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8:40 PM.VUW Modern Letters Creative Writing workshop convener Cliff Fell recites the influence of the "classic" poems and poets... Martians and Martian poetry. Read more Audio

7:10 PM.After translating a small and seemingly innocuous work of literary fiction 'The Gangsters' by Lefkios Zafiriou from Greek into English, Hellenic Studies Prof. Stathis Gauntlett then encountered an… Read more Audio

9:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 6. Audio

8:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 5. Audio

8:25 PM.Uganda's Daily Monitor journalist Tabu Butagira reports on the Republic of Uganda, pop. 35,873,253 (est. 2012). Ivory smuggling and the threats to rhinos; plus finally, sacked former secretary general… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.How the race is on to get billions of people connected to the internet via a global network of satellites, with Electrical and Electronic Engineering Prof. Thas A. Nirmalathas, Institute Director at… Read more Audio

9:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 4. Audio

8:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 3. Audio

8:40 PM.Equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. Work life balance and the almighty Chore Wars. Audio

7:10 PM.Dr Joseph (Joe) Young was heading to Michigan to attend an academic conference there, but to save on travel expenses, he hopped on the train for the Los Angeles-to-Michigan leg (and back), taking a… Read more Audio

9:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 2. Audio

9:11 PM.2015 NZ and Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence award winner 'Augview' is an 'Augmented Reality Asset management application' that allows you to build a virtual picture of your immediate environment quick… Read more Video, Audio

8:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 1. Audio

8:40 PM.Former Mt John University Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the bodies floating in space... (the rocket edition). The New Horizons spacecraft passes by Pluto on July 14 2015… Read more Audio

7:11 PM.Does eradicating invasive predators actually make things worse for native wildlife? With Tim Doherty of the Centre for Ecosystem Management, a PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University in Western… Read more Audio

8:59 PM.All eight clues and this weeks answer. Audio

8:10 PM.Former Northern Mystics netballer, Rugby Sevens winger Portia Woodman has been the latest member of her family to pull on the black jersey with her father Kawhena and uncle Fred having both… Read more Audio

9:59 PM.Listen on Friday for the answer. Audio

8:59 PM.Listen on Friday for the answer. Audio

8:42 PM.Placing the needle on the one drop of riddim, rocksteady, ska and roots and culture with deejay and toaster Miles Buckingham... "The Spear", Winston Rodney aka Burning Spear. Audio

7:10 PM.Keith Woodley from the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre and a couple of other members of the Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists' Trust (PMNT) have just returned from North Korea to search for spots… Read more Audio

9:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 6. Audio

8:59 PM.Conundrum - clue number 5. Audio

8:40 PM.US-born journalist and correspondent for Bloomberg BNA, Lien Hoang reports from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, pop. 90,730,000 (est. 2014)... a Chinese-language cartoon is offending Vietnamese… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.Leigh Malcolm realised from personal experience that for a woman who has undergone breast cancer surgery, standard bras don't necessarily fit one's new form. Read more Audio