Nine To Noon for Wednesday 13 August 2008 Nine To Noon

Cancer Control Strategy

9:08 AM.Christchurch oncologist, Dr Chris Wynne talks about his hard-hitting editorial in the latest Medical Journal. Audio
The Real Cause of Georgian Conflict

9:20 AM.According to Michael Klare, it's the flow of power and oild is power flowing through Georgia to the West. Audio
Happy Mother, Healthy Children

9:40 AM.The importance of early mother-child interactions in determining children's long-term mental and physical health. Audio
Australian Correspondent - Paul Barclay

9:50 AM.The latest from the lucky country. Audio
Feature Guest - Ferdinand Mount

10:08 AM.Novelist, journalist and former head of Margaret Thatcher's prime ministerial policy unit, he's released a memoir. Audio
Book Review - Bandit Roads

10:40 AM.Written by Richard Grant. Published by Little, Brown. Reviewed by Anne Buchanan. Audio
Music with Marty Duda

11:08 AM.This week, Marty celebrates the musical life of Isaac Hayes who's gone on to play the big venue in the sky. Audio
Law - Constitutional Issues

11:32 AM.Dean Knight talks about constitutional issues surrounding the Winston Peters NZ First political funding saga. Audio
Film Reviewer - Dan Slevin

11:45 AM.Reviews: Married Life, Prague and Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day. Audio

Nine to Noon on Wednesday 13 August 2008

9:05 Preventable Cancer

In a hard-hitting editorial in the latest Medical Journal, Christchurch oncologist, Dr Chris Wynne writes: "Failure to implement New Zealand's Cancer Control Strategy according to agreed timelines will cost New Zealand many deaths from preventable cancer."

9:20 Real causes of conflict in the Caucasus

Michael Klare, the author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, says the current conflict between Georgia and Russia can only be understood in terms of the post-cold war competition for energy between Russia and the USA. Georgia - and the Caucasus - offers the only route for Caspian Sea oil and gas that does not cross either Iran or Russia.

9:30 Happy mothers, healthy children

Professor Michael Meaney discusses the importance of early mother-child interactions in determining children's long-term mental and physical health.

Professor Meaney will give a free public lecture 'Happy mothers, healthy children' today (13 August) at 6pm (lecture theatre OGGB3, University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road). He will also be leading a half day workshop/seminar co-hosted by Brainwave Trust and the Liggins Institute on the morning of Thursday 14th August at the Liggins Institute, (University of Auckland) that will give people who are interested in his work an opportunity to discuss it in more detail.

9:45 Australia Correspondent Paul Barclay

10:05 Feature Interview

Ferdinard Mount, novelist, critic - and the author of Margaret Thatcher's election manifesto.

10:35 Book Review: Bandit Roads by Richard Grant

Reviewed by Anne Buchanan
Published by Little, Brown
ISBN 9781408700068

10:45 Book Reading: On The Wings Of Mercury - The Lorraine Moller Story

Episode 3 of 6

11:05 Artist of the Week with Marty Duda

This week's artist is Isaac Hayes

Tracks featured:

Soul Man - Sam & Dave
from the 1967 single
(Stax)

When I Fall In Love - Isaac Hayes
from the 1967 album Presenting Isaac Hayes
(Enterprise)

Walk On By - Isaac Hayes
from the 1969 album Hot Buttered Soul
(Enterprise)

Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
from the 1971 album Shaft
(Enterprise)

11:30 Legal Commentator Dean Knight

11:45 Film Review with Dan Slevin

Films reviewed include Married Life, Prague, and Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day

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