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In-car internet Updated: 2010-02-05 23:15:03 Description: Tech companies and US auto-makers are about to offer drivers internet access via their dashboards. Matt Richtel on the move that's angering safety advocates....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crow problem Updated: 2010-02-05 23:30:12 Description: NPR's Louisa Lim on the radical steps the city authorities in Tokyo are taking to eradicate the city's crow population....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD History of curry Updated: 2010-02-05 23:45:03 Description: Food historian Colleen Taylor Sen's just written a global history of curry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Golf cart city Updated: 2010-02-06 00:15:02 Description: David Kushner's just been to one of the world's biggest retirement villages in Florida to check out the residents' pimped out golf carts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging: kawakawa Updated: 2010-02-06 00:30:11 Description: Foraging for more free food with Johanna Knox. This week, kawakawa. It comes from the pepper family, you can brush your teeth with it...it even stops smelly feet!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ethiopian land deal Updated: 2010-02-06 00:45:03 Description: The Ethiopian government's trying to lease millions of hectares of the country's agricultural land to overseas investors. Xan Rice reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cellphone photo classes Updated: 2010-02-06 01:00:07 Description: Phil Hibberd's offering the first mobile phone photography course in the UK....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD This Way Up - Makeover magic Updated: 2010-02-01 02:33:00 Description: Sonia Yee meets image consultant Trudi Bennet who tells her clients what clothes, colours and styles they should wear...and avoid!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sense of direction Updated: 2010-01-29 23:15:02 Description: Is technology like the in-car GPS unit destroying our natural sense of direction? Alex Hutchinson on Inuit hunters in the Arctic, London taxi drivers, and the team of Canadian neuroscientists working with people with absolutely no sense of direction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPad review Updated: 2010-01-29 23:30:08 Description: Our technology correspondent Bill Thompson gives his assessment of Apple's new tablet computer, the iPad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pinenuts Updated: 2010-01-29 23:45:03 Description: The ancient Romans and popes over the ages have loved pinenuts, but why are they so expensive? Alison Sandle explains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Japan: silver athletes and paper planes Updated: 2010-01-30 00:15:02 Description: An origami master's perfecting a paper plane that can break the 30 second flight barrier. Plus the over-65s taking over Japan's parks and playgrounds. Justin McCurry reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Makeover magic Updated: 2010-01-30 00:30:07 Description: Sonia Yee meets image consultant Trudi Bennet who tells her clients what clothes, colours and styles they should wear...and avoid!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coin toss Updated: 2010-01-30 00:45:02 Description: You'd expect the odds of throwing heads or tails to be exactly 50:50 but they're not, according to statistics professor Susan Holmes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LA gang tour Updated: 2010-01-30 01:00:08 Description: Enterprising former gang members are offering the first ever gang tour of Los Angeles. We head along for with Madeleine Brand of NPR on the inaugural coach trip....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dynalifter Updated: 2010-01-30 01:00:11 Description: Bob Rist is the inventor of the Dynalifter: a helium-filled cross between an airship and a aeroplane....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Has cooking made us human? Updated: 2009-12-18 23:15:04 Description: Anthropologist and primatologist Richard Wrangham reckons cooking our food has been the single most important factor in mankind's evolution, shaping the size of our brains, teeth and gut...and our inter-personal relationships....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brie vs Camembert Updated: 2009-12-18 23:15:05 Description: What's the difference between most New Zealand-produced camembert and brie? The answer might surprise you! With Jenna Russell, Brett Charlton and cheesemonger Martin Aspinwall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech review Updated: 2009-12-18 23:45:03 Description: Peter Griffin and Bill Thompson have their top tech picks of 2009 and what'll be big in 2010....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: Compost Updated: 2009-12-19 00:15:03 Description: We finally make our compost pile! After a month spent gathering the right organic matter Colin Walker shows us how to build a killer compost heap from scratch....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ladybirds Updated: 2009-12-19 00:45:04 Description: Ladybird breeder Terril Marais on where to find them and how to attract them to your garden....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Smell Updated: 2009-12-11 23:15:04 Description: How does our sense of smell work? Smell psychologist Professor Rachel Herz knows. Plus how smell's being used to sell us stuff and why Christmas trees don't smell like they used to!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dirty laundry Updated: 2009-12-12 00:15:04 Description: The Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai in India's a world famous outdoor laundry that handles three-quarters of a million items every day. Meena Kadri reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: more planting Updated: 2009-12-12 00:30:14 Description: The salad and rocket's going off but when will we have a bit more variety on the menu? Plus Colin Walker supervises more planting - this week, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and basil....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roller derby Updated: 2009-12-12 00:45:03 Description: Sonia Yee gets her skates on and meets some of the lasses in the Smash Malice and Brutal Pageant teams in Wellington's Richter City Roller Derby League....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Odourless longdrops Updated: 2009-12-12 01:00:12 Description: American inventor Don Sifers reckons he's solved the problem of stinky longdrop toilets. His 'latrine deodorizer' mangles methane molecules!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Price matching Updated: 2009-12-04 23:15:03 Description: Why do retailers make these offers and how easy are they to use? With retail writer Martin Craig and Jonah Lehrer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: Facebook and Windows 7 Updated: 2009-12-04 23:45:04 Description: Bill Thompson with more technology news. Facebook announces yet more changes to its privacy settings and Windows 7 updates are causing some headaches....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Face whitening creams Updated: 2009-12-05 00:00:10 Description: Skin whitening creams targeted at the metrosexual male are causing a big debate in India. NPR's Philip Reeves reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuts: pistachios Updated: 2009-12-05 00:15:03 Description: Alison Sandle on the half-open nut with a scientific theory named after it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: Gardening phone in Updated: 2009-12-05 00:30:10 Description: Our executive agrarian adviser Colin Walker fields some of your gardening related queries....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Craft fair Updated: 2009-12-05 00:45:03 Description: Sonia Yee visits a big craft fair plus why is craft so in at the moment? Is it economics, recycling culture or just a bit of creative fun?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bras Updated: 2009-11-27 23:15:04 Description: The modern bra's an amazing piece of engineering. We're looking at the history of the brassiere with historian Dr Caroline Daley, and the aesthetics of the push-up bra with curator Alison McCann. Plus Carol Rashleigh of Bendon says women's bras are g...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Model railways Updated: 2009-11-28 00:00:09 Description: Sonia Yee steams in to the world of model train collectors, meeting fans and enthusiasts at a recent exhibition....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Personal Video Recorders Updated: 2009-11-28 00:15:04 Description: Peter Griffin reviews the latest personal video recorders or PVRs. So what are the things you need to consider if you're choosing between TiVo, MySky and MyFreeview?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blindtasting wine Updated: 2009-11-28 00:30:11 Description: Neuroscience buff Robin Goldstein's testing how our expectations shape our experience of foods and drinks. He's blind tasted 6,000 glasses of wine and shown many people prefer cheap wine to far more expensive vintages....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sabbath-friendly elevators Updated: 2009-11-28 01:00:12 Description: We're off to Israel with NPR's Peter Kenyon, where an elevator's annoying the religious authorities....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Food waste Updated: 2009-11-20 23:15:03 Description: First up- how much of the food you buy ends up in the bin and who's to blame? We speak to Tristram Stuart and the big supermarket chains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sting pain index Updated: 2009-11-21 00:15:04 Description: Justin Schmidt's an entomologist who's spent years developing his pain rating scale for insect stings. He's been stung thousands of times all in the name of research!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: Compost progress Updated: 2009-11-21 00:30:31 Description: Colin Walker drops in to our urban veggie patch to see how the compost heap's getting on....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Public urination Updated: 2009-11-21 00:45:04 Description: The Parisian authorities are getting serious about people urinating in public. They're using everything from splash-back wall coverings to undercover police surveillance. Susana Ferreira's been out on the 'pipi patrol'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second skin Updated: 2009-11-21 01:00:18 Description: Rahul Ganguli of Teledyne Scientific's on a team of US scientists developing a clever way to stop barnacles and all sorts of other marine life building up on ships' hulls. It could save boat-owners a fortune in fuel costs and maintenance bills!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bread matters Updated: 2009-11-13 23:15:03 Description: Andrew Whitley is a baker and one of the founders of the Real Bread Campaign in the UK. He reckons modern bread is less nutritious, and is causing health problems like Coeliac disease and gluten intolerance....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cellphone cancer risk? Updated: 2009-11-13 23:45:06 Description: Peter Griffin on the long-awaited World Health Organisation's Interphone study which explores the link between cellphone use and cancer. The full report's not even out yet and already people are questioning the way the research has been conducted....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: Potato planting Updated: 2009-11-14 00:15:03 Description: Watch out the psyllid's about! It's a nasty bug originally from North America that could damage your potato crop. Colin Walker and MAF's Karen Pugh looks at how home gardeners can keep the psyllid at bay....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sourdough bread Updated: 2009-11-14 00:30:09 Description: We get flour and water and a bit of free range bacteria together with Maggie Forest. It's an easy way to start a sourdough and make your own tasty bread....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD NYC outdoor smoking ban Updated: 2009-11-14 01:00:10 Description: Sarah di Gregorio lives in New York where smoking in city parks and on beaches could soon be banned. Also millions of car rego stickers are falling off windscreens due to faulty glue. It's become a political issue!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bee populations Updated: 2009-11-06 23:15:03 Description: Another perspective on Colony Collapse Disorder, the label used to describe the massive falls in bee numbers in the US and Europe. Professor Lawrence Harder says that bee populations are actually increasing globally....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: sowing salad seedlings Updated: 2009-11-06 23:30:08 Description: Head gardener Colin Walker plans our planting cycle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Match-making councils Updated: 2009-11-07 00:00:12 Description: David McNeill beams in from Japan where a falling population is turning local councils into matchmakers, organising gardening and cycling events for singles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Airline seating Updated: 2009-11-07 00:15:03 Description: Airlines are looking for ways to change traditional seating patterns, experimenting with things like getting rid of overhead storage lockers and using mezzanine floors in the cabin. Jason Paur reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slippery creatures Updated: 2009-11-07 00:30:08 Description: Jan-Henning Dirks is working on a new insect repellent: a slippery coating you can apply to surfaces to stop insects' feet gripping....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beer history Updated: 2009-11-07 00:45:03 Description: Mark Denny's a physicist and keen home-brewer who's looking at the way beer developed from leftover soggy bread mix to today's micro-brewed craft ales....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New technology and writing Updated: 2009-10-30 23:15:03 Description: Is digital technology killing our ability to write? Stanford University English professor Andrea Lunsford's been studying thousands of exam and essay papers before and after the PC, spell-checkers and text-speak....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Preserving silence Updated: 2009-10-30 23:30:06 Description: Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton is trying to protect and preserve silence against the incursions of man-made noise....