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2:24 PM.For the first time in her life, 50-year-old Brenda Smith can do something most of us take for granted. She can read. Brenda had hearing and learning difficulties growing up in Temuka. A few teachers… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Chris Sheedy is the Australia/New Zealand adjudicator for the Guiness Book of World Records. It's his job to verify that a record for the most swim caps worn at once - held by a New Zealander by the… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.On 16 August a magnitude 6.6 struck at 2:30 in the afternoon when Seddon School children were in assembly. A lot of the attention was on Wellington, but Seddon was at the heart of the quakes. How is… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Kris Mac Pherson from Grey Lynn has chosen 'This Shirt' by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Audio

4:38 PM.Topics - Listening to Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Justin Timberlake could make you more intelligent. Have you had a gossip to your hairdresser, or divulged your problems to your local taxi driver… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics, President Obama says he'll keep U.S. military forces at the ready if diplomacy fails, and Syria does not give up their chemical weapons. A great win for Team New Zealand, crossing the finish… Read more Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:30 PM.Fifty young Aucklanders have this week been awarded their gold medals for the Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award, the award's 50th year in New Zealand. Audio

3:08 PM.Romance and Google Glass; are we spending too much time on our screens; digital toilet paper is here; are iPads replacing computers in schools?; and YouShop. Audio

2:21 PM.Most of the members of Te Taikura o te Awa Tupua kapa haka group are over the age of 50, ... a few are in their 80s. The Whanganui-based group, who get together once a week to practice, are in demand… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:10 PM.Vicky Teinaki from Newcastle upon Tyne has chosen 'Shaky Isles' by Dave Dobbyn. Audio

4:31 PM.Topics - What would you pay to be forever young? Well French company Sceil - a French genome technology company - is offering eternal youth for just $62,000. The world first service, which involves… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The biggest news internationally is once again Syria, Obama is still waiting to get support for military intervention and it's now being suggested this could all be resolved if Assad were to… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:31 PM.In spite of initial consternation about her appointment, our ethnic communities welcome Dame Susan Devoy into her role as Race Relations Commissioner. Lynda hears how the new job's going from the Race… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Kate Sheppard's vision of equality for women in the voting booth has not translated to equality for women in the board room. Women make up half the workforce, but occupy only a fraction of the very… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.When Tristan Pang heads to the Photon Lab at Auckland University next week, he'll be slightly younger than the other researchers. But, at the age of 11, the Year 7 student is already an award-winning… Read more Audio

1:53 PM.Snowden files appear to prove what conspiracy theorists have believed all along, and the internet's next victim: Advertising. Audio

1:50 PM.Jim Mora with some thoughts on time. Audio

1:40 PM.The songs 'The Last Piroutte' by Lucy Ward and 'January Song' by Billy Bragg. Audio

1:29 PM.Reviewing 'Bones of the Lost' by Kathy Reichs. Audio

1:20 PM.The show 'Orange is the New Black'. Audio

1:08 PM.Sue Moar from Wellington has chosen 'Oh You Pretty Things' by David Bowie. Audio