Afternoons for Wednesday 8 August 2012

1:09 PM.Phil Corfield from Dunedin has chosen 'Lather' by Jefferson Airplane. Audio

1:24 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

2:09 PM.All of her life, Becky Siame has struggled with her weight. She started doing a series of cartoons about her experiences, with a caricature of herself as the central character. But publishers turned… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.Doug Harris was New Zealand's greatest gold medal hope going into the last Olympic games in London in 1948. He was the favorite, but then the unexpected happened, and there was to be no medal, gold or… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Topics - Internet Pirates will always win; radio killed the 'Podcasting Star', the reason why the Facebook stock price matters; and Google Chrome rises. Audio

3:35 PM.Classes teaching the Hindi language are proving a hit for Auckland's Papatoetote High School. It's a New Zealand first for the school. Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The eruption of Mt Tongariro that created three new vents in the side of the mountain, each a kilometre wide, could be a forerunner to a bigger bang. Valerie Adams was almost inconsolable… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - A newly released study shows that regular drinkers are less likely to die prematurely than people who have never indulged in alcohol. The Labour Party's Pacific Island Affairs spokesperson… Read more Audio