Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

QUICK HITS

12:15 Voice and strength study
12:20 Foraging: Geraniums
12:35 Dental anaesthetics
12:45 Dutch football: David Winner
13:10 A global history of cake
13:35 Mekong Part 5: Vietnam
13:50 Bumpology: learning and sleep

THE SMALL PRINT

First up this week, what your voice says about you and specifically how strong you are. A new study shows people can accurately measure a man's strength just by hearing their voice- and it's got nothing to do with how deep or loud their voice is either!
www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=2276

At 12:20pm we're foraging for geraniums (aka pelargoniums) with Johanna Knox. Lots of them grow semi-wild having escaped from people's gardens so you won't have too much of a struggle finding them to use in soups, casseroles, biscuits and cakes.
wildpicnic.blogspot.com/

Then at 12:35pm what goes into those dental anaesthetics that make you comfortably numb before the dentist gets his drill out?
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/87/8726sci3.html

And before the news, Dutch soccer fan David Winner, the author of 'Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer'. He's got his thoughts on how the Netherlands 1-0 defeat to Spain in the World Cup Final ranks alongside the country's two other final defeats in 1974 and 1978.
www.amazon.co.uk/Brilliant-Orange-Neurotic-Genius-Football/dp/0747553106

After the news, at 1:15pm, a global history of cake- from the modern craze for all things cupcake to the symbolism of the wedding cake. Nicola Humble's been looking at when, how and why cake's become the food that shouts out 'celebration'.
www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite/metadata.epl?mode=synopsis&bookkey=8919428
www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/literatureandculture/members/nicola.html

Then at 1:35pm the final part of our 5,000 km down the Mekong River in South East Asia. This week, NPR's Michael Sullivan ends his journey at the mouth of the river in Vietnam.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123617267

And before we go, regular bumpologist Linda Geddes has about 7 weeks to go before she gives birth. This week, she's looking at how much babies can hear and remember when they're in the womb. Plus sleeping- so why does it always seem like they wake up just as you're going to bed?!
www.newscientist.com/topic/bumpology

WE'RE PLAYING THESE TRACKS TOO....

Track: The Warm Heart of Africa
Artist: The Very Best
Album: The Warm Heart of Africa
Label: MOSHI
Catalog#: 030
Broadcast: 12:35

Track: I hate the 80s
Artist: The Vaselines
Album: Sex with an X
Label: Subpop
Catalog#: SP889
Broadcast at: 13:10

Track: Hey Boy
Artist: Magic Kids
Album: Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 09
Label: ROUGH TRADE
Catalog#: 730133
Broadcast at: 13:45

AND OUR THEME IS:

Track: The Green Termite
Artist: Jefferson Belt
www.myspace.com/jeffersonbelt
Album: Table Manners
Label: Round Trip Mars
Catalogue #: RTM 2009