Nine To Noon for Friday 11 April 2014
09:05 Author of research questioning effectiveness of Tamiflu
Dr Peter Doshi is one of the authors of the research analysing the effectiveness of influenza drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, and an associate editor on the British Medical Journal, which has published the research. During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, the World Health Organisation recommended countries stock up on Tamiflu – which the new research's authors says has the same efficacy as aspirin.
09:20 Resolving employment disputes: settlement or court?
Victoria University Employment Law Professor, Gordon Anderson
09:30 Increase in pets being prescribed anti-depressants
Rhea Hurley, veterinarian with a specialist interest in dog behaviour and "Doggy Dan" Abdelnoor, dog and puppy training specialist.
09:45 Pacific correspondent, Mike Field
10:05 Feature: Naturalist and Amazon rainforest explorer Paul Rosolie
Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and rainforest and wildlife specialist, who ran away to the Amazon from New York aged just 18. Now 26, he has specialised in the western Amazon for nearly a decade. He runs a conservation project called Tamandua Expeditions that uses tourism to support rainforest conservation. Among his many adventures, Paul has traveled with poachers into deep jungle to document the black market trade in endangered species and has explored a previously undocumented ecosystem that has come to be called the 'floating forest'. His book, Mother of God, is published by Random House.
10:30 Book review: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Reviewed by Kiran Dass. Published by Granta Books.
10:45 The Reading: Blindsight by Maurice Gee
A satirical take on contemporary New Zealand society and politics. About love and relationships, power and the past, it's loaded too with spin; political, social, and literary. (Part 10 of 12)
11:05 Music Reviewer Grant Smithies
11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer
11:45 The week that was with Radar and Irene Pink
Music played in this show
Artist: Paul Simon
Song: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Composer: Simon
Album: Still Crazy After All These Years
Label: Warner
Broadcast time: 10:09am
Artist: Flip Grater
Song: Justin Was A Junkie
Comp: Flip Grater
Album: Pigalle
Label: Maiden Records
Broadcast Time: 11:10am
Artist: Flip Grater
Song: Hide And Seek
Comp: Flip Grater
Album: Pigalle
Label: Maiden Records
Broadcast Time: 11:16am
Artist: Shocking Pinks
Song: Not Gambling
Comp: Nick Harte
Album: Guilt Mirrors
Label: Stars And Letters
Broadcast Time: 11:23am
Artist: Shocking Pinks
Song: Out Of Town Girl
Comp: Nick Harte
Album: Guilt Mirrors
Label: Stars And Letters
Broadcast Time: 11:28am
Artist: Elton John
Song: Bennie And The Jets
Comp: Elton John/ Bernie Taupin
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Label: Mercury/Universal
Broadcast Time: 11:33am