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The Panel for Tuesday 28 April 2015

  • The Panel pre-show for 28 April 2015

    3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

  • The Panel with Jane Bowron and Graham Bell (Part 1)

    4:05 PM.The Prime Minister is in Saudi Arabia to talk free trade. How much should the country's human rights come into our economic relationship? Andrew Chan and Muyuran Sukumaran will face the firing squad… Read more Audio

  • The Panel with Jane Bowron and Graham Bell (Part 2)

    4:06 PM.Computer hardware capable of mimicking the human brain may just be a few years away. The software just 10 years after that. Are we prepared? Is under-two too young for tinkering with a tablet or… Read more Audio

  • The Panel intro

    4:07 PM.What the Panelists Jane Bowron and Graham Bell have been thinking about. Audio

  • John Key in Saudi Arabia

    4:09 PM.The Prime Minister is in Saudi Arabia to talk free trade. How much should the country's human rights come into our economic relationship? We talk to Human Rights law lecturer Kris Gledhill from the… Read more Audio

  • Bali executions

    4:20 PM.Andrew Chan and Muyuran Sukumaran will face the firing squad for drug offenses tonight. Human Rights law lecturer Kris Gledhill of the University of Auckland talks to us about Indonesia's capital… Read more Audio

  • SBS reporter sacked over ANZAC tweets

    4:28 PM.Australia's SBS sports reporter Scott McIntyre has been fired for negative tweets about ANZAC Day. Is this our sacred cow? Audio

  • Sentient computers

    4:33 PM.Ray Kurzweil made a startling prediction in 1999. Computer hardware capable of mimicking the human brain may just be a few years away. The software just 10 years after that. Are we prepared? Audio

  • Panel says

    4:40 PM.What the Panelists Graham Bell and Jane Bowron have been thinking about. Audio

  • Babies and electronic devices

    4:43 PM.Is under-two too young for tinkering with a tablet or smartphone? Dr Marc Wilson of Victoria University's School of Psychology joins the Panel to tell us if baby's brain will be fried. Audio

  • PM's wife to wear head scarf

    4:52 PM.Bronagh Key will cover her head when she's in Saudi Arabia. Is she doing the right thing? Audio

  • Police act against Otago officers

    4:56 PM.Police are taking action against their own in the Otago homicide case where Edward Livingstone shot dead his two children before killing himself. Audio