Afternoons for Tuesday 23 June 2015
1:10 Your Song
Wave Of Mutilation - The Pixies. Chosen by Dallas Synott in Dunedin.
1:20 The Critics
TV - Colin Hogg
Music - Colin Morris
Books - Vanda Symon
IT - Ben Gracewood
2:10 Swapping Reindeers for Motorcycles - Mike Britton and Angela Bruce
A Hamilton couple is stepping up to help Mongolian rangers with their daily tasks. They're swapping reindeer for motorcycles. Mike Britton and Angela Bruce are involved in the Blue Waves Global Campaign rally. The project aims to help Mongolian rangers by donating motorcycles to them.
2:20 An Enduring Friendship - Janice Marriott and Virginia Pawsey
It's a story about friendship, promises and letter writing. Janice Marriott and Virginia Pawsey, reconnected at their Gisborne Girls' High School reunion after 30 years. And, they promised to write to each other. They kept their promise, and as a result they have published three books: Common Ground, Common Table and, Common Lives. Changing Lives is their latest book.
2:30 NZ Reading - Mercenary Territory
Recently widowed Claire heads north to escape Ponsonby and the shadows of her past. Conor is the local real estate agent who shows her around.
2:45 Feature album
Ray of Light-Madonna (1998).
3:10 Aurora Light Show - Dr Ian Griffin
There's a good chance we may catch an aurora tonight. And what a treat it would be. Dr Ian Griffin, is an astronomer and is currently the director at Otago Museum.
Aurora Photo: Dr Ian Griffin
Aurora Photo: Dr Ian Griffin
3:20 BBC Witness - Black Female MP
In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament. The daughter of first generation immigrants she was one of only four black MPs at the time. Diane Abbott has been speaking to Witness about her election and making political history in the UK.
3:35 Our Changing World - Alison Ballance
Cycling as fast as you can in a room that is heated to 40°C at 60 per cent humidity isn't most people's idea of fun, but PhD student Ashley Akerman at the University of Otago is asking volunteers to do just that as part of a study looking at cardiovascular adaptations to heat. Alison Ballance joins Ashley and exercise scientist Jim Cotter as triathlete and fellow PhD student Rob Creasy gets a hot workout on the bike.
Stories from Our Changing World.
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
What the world is talking about. With Jim Mora, Noelle McCarthy, Selwyn Manning and Penny Ashton.
MUSIC DETAILS:
Tuesday 23 June 2015
YOUR SONG:
ARTIST: The Pixies
TITLE: Wave Of Mutilation
COMP: Black
ALBUM: The Pixies: Wave Of Mutilation
LABEL: 4AD 372406
CRITICS:
ARTIST: Courtney Pine
TITLE: Amazing Grace
COMP: John Newton
ALBUM: Still
LABEL: SOUTHBOUND NZ - CAT No. 777102468X
ARTIST: Richard Thompson
TITLE: Beatnik Walking
COMP: Richard Thompson
ALBUM: Still
LABEL: SOUTHBOUND NZ - CAT No. PRPCD 131P
FEATURE ALBUM:
ARTIST: Madonna
TITLE: Ray Of Light
COMP: Curtis, Leach, Madonna
ALBUM: Ray Of Light
LABEL: MAVERICK 246847
ARTIST: Madonna
TITLE: Little Star
COMP: Madonna, Nowels
ALBUM: Ray Of Light
LABEL: MAVERICK 246847
ARTIST: Madonna
TITLE: Drowned World/Substitute For Love
COMP: Collins, Kerr, Madonna, McKuen
ALBUM: Ray Of Light
LABEL: MAVERICK 246847
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Gary Wright
TITLE: Dreamweaver
COMP: Wright
ALBUM: Spooky Tooth: That Was Only Yesterday
LABEL: A&M 541049