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This Way Up

with Simon Morton

Saturday, Midday - 2pm

Audio from Saturday 28 August 2010

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12:15 Watery diet: New research shows that drinking water before a meal can help you lose more weight. Dr Brenda Davy of Virginia Tech led the study. (6′14″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
12:20 Fish: Snapper: Rachel Taulelei on snapper, the popular recreational species that's worth millions in exports. (17′49″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
12:45 Recycled island: Dutch architect Ramon Knoester wants to recycle the plastic floating in our oceans to build an island home for 500,000 people. Plus Kara Lavender Law, lead author of a 22-year study looking at the build-up of plastic rubbish in the Atlantic Ocean. (18′51″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
13:15 Connected: Nicholas Christakis: Nicholas Christakis is a Professor of Sociology at Harvard who studies how our social networks operate. We speak to him about his book 'Connected: the amazing power of social networks'. (25′08″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed
13:45 Tech news: Privacy, Google Phone and Samsung's Galaxy Tab: Bill Thompson with details of a proposed new privacy law in Germany. Plus Google makes a move into the world of internet telephony and Samsung's new tablet computer. (16′13″); Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed

QUICK HITS
12:15 Wet Weight Watch
12:20 Fish: the Snapper
12:45 Recycled Island
13:15 Connected: social networks
13:45 Tech: privacy and news

THE SMALL PRINT
First up this week a cost effective way to lose weight without doing very much at all really. It's been clinically trialled and seems to work. We'll have full details of a revolutionary weight loss system, involving a wonder substance called dihydrogen monoxide.

Then at about 12:20pm we start a new series looking at the fish we eat. This week a popular recreational species that's worth $36 million in exports. It's actually a sea bream but we call it the snapper.

Then before the news at 12:45pm one man's dream to recycle all the plastic floating in our oceans to build a self-sufficient island that will be home to 500,000 people. We're speaking to Dutch architect Ramon Knoester about his recycled island project. Plus Kara Lavender Law of the Sea Education Association's the lead author of a 22-year study analyzing the rubbish ending up in the Atlantic Ocean.

After the news, Nicholas Christakis is a Professor of Sociology at Harvard who studies how our social networks operate. He looks at the connections we have with friends, relatives, workmates, loved ones and friends of friends - and analyses these social connections to see how they affect our happiness, our health, and even our weight.

Social Network videos/images here: http://bit.ly/akQSIc

Then at about 1:45pm our regular tech commentator Bill Thompson beams in with details of a proposed new law in Germany which restricts employers' abilities to check up on potential new staff members online. Googling them is OK but their Facebook account is a no-no apparently! Plus Google makes a move into the world of internet telephony and we've got a few details of Samsung's new tablet computer to challenge the iPad.

WE'RE PLAYING THESE TRACKS TOO....
Track: Never Enough
Artist: the Cure
Album: Brit Awards 2010: The Year In Music
Label: RHINO
Catalog#: 738824
Broadcast at: 12.35

Track: All To All (Skeet Skeet Remix)-
Artist: Broken Social Scene
http://www.brokensocialscene.ca/alltoall.php
Album: Forgiveness Rock Record
Label: Arts and Crafts
Broadcast at: 13.10

Track: Boy
Artist: Ra Ra Riot
http://www.rarariot.com/
Album: The Orchard
Label: Barsuk
Catalog#: bark106
Broadcast at: 13.40

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