1:15 Avalanche City - Dave Baxter

Dave Baxter talks about Avalanche City's sophmore album We Are For The Wild Places.

1:20 Food Wars - Marisa Bidois

Food wars have broken out in Wellington with reports that food trucks and cafe owners are having spats in Miramar, and that this is leading to calls for more food truck regulation. Marisa Bidois is the chief executive of the Restaurant Association of New Zealand.

1:25 Stranded Whale Dies - Jasmine Hessell

An orca stranded at Patea Beach overnight has died despite rescue attempts. The female killer whale stranded at about 8pm last night and died in the early hours of this morning. Department of Conservation operations manger for the Whanganui area is Jasmine Hessell.

1:30 The Capsula Mundi Project - Raoul Bretzel

It's a new way to think about death and how we get buried. The Capsula Mundi project was created by Italian designers Anna Citelli and Raoul Bretzel. And they say we should ditch the coffin, and embrace a biodegradable egg-shaped pod.

1:35 Flavours Of Fiji - Robert Oliver 

1:40 Favourite Album

Tango Jam - The Australian Chamber Orchestra. 

2:10 The Critics

Podcasts - Katy Atkin 
Books - Pip Adam
Television - Alex Casey 
New Music - Simon Sweetman
Theatre - Terry McTavish

3:10 Feature Interview - Alec Ross

Robotics, genomics and big data : these are the industries that will have the biggest impact on our lives in the future according to Alec Ross. And he should know. He is the former Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He travelled around the world, visiting 41 counties including New Zealand to see first hand innovation in action. In his new book, "The Industries of the Future," Ross looks at how we live in the future and what we should do now to prepare ourselves and our kids for it. 

3:35 Voices

Lynda Chanwai-Earle is in China to hear one woman's personal account of the enforced abortions that took place at the time of the one-child-policy and how this affected her relationship with her only child.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show

What the world is talking about with Jesse Mulligan, Jim Mora and Zara Potts.

Music played in this show

 

JESSE'S PICK:

 

ARTIST:         Avalanche City

SONG:           Little Fire

COMP:           Dave Baxter

ALBUM:         We Are For The Wild Places.

LIVE:              RNZ Akld

 

FEATURE ALBUM:

 

ARTIST:         Australian Chamber Orchestra

TITLE:             Libertango

COMP:           Astor Piazzolla

ALBUM:         Tango Jam.

LABEL:          Download

 

ARTIST:         Australian Chamber Orchestra

TITLE:             Escualo

COMP:           Astor Piazzolla

ALBUM:         Tango Jam.

LABEL:          Download

 

ARTIST:         Australian Chamber Orchestra

TITLE:             Revirada

COMP:           Astor Piazzolla

ALBUM:         Tango Jam.

LABEL:          Download

 

MUSIC CRITIC - SIMON SWEETMAN:

 

ARTIST:         Dave Dobbyn

TITLE:             You Get So Lonely

COMP:           Dave Dobbyn

ALBUM:         Harmony House

LABEL:          Download

 

ARTIST:         The City

TITLE:             That Old Sweet Roll (Hi De Ho)

COMP:           Gerry Goffin, Carole King

ALBUM:         Now That Everything's Been Said

LABEL:          LightInTheAttic

 

ARTIST:         Field Music

TITLE:             Disappointed

COMP:           Peter Brewis, Daviod Brewis

ALBUM:         Commontime

LABEL:          Memphis Industries Records

 

PANEL - HALF TIME SONG:

 

ARTIST:         Bachman-Turner Overdrive

TITLE:             Takin' Care of Business

COMP:           Randy Bachman

ALBUM:         Bachman-Turner Overdrive

LABEL:          Mercury