Afternoons for Monday 18 April 2011
1:10 Best Song Ever Written
Alison by Elvis Costello as chosen by John Quigley of Auckland.
1:15 8 Months To Mars - what would well-known people do on an trip to Mars?
Doctor Divya Dhar, Young New Zealander of The Year in 2010.
2:10 Feature Stories
Bill Ramsay is playing 80 games of bowls in 80 days up and down the country, to raise money for the Heart Foundation at the same time as celebrating his 80th birthday. Bill had heart bypass surgery 18 years ago. The quest started on February 4 in Picton and he's been bowled over by all the support.
One man's collection of more than 200 air sickness bags is now on exhibit at the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Fully Sick! features bags collected from all over the world by Danny Cahalan.
2:30 Reading
The first part of a two part story, The Daggy End, by Barbara Anderson, read by Donna Akersten.
2:45 Feature Album
Oh, Inverted World, the first release from American indie-rock band The Shins.
3:12 Author slot
Marcia Clark, once lead prosecutor in the OJ Simpson trial and now special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and author of crime novels. Her first novel is called Guilt By Association.
3:35 Our Changing World
Don Merton - the man who saved the Chatham Island black robin from extinction - passed away last week. He is also famous worldwide for his work with kakapo and saddlebacks. In his last interview, recorded with Alison Ballance just before Christmas, Don spoke of his early work with saddlebacks and the impact the 'tragedy of Big South Cape Island' had on him.
4:06 The Panel
Sue Wells and John Bishop