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1:28 PM.Glitter, which is a microplastic, and like microbeads can have a devastating impact on humans and animals, especially marine life. Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) is best known in relation to autism education but is now being used to combat addiction and terrorism and encourage Romanian villagers to recycle plastic water… Read more Audio

3:28 PM.DoC's threatened species ambassador Nicola Toki introduces us to the long-tailed bat, a tiny little creature the size of your thumb but they can fly up at 60 kilometres per hour and have very strong… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Cuisine food writer Sarah Tuck brings us a recipe from the Spring issue - mini doughnuts. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.New Plymouth singer-songwriter Graeme James joins us with a guitar, ukulele, bass guitar, electric violin, mandolin, and loop pedal to play tracks from his album News From Nowhere. Read more Audio

1:38 PM.It looks like chicken, tastes like chicken...but it's not chicken. Sunfed Meats founder Shama Lee tells us about the success her "plant meat" start up is having. Read more Audio

1:23 PM.There's been a warning from scientists working in the field of genetic technologies, about its use in conservation. University of Otago's Professor Neil Gemmell, one of the authors of the article… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Support has been flooding in for a Dunedin school principal who spoke about the problem of parents expecting teachers to take responsibility for their children's actions outside school hours. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Ken is more than a little concerned about what he thinks is the fragility of the new coalition government.

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3:10 PM.On Saturday 11th November Jesse hosted Short Story Club Live at Litcrawl. Three short stories were discussed, all unpublished. They were selected from around 50 stories submitted.  Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Predator-Free 2050 has developed a four-part research strategy to save New Zealand's biological heritage. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Through reflective questions like 'What do I want to do with my life?' 'Do I get satisfaction from my life?' and 'How can I be good?' all of us are connected to the heart of philosophy, says Massey… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.We're just two hours away from the World Cup playoff clash in Lima, New Zealand against Peru for a spot in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. We speak to an ardent Peruvian fan living here, Miguel… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.The field of de-extinction, made famous in the Jurassic Park movies, is real. Science writer Britt Wray looks at the technology and the ethics of resurrection science in her new book. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.In a couple of days journalist and newsreader Mike McRoberts will head off to report from Syria and in February he'll take a cycling group through Sri Lanka raising money for the children's charity… Read more Audio

1:38 PM.This Saturday is the 70th anniversary of the Ballantynes fire, which saw the loss of 41 lives. In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we are going to hear some recordings… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery