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Afternoons for Tuesday 3 April 2012
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Best Song Ever Written - Do You Hear the People Sing?
1:09 PM.Deborah Stevens from Wellington has chosen 'Do You Hear the People Sing?' performed by the cast of Les Miserables. Audio
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TV Review with Phil Wallington
1:23 PM.Topics - 60 Minutes, Target, The Sinking of the Laconia, and New Tricks. Audio
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Metaphors
1:34 PM.David Brooks in the NYT reports that metaphors are not now an adjunct to speech, but they are becoming the very language itself. Audio
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Book Review with Nicky Pellegrino
1:38 PM.Featuring - 'The Rook' by Daniel O'Malley and 'The Fine Colour of Rust' by P. A. (Paddy) O'Reilly. Audio
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Music Review with Nick Atkinson
1:48 PM.'One Day Like This' by Guy Garvey and his band Elbow. Audio
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Web Review with Ben Gracewood
1:54 PM.'The Lorax' by Dr Seuss and its banning, change.org, Local web darling Xero, and cloud computing. Audio
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Latest South Island alpine fault research
2:10 PM.Scientists are saying the next large earthquake on the alpine fault may not be as imminent as previously thought. Audio
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A potential underwater phosphate mine
2:22 PM.In what's believed to be a world first, a potential underwater phosphate mine is being investigated off the east coast of the South Island. Audio
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Tune Your Engine - Going Solo
3:10 PM.A new book by professor Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University, 'Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Going Alone', looks at the trend and the implications it has… Read more Audio
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Asian Report for 3 April 2012 - Korean Basketballers
3:37 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets a crash course in the game of basketball, and rallies behind a scratch team of our New Zealand Chinese Under 18s as they take on the technical prowess of a visiting Korean… Read more Audio
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The Panel Pre-Show for 3 April 2012
3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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The Panel with Karl du Fresne and Stephen Franks (Part 1)
4:07 PM.Topics - The Economist says New Zealand house prices are the world's second-highest when compared with rental returns. From an email - We hear that "money salted away in trusts" cannot be touched. Can… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Karl du Fresne and Stephen Franks (Part 2)
4:37 PM.Topics - An American endocrinologist, Dr. Robert Lustig, says sugar is as addictive as cocaine. Australia's new Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, is among a group of prominent Australians who have… Read more Audio
1:10 Best Song Ever Written
1:15 Critical Mass
2:10 Feature Stories
2:30 Reading
2:45 Feature Album
3:12 Tune Your Engine
3:33 Asian Report
4:06 The Panel