Afternoons for Wednesday 17 June 2009

1:10 PM.How to tell if you're liberal or conservative. Audio

1:15 PM.Jim Macandrew from Dunedin chooses Love Letters by Boz Skaggs, written by Victor Young. Audio

1:20 PM.What do theses songs have in common? Audio

2:10 PM.A change of name for a Marlborough landmark has historians hot under the collar, and accusing locals of ignoring the region's cultural heritage. Audio

2:20 PM.Dr Diana Lennon says rheumatic fever rates within some pockets of New Zealand are among the worst in the world, yet it hardly exists in other developed countries. Audio

2:45 PM.We continue our theme of increasing the number of Maori women sitting on boards of directors. Audio

2:50 PM."Is This It"is the debut album by the American alternative rock band The Strokes, released in 2001. Audio

3:10 PM.Twitter and the Iranian Election. Time Spent on Social Networks Doubles in a Year. Audio

3:30 PM.The Department of Conservation is this week embarking on one of the country's biggest pest eradication programmes on the adjoining islands of Rangitoto and Motutapu in the Hauraki Gulf. Motutapu will… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.About once a day, somewhere in the universe an ancient star dies and causes a gamma ray burst. New Zealand astronomers now have a tool to watch the massive explosion. Audio

4:10 PM.With Amanda Miller and Graeme Bell. Audio

4:35 PM.With Amanda Miller and Graeme Bell. Audio