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1:10 PM.We flip pancakes with food writer Ken Albala, and Helen Leach of Otago University chats about the origins of the pikelet. Audio

12:50 PM.NPR's Susan Stamberg visits a typewriter repair shop in the unlikely location of California's Silicon Valley. Audio

12:40 PM.Tim Walsh on the Hacky Sack phenomenon. At least 25 million of these filled crocheted bags have been sold since the 1970s. Audio

12:30 PM.We test out the latest car navigation gadgets with Hamish Wilson from Consumer.org.nz. Audio

12:15 PM.Anna Fifield visits the secret network of underground tunnels in Gaza, bringing everything from nappies to cars in. Audio

1:50 PM.The toys that could be doing permanent damage to little ears. Audio

1:25 PM.Stephen Baker's book"The Numerati"is about the maths and marketing wizards dissecting our digital data trails. Audio

1:10 PM.Puzzle pundit Matt Gaffney on KenKen, the latest number puzzle trying to rival Sudoku. Audio

12:50 PM.Our US correspondent Sarah di Gregorio's just visited the largest foie gras farm in the US. Plus selling New York tap water to New Yorkers. Audio

12:40 PM.Dr Gerbrand Ceder of MIT's developed a battery that can recharge in a few seconds. Audio

12:30 PM.The big auto-makers are trying to find a workable battery to power the electric car. NPR's Frank Langfitt investigates. Audio

12:25 PM.We hit the forecourt with retail analyst Martin Craig. Three-quarters of service stations' profits have nothing to do with petrol sales! Audio

12:15 PM.Peter Griffin on the cables needed to get a sharp picture onto hi-def TVs. But does it make any difference if you choose gold-plated or super-cheap? Audio

1:40 PM.The burger's the cheap portable meal for factory workers that morphed into a food unit that's conquered the world. Audio

1:15 PM.We drop in on commercial beekeeper Frank Lindsay to see how honey gets extracted from the hive. Audio

12:45 PM.Bill Thompson on the Guardian's initiative to make all its content available for free. Audio

12:30 PM.Bernard Hickey from interest.co.nz looks at how to get decent returns in the face of falling interest rates. Audio

12:15 PM.Professor Richard Heeks on the 400,000 mainly Asian workers making billions of real dollars playing online games. Audio

1:50 PM.Mike Morley-Bunker's back with sweetcorn history and buying tips. Audio

1:30 PM.We're talking to crossword setter, historian, and teacher Michelle Arnot on the world's most popular word game. Audio

1:15 PM.Problems in Paris with its cheap bicycle rental scheme and Charles Bremner on Citroen's plans to relaunch its legendary DS. Audio

12:50 PM.Ian Austen's looked at how a new automatic gearshift for bicycles is performing at the Tour of California. Audio

12:40 PM.Peter Griffin on reports that TVNZ's buying a stake in TiVo, the pioneers of the hard drive TV recorder. Audio

12:25 PM.The Commons on Flickr's opening up some of the world's best photo archives, copyright free and for nothing. Audio

12:15 PM.Xan Rice on attempts to get the first black cyclist into the Tour de France. Audio