Nine To Noon for Wednesday 3 June 2009
09:05 IHC Mainstreaming
Dr Jude MacArthur - author of report Learning Better Together which argues that disabled children do better in classrooms in regular schools, rather than being in special schools; and Peter Simpson, Vice President of Principals Federation and Principal of Belfast School in Christchurch.
09:20 The recession and its effect on retailing
Sheila Murray-Hamilton, owner of Hamilton & Murray (H&M) and Desire stores; Kerry Prendergast, Wellington Mayor; Dr Paul Ballantine, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at University of Canterbury, specialising in retailing and consumer behaviour.
09:45 Australia correspondent Ray Moynihan
10:05 The man who sued the Pope
Colm O'Gorman took the Catholic Church to court over the abuse he suffered at the hands of his priest.
10:30 Book Review with Phil Smith
An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah
Published by Faber & Faber
ISBN 9780571246939
10:45 Reading. October - a short story by Peter Butler
"No longer a virgin! Strange how it happened, crazy night."
11:05 Music review with Marty Duda
Artist of the Week is Jeff Buckley
1. Song To The Siren (3:28) - Tim Buckley taken from 2001 album "The Dream Belongs To Me" (Manifesto/Shock)
2. Last Goodbye (4:35) - Jeff Buckley taken from 1994 album "Grace" (Columbia)
3. Everybody Here Wants You (4:46) - Jeff Buckley taken from 1998 album "Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk" (Columbia)
4. Hallelujah (7:35) - Jeff Buckley taken from 2009 album "Grace Around The World" (Columbia)
11:30 Legal commentator Catriona MacLennan
Catriona discusses what initiatives can be taken to deal with loan sharks who prey on the poor.
11:45 Film Review with Graeme Tuckett
Today Graeme reviews State of Play and River of No Return.