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2:08 PM.Comedienne Michele A'Court joins us to talk about Joan Rivers. The caustic, raucous, rude and funny American comedienne has died at the age of 81. She was one of the first women to break into the male… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand Live comes from Auckland again this week where Simon is joined by a trio of Ukulele players. Originally formed six years ago to play just a short set at a music festival organised by one… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.John Ross of Northland chooses 'Operator' by Manhattan Transfer. Audio

9:46 PM.A microbiologist, a food scientist and a pharmacist are collaborating to create anti-microbial nano-fibre wound dressings using polyphenols from wine waste Read more Audio

9:06 PM.An ecological modeller and a gaming expert have created a forest ecology-based online game as well as a smaller game featuring zombie possums and Stompy the Kiwi Read more Audio

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

3:09 PM.If you want to take a hike in this country, you are, of course, spoilt for choice, and you can, mostly, walk tracks and beaches for free. There are private walks though, where you pay. One is on the… Read more Audio

2:44 PM.Time magazine has declared Mariah Carey, its Ultimate Pop Star. This is her album from 1995. Audio

2:08 PM.If you're a fan of Britain's Got Talent then you'll know the name Collabro well. The five-piece musical theatre group wowed the judges and audience right from their first audition. They may not have… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.We go to three islands around New Zealand - the sulphuric and mysterious White Island in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Stewart Island in Southland's tumultuous Foveaux Strait and Wellington's Mana… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.'Home Again' by Shihad, chosen by Bex Houston from Wellington. Audio

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

3:07 PM.For sale: systems that can secretly track where cellphone users go around the globe, Disney seeks drone-related air show patents and NASA working on automated traffic control system for drones, and… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Today's choice is former Beatle George Harrison's 1970 hit 'All Things Must Pass'. Harrison's early studio albums are being re-issued later this month in a digitally remastered 8-disc boxset entitled… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Landing a role in the new series of long-running show Power Rangers could be a big break for young New Zealand actor James Davies. James will feature in the 22nd season of the show, being filmed here… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Changes are afoot in the way some of Auckland's volcanoes and islands are administered. Audio

2:08 PM.This horror comedy, Housebound, tells the story of Kylie, a delinquent girl placed on home detention, who must return to the house she grew up in and share it with her mother, Miriam. Rima Te Wiata… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.We play the first three songs. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to tell us what common trait all three songs share. Audio

1:07 PM.Chris Howell has chosen 'Debaser' by The Pixies. Audio

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

3:09 PM.Twenty-five years ago the hydraulics systems aboard a United Airlines Flight from Denver to Chicago failed at 37,000 feet with 296 people on board. Miraculously, the pilot was able to make a crash… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.The album was recorded with third frontman Brian Johnson and the band started work on it just three days after former frontman Bon Scott's funeral. He died from acute alcohol poisoning aged 33. The… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Museum curator Alice Hutchison has spent the last fifteen years working in the United States and now she's back to keep a watchful eye on our national treasures at Aratoi Museum of Art and History in… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Wellington adventurer Neelu Memom, who was left with only 30% of her vision after contracting an a post-viral autoimmune reaction when she was 16, tells of the challenges of scaling Mt Kilimanjaro. Audio

1:46 PM.Two new tracks from English folkies The Moulettes and Emily Smith. Audio