Nine To Noon for Wednesday 19 March 2014
09:05 News and current affairs
09: 30 Peter Dunne, Associate Health Minister responsible for drugs
New Zealand drug laws – is there any appetite to follow the path of some US states and decriminalise or legalise marijuana?
09:45 Australia correspondent Peter Munro
10:05 Feature: Reza Aslan - Iranian-American writer and scholar of religions
Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American writer and scholar of religions. He is coming to New Zealand in May as part of the Auckland writers festival.
His books include: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth and No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam which was named one of the 100 most important books of the last decade.
10:25 Book review with Sonja de Freiz
The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle by Kirsty Wark. Published by Hodder
10:45 The Reading: 'Teetering Towards Te Aro' by Timothy Greig Nees
Set in Te Aro and peopled with the 'low lives', poets and bullshit artists who frequent the bars and dives of central Wellington. (Part 3 of 5)
11:05 Marty Duda's artist of the week - Lionel Ritchie
Tracks:
1. Brick House – The Commodores taken from 1977 album, “The Commodores” (Motown)
2. Easy – The Commodores taken from 1977 album, “The Commodores” (Motown)
3. All Night Long 2011 – Lionel Richie featuring Guy Sebastian taken from 2011 single
4. Sail On – Lionel Richie with Tim McGraw taken from 2012 album, “Tuskegee” (Mercury)
11:30 Legal commentator Robert Lithgow
11:45 Science commentator Paul Behrens
Do you eat food you've dropped on the floor? Paul investigates the science behind the five-second rule.
Music played in this show
Title: Far Celestial Shore
Artist: Mavis Staples
Composer: Nick Lowe
Album: One True Vine
Label: Anti
Title: Pinecone
Artist: Kelley Stoltz
Composer: Stoltz
Album: To Dreamers
Label: Sub Pop
Title: Brick House
Artist: The Commodores
Composer: Richie
Album: The Commodores
Label: Motown
Title: Easy
Artist: The Commodores
Composer: Richie
Album: The Commodores
Label: Motown
Title: All Night Long (2011)
Artist: Lionel Richie
Composer: Richie
Album: Single
Label: n/a
Title: Sail On
Artist: Lionel Richie
Composer: Richie
Album: Tuskegee
Label: Mercury