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuts: Almonds Updated: 2009-10-30 23:45:02 Description: We get up close and personal with the almond with Alison Sandle, an ancient nut that's mentioned in the Bible....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wine-boxes Updated: 2009-10-31 00:15:03 Description: We're speaking to economics professor Mike Veseth who studies the global wine market about the importance of the wine-box....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: first shoots Updated: 2009-10-31 00:30:06 Description: Signs of life in our urban veggie patch! Head gardener Colin Walker's inspecting the beds to see how our seedlings have been weathering the southerlies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Windows 7 review Updated: 2009-10-31 00:45:03 Description: Is Microsoft's latest operating system any good? Peter Griffin gives his view on whether it's worth upgrading....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brazil nut threat Updated: 2009-10-31 01:00:06 Description: NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports from the Peru-Brazil border....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Digital music Updated: 2009-10-23 23:15:03 Description: Digital technology like file-sharing, mp3 players, ripping and burning has changed the music industry forever. We're speaking to writer Steve Knopper about his book"Appetite for Destruction: the spectacular crash of the record industry in the digital...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Compost Updated: 2009-10-23 23:45:06 Description: We're back in the iPlot, our urban veggie patch. Colin Walker's sharing his compost recipe with us!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Farmers Updated: 2009-10-24 00:15:03 Description: Historian Ian Hunter's charted the 100 year history of Farmers, one of the country's biggest retail chains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Technology news Updated: 2009-10-24 00:45:03 Description: Bill Thompson with technology news and some problems in the brave new world of cloud computing.Our correspondent Rory Carroll has two tourism-related tales from Latin America. A tourist ID card scheme for Easter Island, and an ill-fated DIY project b...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Island and Bolivian DIY Updated: 2009-10-24 01:00:13 Description: Our correspondent Rory Carroll has two tourism-related tales from Latin America. A tourist ID card scheme for Easter Island, and an ill-fated DIY project by some Bolivian villagers on their local ancient monument....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fish gym Updated: 2009-10-16 23:15:02 Description: Sunil Kadri's an expat kiwi who's just won an entrepreneurship award in the UK for his fish fitness technology. Apparently fish that work out are leaner, have more muscle mass and taste better!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging: nettles Updated: 2009-10-16 23:30:14 Description: We meet Maryanne Vella, a nettle fan who grows nettles and uses them in everything from tea to fudge....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pacific gridiron Updated: 2009-10-17 00:00:07 Description: NPR's Tom Goldman looks at the impact Pacific Islanders are having at the elite level in the sport of American Football....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: first plantings Updated: 2009-10-17 00:15:02 Description: Colin Walker helps us plant out the first crops at the iPlot: our urban veggie garden. Fingers crossed there'll be no more frosts!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Backing up: portable hard drives Updated: 2009-10-17 00:45:02 Description: Peter Griffin's backing up our personal data. This week, we've got a buyer's guide to portable hard drives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wicked plants Updated: 2009-10-17 01:00:07 Description: Writer Amy Stewart looks at the dark side of the plant kingdom in her book"Wicked Plants"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Halal consumer markets Updated: 2009-10-09 23:15:02 Description: We're looking at the fast-growing consumer market for Muslim-friendly goods with Shahed Amanullah....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Buyer's guide to seedlings Updated: 2009-10-09 23:30:04 Description: How do you know if your seedlings will deliver the goods? We've got a buyer's guide with Colin Walker....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Soil Map Updated: 2009-10-10 00:00:08 Description: A plan to make an inventory of all the world's soil and measure thing like PH levels, fertility and soil health. We speak to Professor Alex McBratney of the University of Sydney....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mags for nags: Wheelrights Updated: 2009-10-10 00:15:02 Description: We meet two of New Zealand's last working wheelwrights. Greg and Ali Lang of the Wheelwright Shop mend and make wooden wheels for horse-drawn vehicles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: email security Updated: 2009-10-10 00:45:02 Description: Bill Thompson beams in with news that thousands of Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo email account details have been published on the web. So what's going on and what should you be doing to stay safe?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Recycling hotel soap Updated: 2009-10-02 23:15:03 Description: Shawn Seipler recycles unused hotel soaps, shampoos, conditioners, sewing kits and even shoe shine kits, all in the name of helping others....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD iPlot: Planning to plant Updated: 2009-10-02 23:30:23 Description: We've got a long list of crops for planting but what's realistic for our small urban garden? Colin Walker helps out....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Libyan shopping Updated: 2009-10-03 00:00:09 Description: Ian Black's just got back from Libya where consumer life's been changing since the lifting of UN sanctions a few years back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Deathly bug repellent Updated: 2009-10-03 00:15:03 Description: Dave Rollo's a Canadian biologist who might just have found the ultimate insect repellent....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Digital backups 1 Updated: 2009-10-03 00:30:23 Description: Peter Griffin reviews some of the free and paid-for options for storing and backing up your important personal data online....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Buying happiness Updated: 2009-10-03 01:00:12 Description: Money's not meant to be able to buy you happiness but Kathleen Vohs says handling some cash can help you overcome physical pain and social rejection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Karaoke Updated: 2009-09-26 00:15:02 Description: Brian Raftery's an obsessive karaoke fan who has"a keen eye for detail and a terrible voice for song"according to his book"Don't Stop Believin: How Karaoke Conquered the world and saved my life"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DIY Gardening 2: Double digging Updated: 2009-09-26 00:45:04 Description: Gardener Colin Walker does some"double digging"to improve soil quality and hopefully by Labour Day we'll have some veggies in the soil....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Argentinian beef Updated: 2009-09-26 01:00:10 Description: NPR's Juan Forero on the movement among some Argentinian beef farmers to turn to American-style feedlots. But purists aren't happy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: Net neutrality Updated: 2009-09-26 01:15:03 Description: Bill Thompson on the FCC's (the Federal Communications Commission in the US) attempts to maintain the internet as an open and neutral network....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Travelators Updated: 2009-09-26 01:30:24 Description: Is getting on a moving walkway or travelator any quicker than just walking the same distance? Seth Young did his Phd on them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Golf in China Updated: 2009-09-26 01:45:02 Description: Clifford Coonan's just been visiting the world's biggest golf club. Forget 18 holes, this place has over 200 of them!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dumpster diving: swimming in skips Updated: 2009-08-01 00:15:03 Description: In New York they're turning rubbish skips into swimming pools to beat the summer heat. Our correspondent Jon Kalish heads along for a dip....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chris Anderson: Free Updated: 2009-08-01 00:30:19 Description: Chris Anderson coined the term "the long tail" in a book a few years back. His new book "Free: the future of a radical price" is about how much we get for nothing in the digital age....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free internet in Taranaki? Updated: 2009-08-01 00:45:03 Description: Stratford in Taranaki is hoping to be the first New Zealand town to offer discounted internet access to rate-payers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fancy Fast Food Updated: 2009-08-01 01:00:09 Description: Erik Trinidad's transforming fast food into haute cuisine on his website. As his website says,"Yeah it's still bad for you- but see how good it can look"!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Italy: gondoliers and drinking laws Updated: 2009-08-01 01:15:04 Description: The male-dominated world of the gondolier's got its first ever woman gondoliera. Plus the country's traditionally relaxed alcohol laws are getting tightened up. Sophie Iacopini reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fresh: A Perishable History Updated: 2009-08-01 01:30:23 Description: Susanne Freidberg's written a book about how consumer conceptions of freshness have changed over the years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Expired Food Updated: 2009-08-01 02:00:08 Description: Andy Vermeulen is selling food after its best before date....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Orange juice Updated: 2009-08-08 00:15:04 Description: How OJ muscled its way onto our breakfast menus with author Alissa Hamilton. Plus we put 5 of New Zealand's top brands to the test to see if claims like"no added sugar"and"not from concentrate"really stack up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD NYC calorie counters Updated: 2009-08-08 01:00:07 Description: One year after New York introduced calorie counters on restaurant menus, people are saying they're seriously inaccurate and don't really change consumer behaviour. Sarah di Gregorio reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cheaper cellphone calls? Updated: 2009-08-08 01:15:04 Description: Peter Griffin's comparing the offers, pricing plans and handsets for new mobile phone provider, 2degrees. Is it worth switching from Vodafone, Telecom or Telstra Clear?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mead making Updated: 2009-08-08 01:30:07 Description: Leon Havill's been brewing this amber tipple made from honey for more than 40 years. We drop into his meadery in Rangiora....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Distracting ringtones Updated: 2009-08-08 02:00:09 Description: A new study that shows just how distracting the noise of a ringing cellphone can be. Jill Shelton's measured how well college students can recall information before, during and after the interruption....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Japan: hi tech toilets Updated: 2009-09-19 00:15:02 Description: David McNeill on the world's most hi tech lavatories and the agencies renting out actors to be the best man at your wedding....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuts: The macadamia Updated: 2009-09-19 00:30:21 Description: Nut queen Alison Sandle on macadamias. The toughest nut of all to crack and named after a Scot who died on his way here from Australia....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DIY veggie garden Updated: 2009-09-19 00:45:04 Description: We're transforming a grassy clay bank into the fertile crescent with Colin Walker's help...well that's the plan anyway!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swatting Flies Updated: 2009-09-19 01:15:03 Description: Michael Dickinson's an American scientist also known as the The Flyman who specialises in insect flight....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Internet telephony Updated: 2009-09-19 01:30:22 Description: Our technology correspondent Peter Griffin has ditched his telephone landline and now relies on the internet to make most of his calls. So how easy is it to make the switch and will it save you money?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eco-friendly cavemen? Updated: 2009-09-19 01:45:02 Description: NPR's Christopher Joyce with new archaeological evidence that our ancient hunter-gatherer ancestors weren't quite as eco-friendly as we might like to believe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drawing with your eyes Updated: 2009-09-19 02:00:10 Description: The Eyewriter's a new way for people with limited movement to write and draw. Zach Lieberman's involved in the project....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD History of Food Updated: 2009-09-12 00:15:02 Description: How did humans progress from being hunter-gatherers to farming and beyond? Tom Standage is the author of 'An Edible History of Humanity'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Norfolk Island Updated: 2009-09-12 01:00:10 Description: Tourism numbers are down on tiny Norfolk Island, located halfway between New Zealand and New Caledonia. Independent producer Jake Warga explores what's happening....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coconuts, jeans and supermarkets Updated: 2009-09-12 01:15:03 Description: Tinku Ray, our correspondent in Dehli on the lack of coconut harvesters in India, hire-purchase Levi's and how Indians are embracing the recent phenomenon of supermarkets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging for brassicaceae Updated: 2009-09-12 01:30:23 Description: Johanna Knox takes us out searching for brassicaceae, a relative of the radish and mustard plant....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beehaus Updated: 2009-09-12 01:45:02 Description: In the UK, bees are being promoted as pets for city dwellers. Johannes Paul on the 'Beehaus', specially designed for urban beekeeping....