Nine To Noon for Monday 31 May 2010
09:05 Centralised online health records
A nationwide centralised system of online health records is in the planning but how secure will your intimate medical details be?
Graeme Osborne, Director of the government appointed National Health IT Board.
09:20 Electronic patient record
Dr Peter Foley, Hawkes Bay Family Doctor and Chair of the Medical Association; and Barbara Robson, consumer advocate on Health and Disability Commission board.
09:25 What drives genius?
Writer David Shenk explains why he disputes the popular belief that intelligence and talent are genetically predetermined. His New York Times bestselling book The Genius In All of Us suggests we re-think what we know about genes, talent, and intelligence.
The Genius In All of Us: Why Everything You've Been Told About Genetics, Talent, and IQ is Wrong by David Shenk
Published by Allen & Unwin
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
10:05 Jim Shepherd - Last Man Standing
Jim Shepherd was a career criminal, who became number two in the notorious Mr Asia drug syndicate in the late 1970's. Now 68 he is out of prison, and has told the story of the criminal underworld of Mr Asia in his book Last Man Standing.
10:30 Book Review with Ralph McAllister
The Tulip Virus by Danielle Hermans
Published by Allen & Unwin
10:45 Reading. The Life And Death Of Laura Friday (And Of Pavarotti, Her Parrot) by David Murphy
A kind of Ronald Hugh Morrieson for the noughties. Black comedy with an affectionately satirical edge.
11:05 Politics with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooton
11:30 Guest Chef Julie Goodwin, Winner of MasterChef Australia and wine commentator John Hawkesby
Stuffed chicken thighs with prosciutto, Rich potato puree + leek puree, and Lemon Diva cupcakes.
Our Family Table by Julie Goodwin
Published by Ebury Press Australia
11:45 Off the Beaten Track with Kennedy Warne
The outdoorsman and adventurer discusses World Environment Day and Arbor Day: The Chatham albatross thrives, while Madagascar's Alaotra grebe has been declared officially extinct.