Afternoons for Thursday 9 October 2008

1:06 PM.The metronome of metropolitan life has sped up. Audio

1:10 PM.Geoff Canham nominates the Patti Smith version of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana. Audio

1:20 PM.Welcome to Waihi, home to the open cast Martha Gold Mine, still producing gold 130 years on from it's first discovery. Audio

2:10 PM.FSANZ awaits overseas tests to see what levels of melamine, if any, have been found in fruit and vegetables imported from China. Audio

2:20 PM.The events of December 30th, 1978 continue to baffle UFO believers and sceptics. The unexplained 'lights' followed a freight plane as it made it's way along the Kaikoura coast. Audio

2:50 PM.1985 saw the first album by Starship, the successor band to Jefferson Airplane and later to become Jefferson Starship. Audio

3:10 PM.Amy Howden-Chapman's one day sculpture creation, and Daniel Belton, whose dance films are in demand across Europe. Audio

3:30 PM.Cantabrians can count themselves lucky to have the country's top barista serving them - Luciano Marcoleno. Audio

3:45 PM.Veronika Meduna met microbiologist Simon Bulman and soil scientist Trish Fraser in the glasshouse at Crop and Food Research in Lincoln. Audio

4:06 PM.With Kevin Milne and Joanne Black. Audio

4:36 PM.With Kevin Milne and Joanne Black. Audio