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD T-shirts Updated: 2009-09-12 02:00:10 Description: Miners wore them and the US Navy too. Hugo Lindgren of New York magazine on how the t-shirt moved from being an undergarment to becoming a fashion accessory....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD History of beards Updated: 2009-09-05 00:15:02 Description: Allan Peterkin is author of 'One Thousand Beards - a Cultural History of Facial Hair'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Laser hair removal Updated: 2009-09-05 00:45:03 Description: Save on shaving by having your facial hair removed by laser. Donna from Beaute of Kelburn aims and fires....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Netbook shopping Updated: 2009-09-05 00:45:03 Description: Shopping for mini-laptops with technology expert Peter Griffin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Edible Wellington map Updated: 2009-09-05 01:15:02 Description: Lisa Johnson of 42 Collective describes her user-driven map of edible free food on the streets of Wellington....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Salad study Updated: 2009-09-05 01:30:32 Description: A study has discovered oil and fat in salad dressings help the human body to absorb anti-oxidants. Wendy White is associate professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University and conducted the study....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Last Will and Testament Updated: 2009-09-05 01:45:03 Description: From online do-it-yourself wills to using the public trust or a lawyer, there are quite a few choices for us consumers - so which one should you go for? Richard Allen of law firm Tripe, Matthews and Feist explains the options....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ballhawking Updated: 2009-09-05 02:00:04 Description: Ballhawking is the practice of spectators catching balls at American baseball games with the possibility of selling them on afterwards. Ballhawk Nick Bohannon explains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Online antiquities Updated: 2009-08-29 00:30:00 Description: Effect of technology on the antiquities market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Glass markings Updated: 2009-08-29 00:15:03 Description: What do all those funny bumps, ridges and grooves at the bottom of glass jars and wine bottles mean? Glassmaker Mike Needham explains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: ereaders and Facebook Updated: 2009-08-29 01:00:10 Description: Bill Thompson on Sony's plan to link its eBook reader to public libraries in the US. Plus another row between Facebook's management and its user community....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Doormats Updated: 2009-08-29 01:15:03 Description: According to Canadian documentary maker Christy Garland 85 percent of the world's doormats get made in Kerala in India....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Menu pricing Updated: 2009-08-29 01:30:08 Description: Sherri Kimes is behind a new study showing that the way prices get displayed on restaurant menus has a major impact on how much we spend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Saab Updated: 2009-08-29 01:45:04 Description: The Swedish carmaker that first introduced the heated car seat, headrests and mass-produced turbo engines. Sam Knight's first car was a Saab....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dial4Light Updated: 2009-08-29 01:45:05 Description: Lena Grose lives in a small German village where residents control the street lighting with their mobile phones....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Frog legs festival Updated: 2009-08-22 00:15:09 Description: Jon Henley's just got back from France's largest frog festival run by the Vittel Brotherhood of Frog Thigh Tasters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cashew nuts Updated: 2009-08-22 00:30:09 Description: Alison Sandle on the very more-ish cashew nut. It's got its own self defense system and these days most of them come from Vietnam....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD GPS traffic updates Updated: 2009-08-22 00:45:07 Description: Geosmart's a new real time traffic alert system for in-car GPS. Not only does it help you get from A to B, this device works out your best route based on traffic flows and other hold ups. With Peter Griffin and Luigi Cappel....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vint Cerf Updated: 2009-08-22 01:15:05 Description: Vint Cerf's acknowledged as one of the fathers of the internet after inventing a way to send information over a network of computers more than 30 years ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hot waitress index Updated: 2009-08-22 01:45:06 Description: Hugo Lindgren's been looking at a few of the more weird and wonderful economic indicators out there... stuff like underpant sales and the attractiveness of the people waiting tables in restaurants and cafes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD German car alarms Updated: 2009-08-22 02:00:35 Description: Guido Huppertz is working on turning Germany's cars into an early warning system in case of emergency or natural disaster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging: Onion weed Updated: 2009-08-15 00:15:04 Description: We're foraging for more free food with Johanna Knox. This week, onion weed's a bit like a wild spring onion and good in dips, breads, marinades and Asian cooking....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD History of the zip Updated: 2009-08-15 00:30:20 Description: Zips are on everything nowadays. But the idea took about 40 years to get off the ground, two world wars got in the way, and tragedy struck one of its main inventors. Robert Friedel charts the history of the zipper....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hi-tech chocolate Updated: 2009-08-15 01:00:08 Description: We're off to San Francisco where Cyrus Farivar's visited a new producer using all sorts of hi-tech wizardry in the chocolate manufacturing process....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Non-melting chocolate Updated: 2009-08-15 01:00:12 Description: Gaby Tschofen of the Swiss chocolatier Barry Callebaut reckons they've cracked the secret of heat resistant, low calorie chocolate....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD World's biggest gambling den Updated: 2009-08-15 01:15:03 Description: The southern Chinese city of Macau makes more money from gambling than Las Vegas and Atlantic City combined! Clifford Coonan's seen some changes in the 20 years he's bene visiting....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: music downloading Updated: 2009-08-15 01:30:22 Description: Bill Thompson on a new UK study of music downloading and young people's listening habits. Plus the US employers facing lawsuits from"hyperconnected"workers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tracking your rubbish Updated: 2009-08-15 01:45:04 Description: Trash Track's the name of a project in the US that's using location tags to track the journey your rubbish takes after you leave it on the kerbside. Assaf Biderman of MIT's leading the project....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crustacean colourings Updated: 2009-08-15 02:00:19 Description: Dr Nick Wade's one of the Australian scientists who reckons they've solved the mystery of what makes crabs, prawns and lobsters change colour when you cook them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Human powered home Updated: 2009-07-25 00:15:04 Description: Rustling up a three course meal with a pedal-powered blender. Plus Tamara Dean, the author of the Human Powered Home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tour de France sponsorship Updated: 2009-07-25 00:45:06 Description: Ned Boulting's looking at some of the more unusual sponsors bankrolling the 96th Tour....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fingerprints Updated: 2009-07-25 01:00:10 Description: Did fingerprints develop as unique identifiers or just to help us grip? Roland Ennos of Manchester University studies them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hazelnuts Updated: 2009-07-25 01:15:04 Description: Alison Sandle says 75 percent of world hazelnut production comes from Turkey. But it was the Italians who turned them into a paste that's spread all over the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news Updated: 2009-07-25 01:30:28 Description: Bill Thompson with news of more disruption in the publishing world...web sites that store and share documents and books online. Sort of like You Tube for the printed word!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What cost fast internet? Updated: 2009-07-25 01:45:04 Description: Jerry Watkins is asking if we really need to spend billions on building high-speed fibre optic networks when more people are using mobiles and wireless devices to access the web?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD India: ID cards and cheap cars Updated: 2009-07-25 02:00:11 Description: Ambitious plans to introduce biometric ID card to India's 1.2 billion population. Also the first proud owner of the world's cheapest car- the Tata Nano- has just got his keys. Tinku Ray reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pie history Updated: 2009-07-18 00:15:03 Description: Australian pie historian Janet Clarkson on how the pie's gone from being an early oven dish, to a means of food preservation, to a favourite fast food. Plus how a Cambodian baker perfected his pie pastry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Password masking Updated: 2009-07-18 00:45:06 Description: Jakob Nielsen on the pointlessness of password masking. When you input your computer password why do we see round circles or asterisks instead of the letters or numbers you're typing?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Uncontacted Amazon tribes Updated: 2009-07-18 01:15:04 Description: The existence of uncontacted tribespeople is one of the major barriers to oil and gas exploration in the Amazon. Rory Carroll's been finding out if they exist or if they're just a myth perpetuated by the environmental lobby....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging: Sorrel Updated: 2009-07-18 01:30:25 Description: We're on the hunt for free food - this time wood sorrel - with our friendly forager Johanna Knox. You'll have walked past it hundreds of times, but this leaf is seriously delicious!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tour de France: rest days and radio bans Updated: 2009-07-18 01:45:04 Description: Ned Boulting on the route of the 96th Tour de France. This week, what do the riders do on their rest days, what do they eat, and how does radio communication get used in the race?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Product lives Updated: 2009-07-11 00:15:04 Description: Hamish Wilson of Consumer.org.nz's been researching how long stuff like TVs, washing machines and cell phones should last for. Plus Bill Bevan on the laws that protect you even after your warranty expires....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Diamond city Updated: 2009-07-11 00:45:06 Description: Antwerp, in Belgium, is the world capital of the diamond trade, turning over US$42 billion a year. Ian Traynor on how tougher economic times are hitting diamond sales and the city....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tour de France: Route master Updated: 2009-07-11 01:15:06 Description: Ned Boulting joins us to explain how the Tour de France's route gets chosen. And money makes the Tour go round!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gadget teardowns Updated: 2009-07-11 01:30:09 Description: Would you fly half way round the world, queue up for 24 hours, pay full price for the latest gadget then unwrap it and smash it open while filming yourself? Luke Soules of iFixit does!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eco washing machine Updated: 2009-07-11 01:45:04 Description: Bill Westwater of Xeros is developing a prototype washing machine that only uses a tiny fraction of the water and power needed for a traditional model....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: Google Chrome OS Updated: 2009-07-11 01:45:05 Description: Bill Thompson beams in and Google's launching its very own operating system at around the same time as Microsoft's Windows 7 and Apple's Snow Leopard come out later this year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cured: Bacon and Ham Updated: 2009-06-27 00:15:03 Description: We gauge water and meat contents with Belinda Allan of consumer.org.nz. Plus we make bacon the old fashioned way with Bill the butcher....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: Smart power meters Updated: 2009-06-27 00:45:06 Description: Bill Thompson on the next generation of power meters that can talk to the power companies as well as telling consumers how they're using energy. But just how smart will they be?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Japanese masculinity crisis Updated: 2009-06-27 01:15:04 Description: The new breed of Japanese man called"grass eaters". Plus South Korea's trying to build the perfect modern city in Songdo. David McNeill's been there....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Egg test: Caged or free range? Updated: 2009-06-27 01:30:22 Description: Dr Karyne Rogers has developed a scientific test to tell the difference between free range, organic and caged eggs. How the test works and what it means for shoppers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sahara solar power Updated: 2009-06-27 01:50:00 Description: A consortium of 20 German companies is pushing an $870 billion plan to use solar power from the Sahara Desert in North Africa to power Europe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tour de France preview Updated: 2009-07-04 00:15:03 Description: Ned Boulting joins us from the start line in Monaco to talk drug testing and the Lance Armstrong effect....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Competitive eating Updated: 2009-07-04 00:30:21 Description: The 4th of July is one of the most important dates in the calendar if you're a patriotic American, or a competitive eater. Writer Jason Fagone tells us why....