40 Andrew Erlich – Jack the Giant; 10:06 Ideas: Indonesia’s Reluctant Citizens; 10.55 Today’s Track: Morrissey's 'Every Day is like Sunday'; 11.05 Down the List; 11.12 Edward Skidelsky – Enough, Already; 11.40 Wayne Brittenden’s Counterpoint: Anarchy
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