Afternoons for Tuesday 19 July 2011 Afternoons

Best Song Ever Written - Lullaby

1:08 PM.Richard Lepage from Sheffield has chosen 'Lullaby' by The Cure. Audio
Book Review with Vanda Symon

1:20 PM.'The Address Book' by Tim Radford and 'Mr Briggs' Hat' by Kate Colquhoun. Audio
TV Review with Sarah McMullan

1:31 PM.Featuring 'Justified', 'How to look at a painting', 'Criminal Minds (Suspect Behaviour)' and 'My Sex Robot'. Audio
Music Review with Nick Atkinson

1:46 PM.Nick Atkinson plays a track from the debut Vietnam War album and looks forward to meeting an original Brian Jonestown Massacre band member next week. Audio
Web Review with Ben Gracewood

1:54 PM.A row has brewed up over who owns the copyright of photographs taken by Monkeys in Indonesia. Audio
More on the News Corp scandal

2:10 PM.The latest report or speculation on the phone-hacking scandal is that News Corp CEO, Rupert Murdoch is considering stepping down as CEO. Audio
Artificial sweetener

2:20 PM.Simon Morton's at the supermarket looking at artificial sweetener food additives - things like saccharin and sucralose that are 200 or 300 times sweeter than sugar but with way fewer calories. Audio
Tune Your Engine - The Human Brain Project

3:10 PM.A team of scientists in Europe are working to build a computer model of the human brain. Richard Walker is the project's spokesman. Audio
Asian Report for 19 July 2011 - Trailblazers (Part 2)

3:36 PM.Previously Lynda Chanwai-Earle met with a group of new migrant women being honoured by the Office of Ethnic Affairs with the title of of 'Trailblazers' because of their pioneering spirit in business… Read more Audio
The Panel Pre-Show for 19 July 2011

3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
The Panel with Tim Watkin and Michael Bassett (Part 1)

4:07 PM.Topics - A "business-friendly" think tank, the New Zealand Institute, has taken a swipe at New Zealand's education system which, it says, produces disadvantaged youth who are worse off than in any… Read more Audio
The Panel with Tim Watkin and Michael Bassett (Part 2)

4:07 PM.Topics - in Australia, figures have been published that show the government and commercial vehicle fleets are propping up sales of large cars. St John Ambulance has confirmed it is among those… Read more Audio

1:10 Best Song Ever Written

1.15 TV review with Sarah McMullan

Justified: Thursdays 9:30 on TV1; How to look at a painting: Sunday's 10:15pm on TV1; Criminal Minds (Suspect Behaviour): Mondays 8:30 on TV1; My Sex Robot: Thursday 9.30 on TV3.

1:25 Book review Vanda Symon

The Address Book by Tim Radford and Mr Briggs' Hat by Kate Colquhoun.

1:35 Music review with Nick Atkinson

Nick Atkinson plays a track from the debut Vietnam War album and looks forward to meeting an original Brian Jonestown Massacre band member next week. Check out this Sundance Grand Jury winning documentary for a crash course in Brian Jones Massacre folk law…. (contains coarse language).

1:45 Internet review with Ben Gracewood

How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings; the BBC's children's website CBBC; miniclip.com; and NinjaKiwi.

2:10 More on the News Corp scandal with BBC Radio Five reporter, Dan Maudsley

The latest report or speculation on the phone-hacking scandal is that News Corp CEO, Rupert Murdoch is considering stepping down as CEO. CNBC is reporting that Murdoch would be replaced by the company's Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey.

2:20 Artificial sweetener

Simon Morton's at the supermarket looking at artificial sweetener food additives - things like saccharin and sucralose that are 200 or 300 times sweeter than sugar but with way fewer calories.

2:30 NZ Reading: The Madonna In The Suitcase, written and read by Huberta Hellendoorn

The challenges and rewards a Dutch New Zealand family experience in caring for a daughter with Down's Syndrome.

2:45 Feature Album

Empty Sky by Elton John.

3:12 Tune Your Engine - The Human Brain Project

A team of scientists in Europe are working to build a computer model of the human brain. Richard Walker is the project's spokesman.

3:33 Asian Report

In part two of this story, Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets some new migrant women being celebrated by the Office of Ethnic Affairs as role models for their communities.

4:06 The Panel

Tim Watkin and Michael Bassett.

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Afternoons for Tuesday 19 July 2011