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hot dog history Updated: 2009-07-04 00:45:06 Description: Hot dog historian Bruce Kraig charts the street food's migration from Europe to the US. Nowadays Americans chomp through about 20 billion hot dogs a year!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuts: Brazil nut Updated: 2009-07-04 01:15:06 Description: More Brazil nuts get exported from Bolivia than from Brazil. Alison Sandle on the nut that's sparked a bit of diplomatic tension over the years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Internet addresses Updated: 2009-07-04 01:30:24 Description: ICANN is the international not-for-profit organisation that looks after the way web addresses work. We talk to its outgoing CEO and President Paul Twomey about the challenges ahead....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Satay sauce Updated: 2009-07-04 01:45:03 Description: We're making peanut sauce Malaysian style with Rao Ramasamy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What credit card companies know Updated: 2009-06-13 00:15:04 Description: Charles Duhigg looks at the incredibly sophisticated techniques credit card providers use to find the best customers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Meccano collector Updated: 2009-06-13 00:30:12 Description: Charles Steadman's a Meccano collector who measures his collection in tons....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Italy: fizzy tap water and troubled tailors Updated: 2009-06-13 00:50:00 Description: Venice is adding some fizz to its tap-water to encourage people to drink it. Sophie Iacopini reports from Italy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Expired medicines Updated: 2009-06-13 01:15:03 Description: Can you use old pills and potions once they've expired and how should you get rid of them safely?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: the Pirate Party and Microsoft's Bing Updated: 2009-06-13 01:45:04 Description: Bill Thompson on the Swedish Pirate Party's success in the recent European elections. Plus Microsoft wants us to start binging and stop googling!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside the ATM Updated: 2009-06-20 00:15:03 Description: Experts Mark Prestwood and Phil Chant on the automated teller machine or ATM. How do they work and how have they changed since 1967?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bank cards: chip and pin Updated: 2009-06-20 00:45:05 Description: "Chip and pin"technology was meant to be appearing on all our bank and credit cards by early 2008. So why are most of us still waiting?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Periodic tables Updated: 2009-06-20 01:00:07 Description: Dr Fiona Barclay makes high-end periodic tables containing samples of the chemical elements. Where does she get her plutonium from?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging: Chickweed Updated: 2009-06-20 01:15:04 Description: Foraging queen Johanna Knox hunts for chickweed. You can make a pretty mean pesto out of it!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spanish drivers and shark-meat Updated: 2009-06-20 01:30:24 Description: Neil Stokes on the motorists earning merit points for good driving. Plus Spanish diners are eating shark without even knowing it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Buyer's guide to pressure cookers Updated: 2009-06-20 01:45:04 Description: The trusty old pressure cooker's enjoying a bit of a comeback. Libby Manley of Consumer.org.nz looks at the latest offerings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Haggling: how to pay less for more Updated: 2009-06-06 00:15:04 Description: Our guide on the best way to haggle. The simplest way to save money without changing your spending habits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Star anise and swine flu Updated: 2009-06-06 01:00:11 Description: NPR's Louisa Lim looks at how swine flu's leading to big price rises for the popular spice, star anise....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Venezuela: the people's mobile phone Updated: 2009-06-06 01:15:04 Description: Rory Carroll on the Vergatorio, one of the world's cheapest mobile phones. And why new cars rise in value after you buy them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Buyer's guide to sewing machines Updated: 2009-06-06 01:30:10 Description: Jessica Wilson of Consumer.org.nz with its buyer's guide to sewing machines....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Air-powered cars Updated: 2009-06-06 01:45:04 Description: A French auto engineer reckons he's developed a car that runs on compressed air. Alex Benady takes the Airpod for a test drive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Peanuts: crunchy or smooth? Updated: 2009-05-30 00:15:04 Description: Peanut history with Andy Smith. Plus peanut butter- bait of choice for possums and rats. And crunchy or smooth? The chimps decide....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Restaurant of the Future: scoffing for science Updated: 2009-05-30 01:00:10 Description: NPR's Frank Browning grabs a table at the Restaurant of the Future in the Netherlands. Every diner's part of a scientific experiment!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foraging: puha and dandelions Updated: 2009-05-30 01:15:04 Description: Street vendors selling hot dogs and coffee are part of the scenery in New York. But with loads of illegal food carts, Sarah di Gregorio says the city's cracking down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Food carts: Street food New York style Updated: 2009-05-30 01:30:06 Description: Street vendors selling hot dogs and coffee are part of the scenery in New York. But with loads of illegal food carts, Sarah di Gregorio says the city's cracking down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech news: Vodafone's Twitter blunder Updated: 2009-05-30 01:45:03 Description: Bill Thompson with the latest technology news. Vodafone looks a twit on Twitter and Microsoft's software deal with the NZ government could be turning to custard....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: the science of pleasure Updated: 2009-05-23 00:15:04 Description: Paul Martin's been looking at humankind's hedonistic tendencies. So why does some people's fun come by the chunk?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Old school advertising: Bill-sticking Updated: 2009-05-23 00:30:21 Description: We grab some glue and a brush and go bill-sticking with Jamie Holloway....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free food: foraging in Scotland Updated: 2009-05-23 00:45:07 Description: Dr Alison Dyke's working on a Scottish foraging code of practice, where found food is worth up to 55 million dollars a year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nuts: The Walnut Updated: 2009-05-23 01:15:04 Description: Our nut lady Alison Sandle drops in with a bag of walnuts. Do they grow near walls or only on top of Afghan biscuits?!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech time: Telecom's new XT mobile phone network Updated: 2009-05-23 01:30:22 Description: Peter Griffin on the new network launching this Friday. Flash handsets and new calling plans but will this mean cheaper calls and better service?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The rebirth of Lego Updated: 2009-05-23 01:45:04 Description: 5 years ago Lego was heading down the tubes. Jon Henley's been looking at how it turned the business around....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Consumer protection in Tokyo Updated: 2009-05-15 01:10:00 Description: New laws to protect shoppers by keeping transvestites, buskers and manga fans off the streets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech time - Google's TV ads, browser wars and Windows 7 Updated: 2009-05-16 00:15:04 Description: Google's first ever TV adverts. Why now? Plus Bill Thompson's had a play with Windows 7, Microsoft's latest operating system....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A buyer's guide to heat pumps Updated: 2009-05-16 00:30:09 Description: Winter's here so we crank up the heat with Hamish Wilson of Consumer.org.nz's buyers' guide to heat pumps....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rwanda's pro cycling team pedals for Olympic gold Updated: 2009-05-16 00:45:05 Description: Team Rwanda is pedalling for the podium at the 2012 London Olympics. The Observer's Steve Bloomfield reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Why most pharmacies stay independently owned Updated: 2009-05-16 01:00:08 Description: We drop into a local pharmacy with retail analyst Martin Craig. About 75 percent of them remain independently owned....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bagels - boiled, baked and bendy Updated: 2009-05-16 01:30:09 Description: Foodie Maria Balinska's been researching the bagel's surprising history including the big question.... who put the hole in it?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Industrial tourism, factory visit anyone? Updated: 2009-05-16 01:45:04 Description: Professor John Lennon says industrial tourism is big business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inventions - cheque books, credit cards and cash registers Updated: 2009-05-16 02:00:08 Description: Inventions guru David Ellyard with some money and commerce-related inventions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Intro:what's coming up Updated: 2009-05-09 00:15:03 Description: Decisions, dog food, donkey pong, drug subs and ghetto-blasters this week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Writer Jonah Lehrer on"How We Decide" Updated: 2009-05-09 00:15:04 Description: Jonah Lehrer's written a book on the internal battle between pleasure and pain called"How We Decide"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Backyard Bee Team: wasps in the hive Updated: 2009-05-09 00:45:04 Description: Commercial beekeeper Frank Lindsay pops in to see if wasps are stealing honey out the hive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Can you tell dog food from pate? Updated: 2009-05-09 00:45:04 Description: Robin Goldstein of the Blind Taste blog on a fiendish test involving meat-based products....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Donkey Pong: smells in computer games Updated: 2009-05-09 01:00:07 Description: Computer scientist Professor Bob Stone is using smells to make video games even more realistic....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drug smuggling submarines Updated: 2009-05-09 01:15:03 Description: Smugglers are using homemade submarines to get cocaine from Columbia to Mexico. David Kushner has a ride in one....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The boombox: dancing in the streets Updated: 2009-05-09 01:30:10 Description: NPR's Frannie Kelley on the history of the boombox aka the ghettoblaster....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Noise-cancelling earphones: keeping noise at bay? Updated: 2009-05-09 01:45:04 Description: Tristan Clark of Consumer.org.nz puts noise-cancelling earbuds to the test....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Designing T-shirts using crowdsourcing Updated: 2009-05-09 02:00:11 Description: Glenn Jones is using his customers' know-how to sell his T-shirts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Testing times Updated: 2009-05-02 00:15:05 Description: Baked, crushed, dropped and frozen...Dan Simmons goes inside a secret mobile phone testing lab....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chestnuts Updated: 2009-05-02 00:30:11 Description: A key energy source for Romans, with nothing at all to do with the game of conkers! Alison Sandle sells chestnuts for a living....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sounds random Updated: 2009-05-02 00:45:05 Description: 22 different hiccups and a crying giant salamander. NPR's Louisa Lim pokes around the sound archive with a difference....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bee deaths Updated: 2009-05-02 01:00:07 Description: Spanish scientists think they might have found a cure to colony collapse disorder. Dennis van Engelsdorp weighs up the evidence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Digital TV Updated: 2009-05-02 01:15:04 Description: Peter Griffin decodes the latest digital TV offerings. So what to choose? Freeview, My Sky or Tivo?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slice of history Updated: 2009-05-02 01:45:04 Description: Pizza was a cheap and easy food for the poor that's now conquered the world. Carol Helstosky's written a book about its history....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Charity collectors Updated: 2009-04-18 00:15:00 Description: Jessica Wilson of Consumer.org.nz on the on-street collectors packing clipboards and hoping to sign you up for the long term....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robobusiness Updated: 2009-04-18 01:45:00 Description: Tech journo Peter Nowak's just been at one of the big events in the robot industry calendar in Boston....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tofu-tastic Updated: 2009-04-25 00:15:04 Description: We curdle some soy milk and make tofu using a 2000 year old recipe with Ruth McLean....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Japanese whisky Updated: 2009-04-25 00:45:05 Description: Japan's two biggest whisky distillers Nikka and Suntory are beating the Scots at their own game. Justin McCurry reports....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kinkajou Updated: 2009-04-25 01:00:06 Description: The low-cost classroom projector developed by Timothy Prestero is helping thousands to read and write in Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2009-04-25 01:15:04 Description: Bill Thompson on some twists and turns after the Pirate Bay verdict, and the race to design a safer mobile phone....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Havana shop Updated: 2009-04-25 01:30:07 Description: We visit the world's highest golf course in Bolivia with Rory Carroll and shopping in Cuba could be about to get a lot easier....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robobusiness Updated: 2009-04-25 01:45:04 Description: Tech journo Peter Nowak's just been at one of the big events in the robot industry calendar in Boston....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pedi-sedate Updated: 2009-04-25 02:00:07 Description: Dr Geoff Hart's developed a clever way to calm kids down before surgery....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Viewmaster Updated: 2009-04-18 00:30:07 Description: The binocular-style viewer giving us a view of the world for 70 years. Games correspondent Tim Walsh had one!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2009-04-18 00:45:06 Description: Peter Griffin's been using the on-line energy retailer Powershop. Plus Telecom's new mobile network launches on 1 June....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Time-banking Updated: 2009-04-18 01:15:06 Description: Founder Edgar Cahn on the cashless community work exchange and New Zealand's first and only time-bank in Lyttleton....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bees- varroa treatment Updated: 2009-04-18 01:30:08 Description: Bee mentor David Carleton sorts out the hive for winter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ten-pin bowling Updated: 2009-04-11 00:15:03 Description: Higher scores as new technology makes it easier to get a strike. Jason Belmonte is rising to the top by bowling with two hands....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD German games Updated: 2009-04-11 01:00:05 Description: Andrew Curry on the German board game 'The Settlers of Catan', the most popular board game in the US since Risk....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2009-04-11 01:15:04 Description: Technology correspondent Bill Thompson looks at the Australian and NZ government plans to build high-speed internet networks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Books by the foot Updated: 2009-04-11 01:30:12 Description: Chuck Roberts sells books as wall furnishings to everyone from interior designers and law firms to the seriously rich....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD App chap Updated: 2009-04-11 01:45:03 Description: Christchurch software developer Guy Horrocks makes a living designing add-on's and widgets for Apple's iPhone....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hair Loss Updated: 2009-04-03 23:15:03 Description: Michael Behar on the latest technologies being used to fight hair loss, everything from in vitro hair cloning to hair farms....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wasabi Updated: 2009-04-04 00:00:06 Description: We meet Fenton Wood, an ex-policeman growing real wasabi in the South Island....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Google secrets Updated: 2009-04-04 00:15:03 Description: Writer Jeff Jarvis is trying to get people and businesses asking themselves"What would Google do?"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Smart speed bumps Updated: 2009-04-04 00:45:04 Description: British inventor Peter Hughes is using cars, buses and trucks to generate electricity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tent cities Updated: 2009-04-04 00:45:05 Description: Paul Thompson on the tent cities springing up in California to house the victims of the credit crunch....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pyramid schemes Updated: 2009-04-04 01:00:09 Description: Louisa Lim on the Chinese government moves to crack down on pyramid schemes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Underground economy Updated: 2009-03-27 23:15:05 Description: Anna Fifield visits the secret network of underground tunnels in Gaza, bringing everything from nappies to cars in....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In-car GPS Updated: 2009-03-27 23:30:21 Description: We test out the latest car navigation gadgets with Hamish Wilson from Consumer.org.nz....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hacky Sack Updated: 2009-03-27 23:45:05 Description: Tim Walsh on the Hacky Sack phenomenon. At least 25 million of these filled crocheted bags have been sold since the 1970s....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Typewriter repair Updated: 2009-03-28 00:00:08 Description: NPR's Susan Stamberg visits a typewriter repair shop in the unlikely location of California's Silicon Valley....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pancakes and pikelets Updated: 2009-03-28 00:15:04 Description: We flip pancakes with food writer Ken Albala, and Helen Leach of Otago University chats about the origins of the pikelet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A taste of honey Updated: 2009-03-28 00:30:16 Description: Maureen Maxwell knows her manuka from her mono-florals. She tastes honey for a living....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Radio gaga Updated: 2009-03-28 01:00:11 Description: Inventions buff David Ellyard on the radio, the electro-magnetic wave that changed the world forever....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD HDMI cables Updated: 2009-03-20 23:15:05 Description: 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?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Service Stations Updated: 2009-03-20 23:30:17 Description: We hit the forecourt with retail analyst Martin Craig. Three-quarters of service stations' profits have nothing to do with petrol sales!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Electric cars Updated: 2009-03-20 23:30:18 Description: The big auto-makers are trying to find a workable battery to power the electric car. NPR's Frank Langfitt investigates....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Instant recharge Updated: 2009-03-20 23:45:07 Description: Dr Gerbrand Ceder of MIT's developed a battery that can recharge in a few seconds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Foie gras Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:08 Description: 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....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD KenKen Updated: 2009-03-21 00:15:04 Description: Puzzle pundit Matt Gaffney on KenKen, the latest number puzzle trying to rival Sudoku....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Numerati Updated: 2009-03-21 00:30:19 Description: Stephen Baker's book"The Numerati"is about the maths and marketing wizards dissecting our digital data trails....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Noisy Toys Updated: 2009-03-21 01:00:08 Description: The toys that could be doing permanent damage to little ears....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gold farming Updated: 2009-03-13 23:15:05 Description: Professor Richard Heeks on the 400,000 mainly Asian workers making billions of real dollars playing online games....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rates of return Updated: 2009-03-13 23:30:14 Description: Bernard Hickey from interest.co.nz looks at how to get decent returns in the face of falling interest rates....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech time Updated: 2009-03-13 23:45:06 Description: Bill Thompson on the Guardian's initiative to make all its content available for free....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Honey extraction Updated: 2009-03-14 00:15:05 Description: We drop in on commercial beekeeper Frank Lindsay to see how honey gets extracted from the hive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hamburger history Updated: 2009-03-14 00:45:05 Description: The burger's the cheap portable meal for factory workers that morphed into a food unit that's conquered the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Shift valley Updated: 2009-03-06 23:15:05 Description: Xan Rice on attempts to get the first black cyclist into the Tour de France....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free photos Updated: 2009-03-06 23:30:07 Description: The Commons on Flickr's opening up some of the world's best photo archives, copyright free and for nothing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD TiVo TV Updated: 2009-03-06 23:45:06 Description: Peter Griffin on reports that TVNZ's buying a stake in TiVo, the pioneers of the hard drive TV recorder....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gearing up Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:09 Description: Ian Austen's looked at how a new automatic gearshift for bicycles is performing at the Tour of California....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Velib vandals Updated: 2009-03-07 00:15:05 Description: Problems in Paris with its cheap bicycle rental scheme and Charles Bremner on Citroen's plans to relaunch its legendary DS....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Crosswords Updated: 2009-03-07 00:30:07 Description: We're talking to crossword setter, historian, and teacher Michelle Arnot on the world's most popular word game....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sweetcorn Updated: 2009-03-07 01:00:10 Description: Mike Morley-Bunker's back with sweetcorn history and buying tips....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Powershop Updated: 2009-02-20 23:15:05 Description: It calls itself the first online energy shop. But will it save you money?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pimped out Updated: 2009-02-20 23:30:07 Description: The seaside suburb of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro's gone downhill since its heyday in the 1970's....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toy stories Updated: 2009-02-21 00:00:11 Description: Tim Walsh beams in with the latest from the massive American International Toy Fair in New York City....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Private robots Updated: 2009-02-21 00:15:05 Description: A walking, talking domestic servant has been promised to consumers for years. So why am I still cleaning my own toilet?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toxic tutu Updated: 2009-02-21 00:30:07 Description: How to avoid producing toxic honey tainted with tutin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Whitcoulls Updated: 2009-02-21 01:00:07 Description: Noel Waite's just written a history of New Zealand's oldest bookselling chain, Whitcoulls....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dubai downer Updated: 2009-02-27 23:15:04 Description: Paul Lewis of the Guardian on boom and bust in Dubai....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beehive check Updated: 2009-02-27 23:30:20 Description: After recent disasters affecting the backyard bee team are we ever going to get any honey?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Military robots Updated: 2009-02-27 23:45:06 Description: Dr Patrick Lin's reporting to the US Navy on creating ethical systems for the world's growing army of military robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Type talk Updated: 2009-02-28 00:15:05 Description: Typographer Bruno Maag on what fonts and lettering tell us about some of New Zealand's biggest brands....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jumbo Jet Updated: 2009-02-28 00:30:13 Description: The Boeing 747 is 40 years old. Aviation consultant John Strickland on how it's changed air travel for ever....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Updated: 2009-02-28 00:45:04 Description: Technology correspondent Bill Thompson dissects Twitter. Banal noise or a valuable form of digital communication?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sick bees Updated: 2009-02-13 23:50:00 Description: Rowan Jacobsen on colony collapse disorder. It's killing billions of the world's honeybees but nobody really knows why....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yoyo Updated: 2009-02-13 23:15:03 Description: The yoyo's been around for more than 2,000 years and is one of the world's most enduring and popular toys....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kindling Updated: 2009-02-13 23:45:04 Description: Bill Thompson on Amazon's latest ebook reader, the Kindle 2, which gets released later this month....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tango tussle Updated: 2009-02-14 00:00:06 Description: For over a century Uruguay and Argentina have been quarreling over who invented tango. But now a truce is in sight....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blooming business Updated: 2009-02-14 00:45:04 Description: Amy Stewart on the importance of Valentine's Day to the global flower industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sick bees Updated: 2009-02-14 00:45:05 Description: Amy Stewart on the importance of Valentine's Day to the global flower industry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Furniture shopping Updated: 2009-02-14 01:00:09 Description: Retail writer Martin Craig on how stuff like stock levels and exchange rate fluctuations can translate into savings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bees- new queen Updated: 2009-02-06 23:15:00 Description: We're having some issues in the hive, getting through more queens than Henry VIII!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making a spectacle Updated: 2009-02-06 23:30:13 Description: The invention of glasses. Once upon a time some bright spark stuck two lenses in a wire frame!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Zippo lighters Updated: 2009-02-06 23:45:04 Description: We're off to the Zippo factory in Pennsylvania where the famous lighters have been made for over 70 years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tech time Updated: 2009-02-07 00:00:07 Description: Peter Griffin on how the controversial section 92A of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 is going to work....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Kayaks Updated: 2009-02-07 00:15:05 Description: A buyer's guide on what to look out for if you're on the hunt for a kayak....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Big Apple bees Updated: 2009-02-07 00:30:13 Description: David Graves is an urban beekeeper in New York with 14 hives dotted around Manhattan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Salad wars Updated: 2009-02-07 00:45:05 Description: There's a big argument in Mexico over who invented the famous Caesar salad....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lending library Updated: 2009-02-07 01:00:09 Description: LendAround opens up your film collection to other people in your social network....