Afternoons for Tuesday 14 August 2012

1:08 PM.Grant Joyce from Wellington has chosen 'Atomic' by Blondie. Audio

1:18 PM.The Olympic games. Audio

1:32 PM.'The End of the Wasp Season' by Denise Mina and 'Elemental' by Brian Turner. Audio

1:37 PM.Watercolours and Iva Lamkum. Audio

1:50 PM.Topics - Huawei: the Chinese company that spooked the world; don't balance work and life, integrate them; and NASA - now almost positive Mars is rocky. Audio

2:13 PM.A team of New Zealanders are currently in the searing heat of the salt flats of Utah, taking part in Speed Week at Bonneville. They're attempting to set a new world record, though driving a slightly… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.'Sixty Million Gingernuts: a Book of New Zealand Records' compiles some facts about our country you may not know. Not only do New Zealanders consume 60 million gingernuts each year, we tuck into an… Read more Audio

3:33 PM.Today's story is about an international theatre collaboration between New Zealand and Beijing that will premiere at the new Court Theatre in Christchurch this weekend. Audio

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

4:07 PM.Topics - Inland Revenue is threatening to bankrupt former students living in Australia who are refusing to repay loans. Act's John Banks and United Future leader Peter Dunne are challenging an… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - A conspiracy theorist might think that NASA's newest Mars rover, the Curiosity, is actually just in the middle of a desert on Earth. Valerie Adams' fellow Kiwi Olympians have congratulated… Read more Audio