Afternoons for Monday 2 March 2015
1:10 Your Song
Young Blood - The Naked And Famous. Chosen by Phil Powers of Oamaru
1:20 New Zealand Retro: Kiwi Slang
Margaret MacLagan, an applied linguist from Canterbury, discusses some examples of NZ slang which have stood the test of time. And Leilani Momoisea talks about modern slang, with an emphasis on Pasifika and Maori phrases
Archival audio supplied by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
2:10 Earth to Aliens - Seth Shostak
Researchers involved in the search for extra-terrestrial life are considering what message Earth should transmit to outer space. Until now, researchers have been using radio telescope facilities to listen for signals from outer space. But scientists at a recent conference in the United States say it's time to try actively to contact intelligent life on other worlds, by sending our own message out. Not everyone is convinced and some sending a broadcast out into space could be dangerous for human kind and the planet. But one man who thinks it's a necessary step is Seth Shostak. Seth is senior astronomer and director for the Center for Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Institute, or SETI
2:20 Kihikihi's Space Centre - Dave Owen
One man's love of space has seen him all but quit his day job. Dave Owen's mission to start an educational space centre started when he purchased a spare part of a space toilet.
His collection of space memorabilia grew from there. Now, the Te Awamutu Space Centre has had to move to a bigger premise. Dave Owen is at the space centre in Kihikihi
2:30 NZ Reading - The Edge
A woman on holiday in the tropics grapples with a dark secret in our short story "The Edge"
2:45 Feature album
Plastic Letters. Blondie (1978)
3:10 Body Found - Gavin Lang
In late January, a body was found at the foot of the Tasman Glacier. According to reports, it's believed it could be the body of a young climber killed more than 40 years ago. The police are awaiting DNA results before confirming the man's identity. But police are understood to believe it is a South Island teenager who died in a slab avalanche near the top of the glacier on September 16, 1973. Gavin Lang is a guide, climber and photographer who found the body
3:15 Author interview - Micheal Booth
Just about every survey about the best places to live or the happiest people on earth include one or more of the Scandinavian countries. The Nordic nations are often held up as the template for other countries to emulate in education or social and economic development. When British journalist Micheal Booth married his Danish wife and moved to Copenhagen, he says he was bewildered by the reality of life in Denmark versus the hype . He attempts to sent the record straight in his new book, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
3:30 Music Therapy - Lisa Thompson
Find out how music therapy is being used to help new New Zealanders settle into Auckland
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
With Noelle McCarthy, Jim Mora, Amanda Millar and Chris Trotter
MUSIC DETAILS
AFTERNOONS/PANEL WITH SIMON MERCEP AND JIM MORA
Monday 2 March
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: The Naked And Famous
TITLE: Young Blood
COMP: Powers,Xayalith,Short
ALBUM: Kiwi Hit Disc 127
LABEL: NZONAIR
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Blondie
TITLE: Denis
COMP: Neil Levenson
ALBUM: Plastic Letters
LABEL: Chrysalis 533598
ARTIST: Blondie
TITLE: (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
COMP: Gary Valentine
ALBUM: Plastic Letters
LABEL: Chrysalis 533598
ARTIST: Blondie
TITLE: Kidnapper
COMP: Destri
ALBUM: Plastic Letters
LABEL: Chrysalis 533598
ARTIST: Blondie
TITLE: Once Had A love (The Disco Song)
COMP: Harry, Stein
ALBUM: Plastic Letters
LABEL: Chrysalis 533598
PANEL HALF TIME:
ARTIST: Mario Lanza
TITLE: Gaudeamus Igitur
COMP: Trad
ALBUM: The Student Prince & The Desert Song
LABEL: RCA 260048