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Break fees Updated: 2009-01-30 23:15:04 Description: If you're stuck on a high fixed mortgage rate and facing a hefty break fee is there anything you can do about it?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Obamaland Updated: 2009-01-30 23:45:04 Description: The small village where President Barack Obama's dad is from is becoming a major tourist attraction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:06 Description: Bill Thompson on Wikipedia's editorial changes and the Conficker worm affecting about 15 million computers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cheap specs Updated: 2009-01-31 00:15:03 Description: Inventor Joshua Silver wants to put his self-adjusting glasses on one billion noses over the next 12 years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Italian job Updated: 2009-01-31 00:30:10 Description: The 60th birthday of Piaggio's 3-wheeler, the Ape. Plus the Mafia's using Facebook....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bees - Trouble in the hive Updated: 2009-01-31 00:45:03 Description: The queen bee's gone AWOL and taken thousands of workers with her!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Broad beans Updated: 2009-01-31 01:00:09 Description: The summery veggie enjoyed by Hannibal Lector....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toilet history Updated: 2008-12-12 23:15:04 Description: We speak to author Rose George about her toilet themed book 'The Big Necessity'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toilet shopping Updated: 2008-12-12 23:30:20 Description: Sit down and relax for the This Way Up guide to buying a toilet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sit or squat? Updated: 2008-12-12 23:45:05 Description: A new website sitorsquat.com locates and rates public toilets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2008-12-12 23:45:06 Description: Peter Griffin looks at the big technology hitters in 2008....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 7 - Check-up Updated: 2008-12-13 00:15:00 Description: We check up on the new swarm and see how the bees are getting along with each other....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bumble bee vs. honey bee Updated: 2008-12-13 00:30:14 Description: Dr Nigel Raine speaks about the differences between honey bees and bumble bees and the navigational systems they use....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beetroot Updated: 2008-12-13 00:45:00 Description: Resident vegetable expert Mike Morley-Bunker profiles the purple legend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beirut calling Updated: 2008-12-13 00:45:04 Description: Anna Fifield on new software, scarves and giant potatoes in the Lebanon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gone crackers Updated: 2008-12-19 23:15:04 Description: Doctor Elizabeth Runton from the University of Las Salinas on her controversial research into the Christmas cracker....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 8 - pre-Christmas visit Updated: 2008-12-19 23:30:14 Description: The Backyard Bee team checks in with the hive before the Christmas break....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Catalan Christmas Updated: 2008-12-19 23:45:06 Description: Spanish correspondent Neil Stokes on solar graveyards and the strange Catalan Christmas tradition of the Caganer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Santa tourism Updated: 2008-12-20 00:00:08 Description: Professor C. Michael Hall from Canterbury University on Santa Claus tourism....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mountain biking in New Zealand Updated: 2008-12-20 00:00:10 Description: Simon Kennett, author of Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides hits some bike trails with Simon Morton....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curry history Updated: 2008-12-20 00:15:05 Description: David Burnett co-writer of 'The Road to Vindaloo: Curry Cooks and Curry Books' discusses the origins of curry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curry house Updated: 2008-12-20 00:30:17 Description: Rakesh Tailor runs an Indian restaurant in Wellington and reveals the spiciest curries available....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2008-12-20 00:45:04 Description: Bill Thompson previews what's in store for technology in 2009....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curry lab Updated: 2008-12-20 00:45:05 Description: Suzi Penny from the Institute of Food Nutrition and Human Health at Massey University tests a physiological reaction to curry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Episode 6 - Merging the swarm Updated: 2008-12-05 23:15:04 Description: We move the bees into the hive we've built and painted and meet the new queen....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bicycle business Updated: 2008-12-05 23:45:05 Description: The invention of the bicycle and we speak to bamboo bike designer Craig Calfee....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes with Bill Thompson Updated: 2008-12-06 00:15:04 Description: We wish a Happy 40th Birthday to the computer mouse, a look at Google Streetview and bloggers in China....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Extended warranties - are they worth it? Updated: 2008-12-06 00:15:05 Description: A panel chat on extended warranties and a new survey by an Australian consumer group....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bee Swarm Updated: 2008-11-14 23:15:05 Description: We recruit a swarm of bees to join the back-yard bee hive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leftover lovers Updated: 2008-11-14 23:30:05 Description: How long should that leftover rice and lasagne last in your fridge? And we excavate a workplace fridge with a microbiologist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Laptops Updated: 2008-11-15 00:15:04 Description: Our buyers' guide to laptop computers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gang warfare Updated: 2008-11-15 00:30:06 Description: In a legal first, citizens are using the courts to try and evict the yakuza from their city....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Toy stories Updated: 2008-11-15 00:45:04 Description: We're off to a toy swapmeet to meet some avid collectors. These guys will do anything for the perfect collection!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Roadkill Updated: 2008-11-21 23:15:04 Description: We meet a bloke who's been counting roadkill for more than 50 years. Everything from possums to hedgehogs...even fish!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hedgehogs Updated: 2008-11-21 23:30:06 Description: UK-based hedgehog fan Hugh Warwick loves these prickly wee beasts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2008-11-22 00:00:08 Description: Bill Thompson with the latest tech news and Google reckons it can predict the next flu epidemic before you even go to the doctor!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building a hive Updated: 2008-11-22 00:15:04 Description: There's nowhere for the backyard bees to stay yet so we heat up some wax to build a hive for them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tonka toys Updated: 2008-11-22 00:30:06 Description: Tonka's one of the biggest vehicle-maker's in the world, selling over 250 million trucks and cars in their trademark yellow....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fridge-freezers Updated: 2008-11-22 00:45:04 Description: We're off to the shops to look at the latest fridge-freezers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD All-seeing eyes Updated: 2008-11-22 01:00:08 Description: The US military is finding new ways to spy on people when they're indoors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Moving into the hive Updated: 2008-11-28 23:15:04 Description: We move the bees into the hive we've built and painted and meet the new queen....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oil cops Updated: 2008-11-28 23:30:09 Description: The Italian police squad on the hunt for fake olive oil. Plus a way for advertisers to get around a ban on ads in Venice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New inventions Updated: 2008-11-28 23:45:05 Description: Justin Mullins on a way to commute to work involving wings and water plus recharging batteries just by nodding your head....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rum story Updated: 2008-11-29 00:15:04 Description: Author Tom Gjelten and his book 'Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba' (Viking)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Digital New Zealand Updated: 2008-11-29 01:00:07 Description: A new website offering free digital content - everything from film footage of an early surfing competition to native birds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free Bees Updated: 2008-11-07 23:15:04 Description: Meet our bee team for the first time, and This Way Up's bee mentor visits Simon's place for a site inspection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Smashing Time Updated: 2008-11-07 23:45:06 Description: We're off to Sarah's Smash Shack for some stress relief US-style....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fatty Diet Updated: 2008-11-07 23:45:07 Description: We talk cholesterol with Professor Rod Jackson (University of Auckland) and Professor Peter Jones (University of Manitoba)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-11-08 00:15:04 Description: Tech news with Bill Thompson. This week, the Australian government's controversial plans to filter the internet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD End of Food Updated: 2008-11-08 00:30:11 Description: Writer Paul Roberts reckons something's seriously wrong with modern methods of food production....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mexico Ditty Updated: 2008-11-08 01:00:09 Description: We're off to Mexico where your local pharmacy can get you just about any pill you want....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Intro Updated: 2008-10-31 23:15:04 Description: What we've got coming up in the show this week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Smoke Alarms Updated: 2008-10-31 23:15:05 Description: New research shows smoke alarms would be 7 times more likely to wake people up if they sounded different....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Bee Team Updated: 2008-10-31 23:30:14 Description: We're setting up a bee hive next to the Funky Chicken Farm....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vertical Farms Updated: 2008-10-31 23:45:04 Description: Dr. Dickson Despommier of Columbia University reckons multi-storey farming could be the answer to the world's food woes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rubber Bands Updated: 2008-11-01 00:15:05 Description: Without rubber we wouldn't have tyres, condoms, balloons, and loads of other stuff. And we head to a rubber band factory....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-11-01 00:45:03 Description: Peter Griffin on the new mobile phone service called Black + White, Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system and Google books....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stoned Age Updated: 2008-11-01 01:00:06 Description: Archaeologists working on a small Caribbean island have found ancient ceramic bowls used to inhale hallucinogens....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Inside Economics Updated: 2008-10-24 23:15:04 Description: The latest prison currency in US jails. Not cigarettes or books of stamps...mackerel fillets in a pouch!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Engaged Tone Updated: 2008-10-24 23:30:05 Description: A Canadian company reckons it can bypass all those irritating phone menus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-10-24 23:45:04 Description: Smartphones are shaking up the mobile market, dirty tech tricks at election time, and the US military's mining networking sites....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Word of Mouth Updated: 2008-10-25 00:00:07 Description: The advertising agency that can call on an army of 400,000 people to promote people's products....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hungry Cities Updated: 2008-10-25 00:15:04 Description: Carolyn Steel on how the challenges of producing and transporting food has shaped our urban areas....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Grub Street Updated: 2008-10-25 00:45:04 Description: We meet some of the traders and shoppers at a modern-day food market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Good Guide Updated: 2008-10-10 23:15:04 Description: The website rating more than 60,000 products on how safe, healthy and green they are....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-10-10 23:45:04 Description: The latest proposed European laws to make all electronics manufacturers put replaceable batteries in their products....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sporting Life Updated: 2008-10-11 00:00:07 Description: Why golf balls have dimples. Also do sex bans before competition help or hinder sporting performance?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Loaded Lyrics Updated: 2008-10-11 00:15:04 Description: Product placement's been going on in films and TV shows for ages. Now people are paying to get brand names mentioned in songs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On Your Bike Updated: 2008-10-11 00:30:05 Description: In Oakland, customised, pimped-out bicycles called"scraper bikes"are the latest craze....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fishy Business Updated: 2008-10-11 00:30:07 Description: Catch numbers and trout sizes are down at Lake Taupo, an area which sells itself as the trout-fishing capital of the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pesto Updated: 2008-10-11 00:45:04 Description: We meet a guy who grows basil in Fiji, flies it here, then grinds it up to make 4 tonnes of pesto every week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stat Attack Updated: 2008-10-17 23:15:04 Description: Shopping with a statistician who works out what we're buying and how prices are changing over the years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Landfill Mining Updated: 2008-10-17 23:30:05 Description: After stuffing all our rubbish into landfills for years, mining these old tombs of waste could be the way forward....