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Take a pew and relax
1:10 PM.A network of specially designed public benches is being created to encourage people to sit and be mindful. Read more Audio
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Our Changing World: Professor Jemma Geoghegan on communicating science
3:35 PM.Claire Concannon sits down with Professor Jemma Geoghegan, winner of the Prime Minister's Te Puiaki Whakapā Pūtaiao Science Communication Prize, to chat about Covid-19, bird flu and her virology lab.
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Feature interview: the secret life of muscles
3:10 PM.From the cradle to the cane, muscles are the invisible engine behind everything we do. They shape our health, our identity, and our independence and yet we take them for granted says author… Read more Audio
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Bookmarks with Chaos In the CBD
2:30 PM.Today Jesse is joined by Louis Helliker-Hales, he's one half of Chaos in The CBD alongside his brother Ben. Originally from Auckland they now live and work and make music in London. Whilst the duo do… Read more Audio
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Easy Eats: red curry chicken and pumpkin tray bake
2:20 PM.Kelly Gibney says good quality spice pastes are one of the best short cuts to get a delicious meal on the dinner table fast. Read more Audio
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Music Critic: Foxes in the Snow by Jason Isbell
2:10 PM.Dianne Swann profiles solo artist Jason Isbell's new album Foxes in the Snow. Read more Audio
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Muttonbirding and living off the land
1:47 PM.For many of us getting food is as simple as visiting the supermarket, but Dan Tarrant has had a lifetime of working and living off the land in the rugged deep south. Read more Audio
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Heading off: farmers and the move to high-country tourism
1:40 PM.Heading Off is our weekly travel segment where we pick a destination and learn what's it's like to visit, what you'll see and what you can do. Read more Audio
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Social housing for crayfish
1:20 PM.We're heading to the Bay of Plenty where a special project is underway to restore marine life. Read more Audio
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Op shops cannot take your dumping anymore
1:10 PM.Rubbish dumping continues to be a headache for charity op shops around the country. Read more Audio
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Feature interview: how the pandemic changed education
3:00 PM.It happened without warning and preparation. Students around the world became lab rats for the world's largest experiment in online and distance learning when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to… Read more Audio
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Music feature: Afternoons' favourite duets
2:30 PM.Yesterday Jesse asked you to send through your favourite duets and we had some wonderful suggestions. Today Jesse plays some of your favourites and chats to some listeners who sent in their… Read more Audio
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Information Center Cold Call: Dunedin
2:20 PM.Every week Jesse calls a randomly selected information center somewhere in New Zealand. He doesn't know who will pick up and they don't know he's calling. The goal is to learn more about where they… Read more Audio
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Book Critic: Clarie Mabey
2:10 PM.Claire Mabey reviews Silverborn by Jessica Townsend, The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey and Crooked Cross by Sally Carson. Audio
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Tech Tuesday
1:46 PM.Vertech's Dan Watson is all about security at the moment. He outlines what to do if you lose your phone and shares two services that can help you if your intimate photos are being shared on the… Read more Audio
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Tall Tales from Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard
1:35 PM.Legendary songwriter Thom Yorke and acclaimed English record producer Mark Pritchard have teamed up with groundbreaking visual artist Jonathan Zawanda for a project that's been ten years in the… Read more Audio
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Hamilton's dog chronicler
1:25 PM.For two decades, local photographer Kirsty Lyall has been taking photographs of dogs playing and zooming around playing in Days Park on the banks of the Waikato River And of course, she even treats… Read more Audio
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Dominic Hoey's new book
1:10 PM.Dominic Hoey, the author of best-selling novels Iceland, and Poor People with Money joins Jesse in studio to discuss his much anticipated third novel - 1985. Audio
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Feature interview: A Walking Memoir with Craig Mod
3:10 PM.Walking is an invitation to slow down and notice change. Because everything changes and becomes new, from objects to relationships says photographer, writer and walker Craig Mod. He takes us along for… Read more Audio
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Expert Feature: Hollywood special effects makeup
2:30 PM.Gino Acevedo has worked on some of the most successful films of all time: the Lord of the Rings series, Alien 3, Men in Black, Independence Day, King Kong and Planet of the Apes... Audio
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What's Happening in OZ
2:20 PM.Brad Foster is joining us early this week after a hectic weekend in Australia where Labor won what's being called a landslide victory over opposition leader Peter Dutton. Brad has all the reactions… Read more Audio
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Television Critic: The Resident and Your Friends and Neighbours
2:10 PM.Caitlin Cherry is here with some recommendations for your small screen watching pleasure. She reviews Netflix's The Resident and Jon Hamm starring Your Friends and Neighbours on Apple TV. Audio
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Magic Mushrooms under the microscope.
1:35 PM.Research will soon get underway into how best to identify mushroom species as a basis for a potential drug-checking service. Read more Audio
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May the 4th be with you
1:20 PM.Today is May the fifth. Which means yesterday was May the fourth, Star Wars Day and it still is in many parts of the world. Read more Audio
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Try a 'pocket home'
1:10 PM.As our rapidly growing urban centres put the squeeze on housing, an architect duo have come up with a solution - "Pocket Homes". Read more Audio
