Afternoons for Wednesday 5 October 2016
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Our Children and the Future of Technology
1:15 PM.The future of New Zealand's success relies on how school children manage technology today, one of New Zealand's leading tech experts says. Read more Audio
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Debunking Brain Training Games
1:27 PM.A new study has concluded that the only benefit of brain training games - is that they improve your ability to do brain training games. Read more Audio
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The History of the New Zealand Wine Industry
1:36 PM.Blenheimer, Marque Vue, Cold Duck…if you are over a certain age those names of early New Zealand wines will bring back a few memories. Today in our visit to the sound archives Sarah Johnston from Nga… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Banning Doggy Bags
2:10 PM.A Kapiti restaurant has banned diners taking home doggy bags, citing food safety concerns as the reason they've banned takeaways. Nikolai Smith is co-owner of The Social at Kapiti Lights, and the… Read more Audio
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Music Critic: Colin Morris
2:16 PM.Colin checks out new albums from Dolly Parton and Van Morrison Audio
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Bookmarks: Stuart Maunder
2:31 PM.Our Bookmarks guest this week grew up on a farm in Australia but his life took an unexpected turn when he discovered Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. Read more Audio
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Former child star, Mara Wilson
3:09 PM.You can call Mara Wilson many things: a writer, the queen of comedy on Twitter, that actor from the Matilda movie but just don't call her cute. Read more Audio
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The Show Did Go On
3:35 PM.In 1992 a sudden financial crisis forced the Mercury theatre to close in dramatic fashion. Auckland Theatre Company rose from its ashes. Actor/director Simon Prast was there and recalls the upheaval… Read more Audio
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One Quick Question for 5 October 2016
3:48 PM.We find the answers to any queries you can think up. Read more Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 5 October 2016
3:53 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
1:10 First song
1:15 Our Children and the Future of Technology
The future of New Zealand's success relies on how school children manage technology today, one of New Zealand's leading tech experts says. Graeme Muller, chief executive of NZTech, is giving a talk today at the New Zealand ULearn education conference in Rotorua. And he says we need to develop a generation of creators not users. So what exactly should we be teaching our kids?
A leading tech expert says we need to develop a generation of creators not users. Photo: 123RF
1:25 Debunking Brain Training Games
A new study has concluded that the only benefit of brain training games - is that they improve your ability to do brain training games. Psychology Professor Dan Simons of the University of Illinois has reviewed several brain training game and tests, and found they do not boost the brain.
Debunking brain training games Photo: 123RF
1:35 The History of the New Zealand Wine Industry
Blenheimer, Marque Vue, Cold Duck…if you are over a certain age those names of early New Zealand wines will bring back a few memories.
Today in our visit to the sound archives Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision has been down to the cellar to find some ‘vintage’ recordings about our early wine industry.
1:40 Favourite album: The Blues Brothers soundtrack
2:10 Banning Doggy Bags
A Kapiti restaurant has banned diners taking home doggy bags, citing food safety concerns as the reason they've banned takeaways.
Nikolai Smith is co-owner of The Social at Kapiti Lights, and the decision is gaining a bit of attention.
A Kapiti restaurant has banned diners taking home doggy bags, citing food safety concerns as the reason they've banned takeaways. Photo: CC BY-NC 2.0
2.15 Music Critic: Colin Morris
Colin checks out new albums from Dolly Parton and Van Morrison
2:25 Bookmarks: Stuart Maunder
Stuart Maunder Photo: Supplied
Our Bookmarks guest this week grew up on a farm in Australia but his life took an unexpected turn when he discovered Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. From that point he always wanted to be on stage. Even while studying Law he was treading the boards until the Australian Opera offered him a position as a trainee assistant stage manager. He quit university and has since traveled the world indulging in his passion for music and dance. For almost three years he's been General Director at New Zealand Opera whose production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" moves to Christchurch next week.
Mara Wilson Photo: supplied
3:10 Former child star, Mara Wilson
You can call Mara Wilson many things: a writer, the queen of comedy on Twitter, that actor from the Matilda movie but just don't call her cute. That word made her miserable in the 90's when she starred in movies like Mrs. Doubtfire and Miracle on 34th Street and of course, Matilda. By the time she hit her teens, she'd lost her mother to cancer, struggled with OCD and quit acting.
Mara Wilson describes her journey from child star to the writer and blogger she is today in her new book, Where Am I Now? True Stories Of Girlhood And Accidental Fame.
3:35 Spoken Feature
3:45 The Panel Pre-Show
Music played in this show
JESSE MULLIGAN AFTERNOONS & PANEL
1:00pm - 5:00pm
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5th 2016
JESSE'S SONG:
ARTIST: Passenger
TITLE: Anywhere
COMP: Mike Rosenberg
ALBUM: Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea
LABEL: Black Crow
FAVORITE ALBUM:
ARTIST: The Blues Brothers
TITLE: She Caught the Katy
COMP: Taj Mahal, James Rachell.
ALBUM: The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack)
LABEL: MCA
ARTIST: The Blues Brothers
TITLE: Everybody, Needs Somebody To Love
COMP: Bert Berns, Solomon Burke, Bert Russell, Jerry Wexler
ALBUM: The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack)
LABEL: MCA
ARTIST: Aretha Franklin
TITLE: Think
COMP: Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
ALBUM: The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack)
LABEL: MCA
MUSIC CRITIC - Colin Morris:
ARTIST: Dolly Parton
TITLE: Never Not Love You
COMP: Dolly Parton
ALBUM: Pure and Simple
LABEL: Sony
ARTIST: Van Morrison
TITLE: Let It Rhyme
COMP: Van Morrison
ALBUM: Keep Me Singing
LABEL: UMG
BOOKMARKS - Stuart Maunder:
ARTIST: Original Broadway Cast
TITLE: Epilogue: The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd: Attend The Tale Of Sweeney Todd
COMP: Stephen Sondheim
ALBUM: Sweeney Todd [Original Broadway Cast]
LABEL: Download
ARTIST: Dusty Springfield
TITLE: I Think It's Gonna Rain Today
COMP: Randy Newman
ALBUM: Dusty... Definitely
LABEL: Philips
THE PANEL:
ARTIST: Luciano Pavarotti; Lorin Maazel: Orchestra Of La Scala Milan
TITLE: Aida - Celeste Aida
COMP: Giuseppe Verdi
ALBUM: Verdi - Aida
LABEL: Decca