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Free Feed Updated: 2008-10-17 23:45:05 Description: We go foraging for free food. Onion weed fritter with fennel and puha anyone?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Food Fight Updated: 2008-10-17 23:45:06 Description: Hummus wars in the Middle East. Israel and Lebanon are squabbling over who invented this and other delicacies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-10-18 00:30:05 Description: Claims that New Zealanders are heavily involved in the world's email spamming industry and reaction to Telecom's 3G upgrade....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Doggy DNA Updated: 2008-10-18 00:45:04 Description: From giant Great Danes to tiny Chihuahuas, dogs are one of the few animal species with vastly differing sizes. But why?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dog Tucker Updated: 2008-10-18 00:45:05 Description: With all those dog rolls, tins and biscuits in the shops how can you be sure that your pooch is enjoying a good diet?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The H-End Updated: 2008-08-09 00:15:05 Description: What should you do when your hens stop laying? How to phase out"non-productive units"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Juicy Fruits Updated: 2008-08-09 00:45:06 Description: Fruit hunter Adam Gollner's spent 10 years tracking down and tasting the world's most exotic fruits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Well-Dying Updated: 2008-08-09 01:15:05 Description: 50,000 people have paid to go to their own funerals in Korea. It's meant to make you value your life more....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-08-09 01:30:06 Description: Our technology correspondent Peter Griffin's in to chat about Google Street View....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Offbeat Olympics Updated: 2008-08-09 02:00:10 Description: Nicholas Hobbes answers some Olympics-related sporting conundrums. Like can one swimming pool really be quicker than any other?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Taste Drive Updated: 2008-08-16 00:15:04 Description: The miracle fruit's the psychedelic for the taste buds that turns sour things sweet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Qat Call Updated: 2008-08-16 00:30:06 Description: The amphetamine-like stimulant's a big part of Yemeni social life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Run for your life Updated: 2008-08-16 00:45:07 Description: New research shows that running regularly halves your chances of dying prematurely....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blowing Bubbles Updated: 2008-08-16 01:00:11 Description: Nowadays champagne's a treat but for a long time bubbly wine was a no-no....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Getting Snippy Updated: 2008-08-16 01:15:05 Description: On the rounds with a professional scissor sharpener....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2008-08-16 01:45:04 Description: Technology correspondent Bill Thompson on that scourge of the modern age- the computer password!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Taking a Leek Updated: 2008-08-16 02:00:13 Description: The emblem of Welshness that warriors used to wear into battle....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Japan News Updated: 2008-08-23 00:15:04 Description: The Japanese are drinking less sake and tuna fish are getting acupuncture to make them taste better....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dirty Movies Updated: 2008-08-23 00:30:10 Description: Tape mould could be growing on your prized family videos. So what can you do about it?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sun Spots Updated: 2008-08-23 01:00:10 Description: How to get energy out of hot asphalt pavements and car parking spaces....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-08-23 01:15:04 Description: Peter Griffin on Google's new operating system, new iPhone pricing, and the launch of the latest on-line game, SPORE....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Going For Gold Updated: 2008-08-23 01:30:12 Description: Why Olympic gold medals in Beijing are worth three times what they were in Athens....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Etch-a-Sketch Updated: 2008-08-23 01:45:04 Description: The drawing toy invented by a French mechanic that's been called the world's first laptop....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chili Out Updated: 2008-08-30 00:15:04 Description: Dr Paul Bosland's the director of New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Busy Signal Updated: 2008-08-30 00:45:06 Description: Using mobile phone signals to show you where's busy and where's not. Plus technology news with Bill Thompson....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Leader of the Pack Updated: 2008-08-30 01:15:03 Description: We meet a canine behaviour specialist and a few mischievous mutts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dot NZ Updated: 2008-08-30 01:30:05 Description: Keith Newman's written the definitive history of the internet in New Zealand....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spanish Switch-Off Updated: 2008-08-30 02:00:07 Description: The Spanish government's pulling out all the stops to reduce energy use....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What a Corker Updated: 2008-09-06 00:15:04 Description: We're at a re-corking clinic checking out if vintage reds have turned to vinegar....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-09-06 00:45:06 Description: We play around with Chrome, Google's new internet browser, and TelstraClear's move into the mobile phone market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Catch Your Weka Updated: 2008-09-06 01:15:04 Description: David Veart's been studying 150 years of the country's recipes and cookbooks. So what can they tell us about our changing ways?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Carrot Updated: 2008-09-06 01:45:04 Description: The vegetable the Dutch turned orange and which almost certainly led to the fall of Troy (maybe)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Computer recycling Updated: 2008-09-13 00:15:04 Description: How to get rid of those old computers and screens sitting around at home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jumbo hostel Updated: 2008-09-13 01:00:10 Description: The Swedish man who's turning an old Jumbo jet into a hotel....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New York times Updated: 2008-09-13 01:15:04 Description: Two American schoolgirls have been DNA-testing the sushi in New York restaurants. There's something fishy going on!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Google Box Updated: 2008-09-13 01:30:13 Description: It's indexed the world now it's shooting for the stars...Google's getting into the satellite business....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New inventions Updated: 2008-09-13 01:45:04 Description: Justin Mullins of New Scientist on exo-skeletons for senior citizens, face-lift cream, exercising in bed and baldness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drive time Updated: 2008-09-20 00:15:04 Description: How to protect the personal info on your hard drive when you get rid of your old computer....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Skyscrapers Updated: 2008-09-20 00:30:05 Description: High-rise buildings wouldn't have got off the ground if it wasn't for inventions like concrete and elevators....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Biltong Updated: 2008-09-20 00:45:06 Description: Air-drying meat South African style....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dolly Mixture Updated: 2008-09-20 01:15:04 Description: We meet some collectors, doll-makers and judges at a doll show, and the history of the Cabbage Patch Kids....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Porky Profits Updated: 2008-09-20 02:00:10 Description: Foreign investors are buying up hundreds of pig farms in China, and the Christmas tree maker that's taking on Hollywood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slimming Stripes? Updated: 2008-09-27 00:15:03 Description: Look 6 percent smaller without diets or exercise. Just wear a few stripes. But do you go vertical or horizontal?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-09-27 00:30:05 Description: Bill Thompson on Google's new cellphone, Sony's music service for mobiles and a town in Russia has fun with Google Maps....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Big Meals Updated: 2008-09-27 00:45:07 Description: We're off to the world's biggest restaurant in Syria with space for 6000 people in one sitting....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scamorama Updated: 2008-09-27 01:00:07 Description: Eve Edelson's studied the very organised business of email scams. It's not just a few random guys in a Nigerian internet cafe!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fertiliser Fees Updated: 2008-09-27 01:15:04 Description: Fertiliser prices have gone up more than oil or any other commodity in the past 18 months. But why?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Desexing Dogs Updated: 2008-09-27 01:30:12 Description: We head to the vets to see what's involved in getting your dog neutered....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beer Genetics Updated: 2008-09-27 01:45:04 Description: Scientists have been DNA-testing lager to find out what yeasts are involved and where they come from....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Matchbox Cars Updated: 2008-10-03 23:15:03 Description: The history of the sturdy die-cast models that featured in many a post-war childhood....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cartoon Caper Updated: 2008-10-03 23:45:07 Description: A Japanese cartoon character's proving more influential than real living, breathing wine critics....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Reality Bites Updated: 2008-10-04 00:00:08 Description: The world's first reality TV school's just opened in New York....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bitter Lemon Updated: 2008-10-04 00:15:03 Description: The lemon has to be the most versatile fruit in the fruit-bowl....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Traffic Jam Updated: 2008-10-04 00:30:05 Description: Tom Vanderbilt's been studying the way we drive and what it says about us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Inventions Updated: 2008-10-04 01:00:16 Description: More weird and wonderful inventions. Graffiti detectors, the footstep reader and a new lie detector....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Social Networking Updated: 2008-06-14 00:15:24 Description: What's their real value, and why people are using sites like Facebook and Bebo....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bear Necessities Updated: 2008-06-14 01:00:06 Description: Contention over the invention of the world's favourite cuddly toy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swindled: Part 5 Updated: 2008-06-14 01:15:04 Description: The science of detection versus the science of deception: using DNA analysis to track down fake foods....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD London Calling Updated: 2008-06-14 01:45:03 Description: Wonky in-car GPS systems are causing havoc on the roads, and the TV chef taking on Tesco....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Diced Chicken Updated: 2008-06-14 02:00:05 Description: Dissecting a chook to see how eggs are made....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chook Champs Updated: 2008-06-07 00:15:02 Description: We're off to meet the judges, breeders and chicken-fanciers at the national pigeon and poultry championships....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swindled: Part 4 Updated: 2008-06-07 00:45:03 Description: Mock food in war-time, and the food flavourists on the hunt for the perfect raspberry flavour....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drive Time Updated: 2008-06-07 01:15:02 Description: A crashed computer hard drive means lost family photos and music downloads. So what can you do?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tokyo Time Updated: 2008-06-07 01:45:02 Description: The latest from Japan: virtual golf, smart vending machines and dangerous Crocs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yellow Fever Updated: 2008-05-31 00:15:02 Description: How we use the phone book, and can they survive a digital future?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swindled 3 Updated: 2008-05-31 00:45:03 Description: More food frauds: this week adulterated milk, butter and margarine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rodent's return Updated: 2008-05-31 01:15:03 Description: The beaver's getting reintroduced into the British wilderness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flour power Updated: 2008-05-31 01:30:02 Description: With all the different types out there what's the difference between them and how do they work?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Perfect chemistry Updated: 2008-05-31 01:30:03 Description: Take a DNA swab to find love....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prison food Updated: 2008-05-31 01:45:03 Description: Grub's up at a famous US prison rodeo and there's not a metal tray in sight....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New inventions Updated: 2008-05-31 02:00:04 Description: Special underpants to test your blood pressure and the tiny waterblaster that could replace the toothbrush....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Post Its Updated: 2008-05-24 00:10:00 Description: A glue that wouldn't stick has made millions for 3M. We talk to the inventor - plus find out what your 'Post It' use says about you....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Haven't a Cluedo Updated: 2008-05-24 00:30:00 Description: Was it Colonel Mustard in the library with a wrench? Tim Walsh looks at the classic parlour game....