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Topics - 'Black Dog Syndrome' is the name the world's shelter workers give to the tendency of little pups with dark fur to languish in kennels while their blonder brethren get adopted. At 84 Rolf… Audio

Topics - MIT researchers say the most persuasive word that can be uttered in meetings, to get everyone onside with your point of view, is "yeah". They don't say why "yeah" exactly, but it seems to… Audio

The UFC debuts in New Zealand, The latest Jimmy Saville revelations, Lifejackets contract award under investigation. Audio

Topics - the OECD has just unveiled a new website, with much hoopla. It's oecdregionalwellbeing.org. And what it does is compare regions within countries as the most desirable places to live and work… Audio

Topics - one of the greatest NZ songs of course from one of its greatest musical sons, and we're playing it in celebration of the news out today that we are welcoming and we are good! Vicky Hyde is on… Audio

Topics - the thing is that men and women call to each other or call among themselves using different words, apparently. According to the Center for Reading Research in America, there are words that… Audio

Topics - what do comedian Russell Brand and the movie "Train Your Dragon 2" have in common? They both ask "Why on earth can't we all live together peacefully?" Well why can't we? Comedian Russell… Audio

Topic 3 - Football. Topic 4 - Rugby. Topic 3 - Cricket. Audio

Topics - John Key says of David Cunliffe, politics is all about trust and to coincide with that the annual Reader's Digest Most Trusted List is out today. Whakatane gang member Skip Taitapanui - an… Audio

Topics - the BBC is to give every primary school child in Britain the chance to experience 10 pieces of classical music. This is going to be a big operation. New Zealand's "pure" reputation could be… Audio

Topics - 'The Samoans' aren't that well-known, they are from Cardiff in Wales. They're skinny white guys. They called themselves the Samoans because they're so pale, purportedly. Boys do better in… Audio

Topics - capsule coffee is reported to be making big inroads in the market. It works out at a dollar a cup, but a Consumer NZ test reckoned the pods didn't really pass the taste test. A report today… Audio

The World Cup, short hair thanks at school, Judith Collins at the London conference achieving what exactly and 100% Tino Pai, it's OK to be what you are. Audio

Are TV shows like The Voice really after a voice? San Francisco, the place where you leave your heart but not the America's Cup, Peter Lester on that with us; and the World Cup - the form, the draws… Audio

Topics - America is still the greatest country on earth but should view the rise of China as a compliment rather than as a threat? Retail chain Cotton On has again had to pull items from its shelves… Audio

Topics - rats are capable of feeling regret, according to a team at Minnesota University. Whether crime is going down or not, the consensus is that what's not going down are crimes of unruliness. The… Audio

Topics - Is your night black enough? Are Light Bedrooms Making Us Fat? ask scientists at Oxford. Kim Dotcom's flashing his money around, he's offering $5 million to anyone who can help him with his… Audio

Topics: The dangers of holding your breath in a tunnel; How much danger in not wearing a lifejacket on a boat and Professor Thomas Piketty's idea that wealth inequalities are heading back up to levels… Audio

Topics: The Swedes are changing their working hours to 6 hours a day and research into whether anyone really notices how hard you work. What is cruel and what is not when you kill an animal, and the… Audio

Topics - it's axiomatic, especially in song, that we tolerate work and we live for when it finishes. Even if you like working and enjoy your job, where would you say you're less stressed - on the job… Audio

Topics - social anthropologist Kate Fox who wrote the book 'Watching The English' says the English are unsure of how to greet one another. She suggests that people should start saying 'How do you do?'… Audio

The Internet Party; New Zealand’s growing Asian population and smokers being ostracized in Wellington. Audio

Topics - More than 250 students from the US and seven other countries have gathered to compete for the top honour (and more than $33,000) in the annual Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee… Audio

TV3 can't cover the John Banks high court trial using any pictures, because of the gratuitous footage it used of John Banks' auricular activities; Lily Choi- Lee says tourism operators here need to… Audio

Game of Thrones. Evidently there is no episode this week because of a holiday in the U.S. A new survey from the Asian NZ Foundation shows Maori are getting increasingly negative toward Asians… Audio