Afternoons for Tuesday 20 March 2012

1:09 PM.Brad McLeay has chosen 'The River' by Bruce Springsteen. Audio

1:22 PM.Celebrity endorsment, the show 'Homeland' and last night's story about Marmite. Audio

1:35 PM.The origins of hundreds of everyday words and phrases are in a new guide called 'The Etymologicon', which makes the interesting point that an influx of words into English often occurs at times of… Read more Audio

1:38 PM.'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Fifty Shades Darker' by the author E. L. James. Audio

1:49 PM.'Realisation' by Nathan Haines and 'Locked Down' by Dr John. Audio

1:55 PM.'Examining his own body, Stanford geneticist stops diabetes in its tracks' and 'Public resignation blogs are all the rage'. Audio

2:10 PM.The Christchurch earthquake last February forced many circus performers to flee the city in search of work. Their base - the Circo Arts school - was damaged in the quake and is likely to be… Read more Audio

2:17 PM.The number of gum leaf skeletonisers in Northland is growing, prompting a warning to parents to keep curious kids away from the hairy little caterpillars. Touching their spines can cause a painful… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Author Adele Nozedar has written a guide to what those strange images may be trying to say. 'Freaky Dreams: an A-Z of the Weirdest and Wackiest Dreams and What They Really Mean' is a compendium of… Read more Audio

3:37 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle checks out an exhibition featuring 12 international and local artists with artwork inspired by their Chinese zodiac signs, as part of the 2012 New Zealand International Arts… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:07 PM.Topic - The Prime Minister, John Key, says councils will have to apply a 'public good' test to their spending under proposed new changes. A panel disucssion with David Thornton from the lobby group… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - A fascinating article in The Guardian challenges Britain's admiration for the Germans as a "hardworking" nation with figures showing German workers take more holidays than anyone else in the… Read more Audio