Nine To Noon for Thursday 21 August 2014
09:05 Radiologist calls for better funding for 'virtual' colonscopies
Adrian Balasingam is a radiologist with Canterbury DHB and Pacific Radiologist in Christchurch. He's a former member of the Bowel Cancer Working Group.
09:20 Taking a lead role to contain Ebola
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Meredith Dixon.
09:35 Disputes about the allocation of time and money minor political parties
Victoria University's public law specialist Dean Knight.
09:45 UK Correspondent Kate Adie
10:05 Dr. Elaine Fox - The science of optimism and pessimism
Psychologist and neuroscientist Elaine Fox is an expert on the science behind why we're naturally optimistic or pessimistic. In her book, "Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain", she explores whether optimism is innately hardwired, how it relates to happiness (and pessimism to fear), and how much of it's determined by genetic, neurological or experiential factors. She also discusses whether we can change our thought patterns permanently. Dr. Fox grew up in Dublin and has worked at St James Hospital Dublin, University College Dublin, Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and the University of Essex where she was head of the Department of Psychology & Centre for Brain Science from 2007- 2010, before moving to the University of Oxford in 2013. She is currently a Research Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Centre for Emotions & Affective Neuroscience (OCEAN), where she leads a program of research combining cognitive psychology, neuroimaging, and genetics.
10:35 Book review: I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale
With Elisabeth Easther
10:45 The Reading: The Below Country by Nicholas Edlin
Mae discovers the truth about what her father did in South Korea in the 1950s. (Part 11 of 12)
11:05 New technology with Erika Pearson hacking, Uber and Ditto
11:30 Parenting commentator Mike Nagel on the impact of technology on the growing brain
Dr Mike Nagel is one of Australia's leading experts in child development, he's an Associate Professor in the school of science and education at the university of the Sunshine Coast.
He's the author of a number of books, his latest just published is called In the Beginning: The Brain, early development and learning.
11:45 TV Reviewer Lara Strongman reviews "Consent - The Louise Nicholas Story"
Music played in this show
Artist: Barry Saunders
Song: Bay of Blue
Comp: Saunders
Album: Red Morning
Label: Ode
Broadcast Time: 11:07
Artist: Great North
Song: I Was Gold
Comp: Great North
Album: Up in Smoke
Label: Private
Broadcast Time: 11:25