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Afternoons for Tuesday 17 May 2011

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1:10 Best Song Ever Written

Reverend Eli Jenkins' prayer from Under Milk Wood, written by Dylan Thomas and performed by Canoldir Male Choir. Chosen by Catharine Shields from Pukerua Bay.

1:15 Critical Mass

Noelle McCarthy looks at blogs about what women over 50 are really thinking. She also has a fairy story from Stephen Hawking.

Nick Atkinson asks "shall we listen to some mean-as guitar riffage the week after Shayne Carter's triumphant back catalogue shows…"

Watch Shayne Carter's 1992 music video Done.

Sarah McMullan has a look at what's new on TV and Dr Cushla McKinney reviews The Book of Rachael by Leslie Cannold and The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller.

2:10 Feature Stories

The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on it's 25th and final mission this morning. The entire NASA crew from the final journey of the space shuttle Discovery could not be there to see today's historic flight, because they are all here in New Zealand helping the relief effort in Christchurch. Colonel Eric Boe and five of his fellow astronauts took Discovery on her final run in February. On board was a flag from the city of Hamilton, which they will hand back over to the city at a special ceremony today.

Amateur astronomer Nick Risinger quit his job last year and travelled almost 100,000 kilometres and took 37,440 photos to capture an image of the entire night sky. The photo shows a 360 degree view of the Milky Way and planets.

View the Photopic Sky Survey interactive sky image.

Milky Way.
Photograph: Nick Risinger/skysurvey.org.

2:30 Reading

Part two of The Assassin Bug, by Sue McCauley. Read by Catherine Wilkin.

2:45 Feature Album

Mr Fantasy by Traffic.

3:12 Tune Your Engine

Allan Pease, author of The Definitive Book on Body Language. The book has tips on how to read the body language of your colleagues around the office, and how to change your own body language to maximise business.

3:33 Asian Report

Getting an education isn't just about the qualification, and studying in a country that isn't your own can only enhance the learning experience. Filipino Sydney Narini is one of several international students studying hospitality at the North Shore International Academy in Auckland. And along with her classmates, she's learning just as much about Kiwis as she is about cooking.

4:06 The Panel

Michelle Boag and Brian Edwards.