09:05 Localised drought declared along the West coast of Northland and Auckland

Northland Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Julie Jonker

09:15 Why has Egypt just sentenced 528 people to death in a mass trial?

Issandr El Amrani oversees Crisis Group's North Africa Project. Based in Cairo since 2000, and a former newspaper editor in the city, he has worked across the Middle East as a journalist, commentator and consultant.

09:25 ACT leader election year interview

Leader of the ACT party Jamie Whyte

10:05 Australia with Karen Middleton, Chief Political Correspondent for SBS

10:15 Feature guest - US author and screenwriter Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin's first writing job was for her local newspaper and a music critic, this while she was still a teenager. She has written several books, the latest being The Collected Works of AJ Fikry, which is set in a bookstore. She was  nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Conversations with Other Women, a film which starred Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart.

Book: The Collected Works of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Published by Hachette New Zealand

10:35 Book review with Paul Diamond

An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
Published by Text

10:45 The Reading: Best Feet Forward by David Hill

A series of stories about five, ‘over sixties’ who meet every Sunday morning to walk together. As they walk, they talk, canvasing their thoughts and worries, achievements and failings. (Part 3 of 5)

11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week - The Stranglers

Tracks:
1. Sometimes – The Stranglers taken from 1977 album, “Rattus Norvegicus” (UA)
2. Walk On By – The Stranglers taken from 1978 album, “Black And White” (UA)
3. Golden Brown – The Stranglers taken from 1981 album “La Folie” (UA)
4. Big Thing Coming – The Stranglers taken from 2004 album, “Norfolk Coast” (EMI)

11:30 Law commentator Ryan Malone

Parliamentary privilege – why can't MPs be sued for defamation for statements they make in the House.     

11:45 Arts commentator Courtney Johnston

A new report predicts the six big social and technological trends coming up for museums, from social entrepreneurship to robots. What are they, and what change might we see in museums?

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Music played in this show

Artist: Rosanne Cash
Song: The Sunken Lands
Composer: Cash
Album: The River And The Thread
Label: Universal

Artist: Bobbie Gentry
Song: Son Of A Preacher man
Composer: Hurley / Wilkins
Album: n/a
Label:EMI

Artist: Eddie Boyd
Song: You Got To Reap
Composer: Boyd
Album: n/a
Label:Blue Horizon

Artist: The Stranglers
Song: Sometimes
Composer: Cornwell
Album: Rattus Norvegicus
Label: UA

Artist: The Stranglers
Song: Walk On By
Composer: Bacharach / David
Album: Black And White
Label: UA

Artist: The Stranglers
Song: Golden Brown
Composer: Cornwell
Album: La Folie
Label: UA

Artist: The Stranglers
Song: Big Thing Coming
Composer: Cornwell
Album: Norfolk Coast
Label: EMI

Artist: The Lumineers
Song: Ho Hey
Composer: Schultz / Fraites
Album: The Lumineers
Label: Dualtone