The Panel for Thursday 21 August 2014 The Panel | RNZ

Chris Trotter and Sam Johnson

The lawyer who got off the speeding ticket, developments in the continuing Dirty Politics saga, why you don't sleep as well when you get older, the terrible death of James Foley and the reasons why, and Labour's first campaign ad and a theory regarding election promises.

The Panel pre-show for 21 August 2014

3:44 PM.What the world's talking about today, Julie Moffett with that. Two ingredients for a happy marriage, one involving some expense. Retired Husband Syndrome, which sounds like the opposite of a happy… Read more Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 21 August 2014
The Panel with Chris Trotter and Sam Johnson (Part 1)

4:07 PM.Topics - a Porirua lawyer who's had 15 speeding tickets in 20 years - but has managed to have half of them thrown out of court - has again had a legal victory, this time over a $35 speed camera… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Chris Trotter and Sam Johnson (Part 1)
The Panel with Chris Trotter and Sam Johnson (Part 2)

4:34 PM.Topics - at the Harvard Medical School it has been discovered why you tend to stay awake at night when you're older. You lose the switch in your brain that enables you to nod off. James Foley, the… Read more Audio
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The Panel with Chris Trotter and Sam Johnson (Part 2)