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3:30 PM.Do you know much about Campbell Island? It's a chilly place on the way to the Antarctica with amazing birds and plants and some valuable archaeological stuff. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Are you ready for scented text messages? Facebook emotion study breached ethical guidelines, researchers say, why you shouldn't take people's Facebook lives seriously, and US Secret Service wants… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.Today's feature album has been described as one of the peppiest from Lou Reed. It's his 1984 album 'New Sensations' - Rolling Stone magazine described it as a long-overdue delight and totally… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Sally Gates was a bright student. She went to good schools, took piano lessons, was good at pony riding, and even became an age group champion in archery. But since relocating to the United States six… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Recently thousands of people crammed into London's 02 stadium to see the first of ten Monty Python reunion shows. Simon talks with journalist and broadcaster Dan Wootton, who writes for the Sun… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Three songs all share at least one thing in common. Can you guess what the common link is? Audio

1:07 PM.Ed Cherry from Taihape has chosen 'Moon river' sung by Andy Williams. Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:25 PM.There are about 2000 spider species in New Zealand, but the spiders that are found around houses are likely to be an introduced species Audio

3:08 PM.Everyone wants a Mr Carson, the devoted butler from Downtown Abbey. Demand for butlers among the ultra rich is growing. We'll talk to GQ writer David Katz who went to an exclusive butler training… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Today's feature album is the third studio outing for American singer Lana Del Rey. 'Ultraviolence' was released in the States two weeks ago and it's already getting favourable reviews from the likes… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.The undead are still reanimating our screens and thanks to a new app called 'Zombie Map', Kiwi filmmakers are getting the opportunity to showcase their own zombie movies to the world. Aaron Falvey has… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Twenty-three years ago Wayne Mills was attending his childrens' intermediate school prize-givings when he realised that among all the certificates being handed out for sports and other activities… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.An audio illusion - once you know what you're hearing you'll hear it, and games with words - find out which breed of English you speak. Audio

1:42 PM.Featuring Thievery Corporation and Quantic. Audio

1:36 PM.'Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks' by Keith Houston. Audio

1:25 PM.A new home for a Media review show on Maori TV. Audio

1:07 PM.Stayz Raukawa from the Malborough Sounds has chosen 'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John. Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:30 PM."So who are we anyway?" asks Professor James Liu of Victoria University, as he chairs the session titled The Asianisation of Auckland with guest speaker Sociologist and distinguished Professor Paul… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Doctor Zhivago is a sweeping Russian novel about a poet and surgeon torn between his love for two women and struggling to retain his individualism in the tumultuous period between the Russian… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Paul Simon is making his way back to New Zealand. To mark the occasion, we take a look one of Paul Simon's successes with today's feature album. Released in 1990, 'Rhythm of the Saints' was the follow… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.While many of us are hunkering down in the midst of bad winter weather, in Queenstown, they're praying it takes a turn for the worse. Forecasters are predicting a week of low temperatures this week… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.If you happened to be in the Pacific Ocean somewhere near Hawaii yesterday afternoon - you may have caught a fleeting glimpse of a gigantic balloon on its way into the upper reaches of the earth's… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Today we are taking you back to this time 31 years ago - back to 1983. As far as music was concerned back then, you'd be hard placed to beat Michael Jackson. Read more Audio