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The Panel pre-show for 7 August 2014
3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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Drilling Into A Warmer Past
3:20 PM.Victoria University geologists are drilling deep into the ground on a remote sheep station in the Whanganui Basin to study past changes in sea levels. Audio
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Important Ooca being tracked - Dr Ingrid Visser
3:07 PM.The country's pre-eminent expert on orca is celebrating what she says is an important discovery about one particular animal, which may have much wider implications. Dr Ingrid Visser has been tracking… Read more Audio
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Feature album - Me Myself I
2:47 PM.Our feature album is 'Me Myself I' - Joan Armatrading's most successful album. Released in 1980, it was her first record for two years. Audio
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New Zealand Youth Bridge Team heading to Turkey
2:22 PM.The New Zealand Youth Bridge Team is heading to Turkey, to compete in the World Youth Teams Championships. The six-strong squad will play against 21 countries and says there'll be tough competition… Read more Audio
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Solar car
2:08 PM.A group of Australian students believe they're on the verge of a breakthrough in the way we drive. The group from the University of New South Wales has developed a solar car, called the Sunswift eVe… Read more Audio
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Simon's A to Z
1:21 PM.As early as 1834 the temperance alliance was active in New Zealand, and that was long before any drinking houses were established although "grog" was introduced in the 1820's. For all that, hotels and… Read more Audio
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Best song ever written - It's a Beautiful Day
1:07 PM.Virginia Pak from Hamilton has chosen 'It's a Beautiful Day' by Michael Buble. Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 6 August 2014
3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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Unlimited Love
3:30 PM.A Chinese organisation in Auckland is trying to do its bit to improve the lives of its community. And they want to do it by offering people unlimited love. Ivan Yeo tells Justin Gregory that the title… Read more Audio
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Online with Hamish MacEwan
3:08 PM.'Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Internet Passwords', how to keep data out of hackers' hands, the TV ban on Slingshot adverts, the Wikipedia link hidden by 'right to be forgotten', Xiaomi… Read more Audio
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Feature album - The Captain and Me
2:46 PM.Our Feature Album is 'The Captain and Me' by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, from 1973 - their third long-player and which ended up in the charts for over a year. Audio
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Tattoo auction
2:22 PM.A Papakura woman is offering someone the chance to have a tattoo of their choice on her arm as a way of raising money for charity. Chanelle Haffenden is auctioning an 8cm by 3cm space on her forearm… Read more Audio
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Sitting science
2:08 PM.He says it's more dangerous than smoking, more treacherous than parachuting, and kills more people than HIV. Dr James Levine is talking about sitting, and he's serious when he says our chairs are… Read more Audio
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Music trivia game
1:20 PM.Our game has three songs, seemingly unrelated, but with one thing which links them. Audio
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Best song ever written - Round Midnight
1:07 PM.Murray Gray has chosen Thelonious Monk's 'Round Midnight'. Audio
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The Panel pre-show for 5 August 2014
3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio
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Bug Hotels
3:30 PM.Landscape architecture students at Lincoln University have designed 'bug hotels' to try and encourage invertebrate biodiversity in urban areas Audio
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Feature interview - Will Bowen
3:08 PM.Will Bowen has a challenge for you - go 21 days without complaining, about the weather, your partner's snoring, no complaints for 21 days. Will tells us how 10 million people around the world have… Read more Audio
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Feature album - Cargo
2:46 PM.The second long player by Australian band Men at Work, from 1983. Audio
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Zombie flick - Shane Sutherland
2:21 PM.It seems we can't get enough of a good zombie film, and New Zealander's are getting together to make sure the genre reaches our local screens. Blood, guts and a lot of special effects are what's… Read more Audio
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Inspirational athlete Russell Watts
2:08 PM.How a motorcycle rally accident changed life for Taupo's Russell Watts, whose since fought back to represent New Zealand as a para-athlete at the World Triathlon Championships. Audio
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Web review with Ben Gracewood
1:56 PM.BadUSB - do we need to treat all USB devices like hypodermic needles?; Headspace - interested in mindfulness meditation?; Sky versus Slingshot? Audio
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Music review with Colin Morris
1:42 PM.Featuring LatinAotearoa and Chris Smither. Audio
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Book review with Graham Beattie
1:36 PM.'Retro Caravans: Vantastic Kiwi Collections' by Don Jessen and 'Cardboard Cathedral' by Andrew Barrie: Photographs by Bridgit Anderson & Stephen Goodenough. Audio