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with Simon Morton

Saturday, Midday - 2pm

QUICK HITS

12:15 Marinated meat: why's it so cheap?
12:20
Cheese
12:45
Food product placement
12:55
Exercise and brain growth
13:15
Darts
13:50
iGovt

THE SMALL PRINT

We start this week with one of your food-related questions and do please keep them coming in by the way. This week, why is marinated steak cheaper than plain steak, when after all it's made from plain steak plus a marinade?

At about 12:20pm - the history of cheese - it all started with someone carting milk around in an animal's stomach and voila - you got a curd-like snack at morning tea that started the global cheese revolution! Author Andrew Dalby reckons so anyway, and he should know because he's just written the global history of cheese.

At 12:45pm and keeping it foody we're speaking to a woman who's studied 200 Hollywood blockbusters to see how many times branded food and drinks appear on screen. They're everywhere!

And before the news at 12:55pm we speak to Dr Tim Bussey from Cambridge University. He's just published a paper that shows regular exercise makes you more brainy. Unfortunately at this stage the research has only been conducted on mice!....but could it apply to humans?

After the news at about 1:10pm we're taking an extended look at the game of darts, how the game and the board evolved and why sisal bristles replaced wooden boards. Plus we drop into a local darts club for a game of 501 and find out the best place to aim on a dartboard, statistically speaking!

And before we go - iGovt. Nope not a new Apple product but a potentially new way to identify yourself when dealing with any government department online.

WE'RE PLAYING THESE TRACKS TOO....

Track: Nefsh nesh
Artist: Mulatu Astatqe featuring Frank Holder & Niaaza Alsherif
Album: Ethiopiques 24
Label: Buda
Catalogue #: 860176
Broadcast at: 12:20

Track: Have Mercy
Artist: Loretta Lynn
Album: Van Lear Rose
Label: INTERSCOPE
Catalogue #: 981 895
Broadcast at: 12:50

Track: Three Minute Hero
Artist: The Selector
Album: The Selecter: Greatest Hits
Label: EMI
Catalogue #: 852 025
Broadcast at: 13:10

Track: Spiders
Artist: Joakim
Album: Spiders EP
Label: iK7
Catalogue #: 238EP
Broadcast at: 13:50

And our theme is:
Track: The Green Termite
Artist: Jefferson Belt
Album: Table Manners
Label: Round Trip Mars
Catalogue #: RTM 2009


 

And our theme is:

The Team

Simon Morton

Presented by
Simon Morton

Produced by Richard Scott

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