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beyond the Map Updated: 2008-05-24 01:12:00 Description: We're in Africa and then Banks Peninsula to check out how GPS technology is doing a lot more than just telling you where you are....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Perching Poultry Updated: 2008-05-24 01:35:00 Description: The chooks are laying well but now there are problems with getting the birds to roost....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-05-24 01:50:00 Description: Shopping malls are watching your every move via your cell phone, and the one laptop per child project radically changes the design of their computer. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stumped Updated: 2008-05-17 00:15:05 Description: Why do tennis players grunt? Sports trivia at its finest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Woof woof Updated: 2008-05-17 00:30:19 Description: Which dog breeds are the most popular in New Zealand - you might be surprised....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swindled Part 2 Updated: 2008-05-17 00:45:07 Description: We continue the adaptation of Bee Wilson's book on the history of food fraud....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Moles Updated: 2008-05-17 01:00:07 Description: We continue our hunt for the meaning of moleskin - today traditional molecatcher Brian Alderton tells us more about this very secret society....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Funky chicken call in Updated: 2008-05-17 01:15:06 Description: We've been flooded with emails so chicken expert Darcy Philp answers some of your questions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Drug Scandals in Sport Updated: 2008-05-17 01:30:16 Description: But in Bullfighting? Toreador en garde!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-05-17 01:40:00 Description: Peter Griffin's back with i-Phone killers, plus get a guided tour of the solar system with Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD In Vitro Meats Updated: 2008-05-10 00:15:00 Description: Scientists think they've found a way to grow meat for human consumption in the lab....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Moleskin Updated: 2008-05-10 00:30:22 Description: The skin of small rodents or a pink cloth used to cover female actors genitalia?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Caviar and Car Crashes Updated: 2008-05-10 00:30:22 Description: Be set to pay even more for your caviar as stocks of sturgeon fall; and the perils of driving in Iran....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swindled Part 1 Updated: 2008-05-10 00:45:08 Description: Part 1 of our five-part adaptation of Bee Wilson's history of food fraud....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cheerful Chickens Updated: 2008-05-10 01:15:02 Description: A few tips on keeping your chooks happy, and our chicken expert Darcy Philp answers some of your questions. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-05-10 01:30:22 Description: Bill Thompson on Torrent spy's $110 million fine; and it seems Apple's iPhone is coming to New Zealand - but which version will we get? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Homing Fish Updated: 2008-05-10 01:45:06 Description: Training fish to come home and be caught may provide a partial solution to the world's fish shortage....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD All the Milk in China Updated: 2008-05-10 02:00:05 Description: The Chinese are feeling the dairy pinch too....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fish Oil Updated: 2008-05-03 00:15:03 Description: Ben Goldacre on the controversial link between fish-oil supplements and the way kids perform at school....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chicken Choosing Updated: 2008-05-03 00:30:03 Description: The new tenants arrive in the playhouse... sorry, the chicken coop....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Counting Calories Updated: 2008-05-03 00:45:02 Description: Calorie information will soon have to appear on some New York restaurant menus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Silverbeet Updated: 2008-05-03 01:00:02 Description: The ancient vegetable that can be a bit like leathery spinach....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Internet Browsers Updated: 2008-05-03 01:15:03 Description: The competing software that's waiting to whisk us around the World Wide Web....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Buckwheat Updated: 2008-05-03 01:30:09 Description: Making blinis with Maggie Forest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sweet Deal Updated: 2008-05-03 01:45:06 Description: Mars' multi-billion dollar takeover of the chewing gum giant, Wrigley....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cat Cuisine Updated: 2008-05-03 02:00:06 Description: A consumer's guide to the bewildering array of cat food on the market....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Play Doh Updated: 2008-04-19 00:15:01 Description: The modelling compound that started life as a commercial wallpaper cleaner....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Curry Worry Updated: 2008-04-19 00:45:02 Description: New immigration rules in Britain could see curry taken off menus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-04-19 01:00:02 Description: How peer to peer file sharing's creating slow and fast lanes on the internet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feline Sick Updated: 2008-04-19 01:15:02 Description: The main reasons cats get sick, and how to tell when your cat needs the vet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chicken Update Updated: 2008-04-19 01:15:02 Description: This Way Up's Funky Chicken Farm- fighting higher food prices one peck at a time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Red Gold Updated: 2008-04-19 01:30:02 Description: Tomato prices are up nearly 80 percent in a month. What's the story?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD BYO woe Updated: 2008-04-19 01:45:02 Description: There's less BYO restaurants around these days. The history and economics of bring your own booze....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD All cooped up Updated: 2008-04-26 00:15:02 Description: The funky chicken-house and recreation area gets the big inspection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Japanese squeeze Updated: 2008-04-26 00:30:02 Description: Government-led fat checks and measures to get senior drivers off the roads in Japan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and bytes Updated: 2008-04-26 00:45:02 Description: Now US customs officials can check what's on your lap-top, and the guy who reckons we'll soon be shacking up with robots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cold season Updated: 2008-04-26 01:15:02 Description: Myths, preventions and remedies for the common cold. The average person has a cold for 3 years of their lifetime!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fish food Updated: 2008-04-26 01:45:02 Description: Mayflies, caddis flies and other bugs at the local stream. And one woman's fight against aphids....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New inventions Updated: 2008-04-26 02:00:06 Description: Edible food packaging, disco lighting in the bath, and a new sweetener from West Africa's miracle berry....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gun Licences Updated: 2008-04-12 00:15:03 Description: With the duck hunting season kicking off in a few weeks, how tough is it to get a gun license?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tehran Times Updated: 2008-04-12 00:45:03 Description: Consumer news from Iran, where petrol costs 11 cents a liter!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-04-12 01:00:05 Description: Bill Thompson with the latest from the tech world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wedding Bells Updated: 2008-04-12 01:15:02 Description: The Lebanese wedding industry's alive and well, despite political instability....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bugs for Tea Updated: 2008-04-12 01:30:02 Description: The United Nations is looking at edible insects as one solution to the world's food woes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cookie Monster Updated: 2008-04-12 01:45:04 Description: The big, bad biscuit binger close up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Zealand Rice Updated: 2008-04-12 01:45:04 Description: The story behind the solitary sample of New Zealand rice in the International Rice Research Institute's seed bank....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tomatoes! Updated: 2008-04-12 02:00:04 Description: Red, juicy and meant to be an aphrodisiac....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rice as nice Updated: 2008-04-04 23:15:02 Description: Why international rice prices have doubled in the past 3 months....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Food fraud Updated: 2008-04-04 23:30:05 Description: A history of food swindles- pink margarine, horse liver coffee and rat meat....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Freeview update Updated: 2008-04-05 00:15:02 Description: The new hi-def TV service launches and prices for set-top boxes are already coming down....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feeling cheesy Updated: 2008-04-05 00:30:03 Description: Mozzarella's off the menu in Italy after a major food scare....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lay lady lay Updated: 2008-04-05 00:30:04 Description: Time to fight back against higher food prices- keeping hens at home....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Inventions Updated: 2008-04-05 00:45:02 Description: Using sound to get rid of tattoos, and shrimps to get rid of acne....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Havana Shop Updated: 2008-03-28 23:15:02 Description: Fidel Castro's gone. Now brother Raul wants to get Cubans shopping....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Let's Twist Again Updated: 2008-03-28 23:30:02 Description: The history of Twister, the game that ties you up in knots....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Freeview Updated: 2008-03-28 23:45:03 Description: A consumer's guide to all the boxes, cables and aerials you need for the launch of the new hi-def TV service....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Double-Dipping Updated: 2008-03-29 00:00:03 Description: Re-dipping chips. The social misdemeanor that spreads as many germs as kissing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tuneful Tarmac Updated: 2008-03-29 00:15:02 Description: In Japan they're building"melody roads"that sing when you drive on them. Will we see them here?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wheat Updated: 2008-03-29 00:30:02 Description: Maggie Forrest on wheat - one of the earliest crops farmed by humans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Feline Facts Updated: 2008-03-29 00:45:03 Description: The cat geneticist tracing where the first cats came from....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Manners Police Updated: 2008-03-29 01:00:03 Description: The Smile-Manner Squadron is cracking down on rude rail commuters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Boots 'n' All Updated: 2008-03-21 23:15:04 Description: Buying new boots for the football season....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-03-21 23:45:04 Description: The latest tech news with Bill Thompson. How private are your web-surfing habits?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hardcore Updated: 2008-03-21 23:45:05 Description: The apple's one of the world's favourite fruits....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lebanon Skiing Updated: 2008-03-22 00:15:03 Description: We hit the piste in the Middle East....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD London's Calling Updated: 2008-03-22 00:30:02 Description: Major changes to the British shopping basket. And the mobile phone that gives you a kiss....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tipping Point Updated: 2008-03-22 00:30:02 Description: The bugs you find at the local rubbish dump....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Siamese Dream? Updated: 2008-03-22 00:45:02 Description: A users' guide to the different breeds of cat- from Persians to moggies....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Potted history Updated: 2008-03-14 23:15:02 Description: Tea-drinking in New Zealand and overseas. And how to make the perfect cuppa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 3D rugby Updated: 2008-03-15 00:00:03 Description: Who says England's rugby team is one dimensional?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Family Business Updated: 2008-03-15 00:15:02 Description: The university courses stopping Italian rich kids from blowing their inherited wealth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sweet Dreams Updated: 2008-03-15 00:30:02 Description: Australian chiropractors are fed up with dodgy hotel beds. And how to choose the right bed for you....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dolly Bird Updated: 2008-03-15 00:45:02 Description: How Barbie's body shape and image has changed over the years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rain Plants Updated: 2008-03-15 00:45:03 Description: A scientist working on new ways to change the world's weather....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Professor Pod Updated: 2008-03-15 01:00:03 Description: Studying the changes the iPod's made to our lives, and the way we listen to music....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Getting Slinky Updated: 2008-03-08 00:15:02 Description: 80 feet of twisted steel. Hours of fun for all the family!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tastes Like Chicken Updated: 2008-03-08 00:30:03 Description: Australian taste-testers find no difference between free range, corn-fed, organic and factory-reared chook....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Berry Nice Updated: 2008-03-08 00:45:04 Description: Growing blueberries. And their history....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2008-03-08 01:00:04 Description: The latest technology news with Peter Griffin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Utterly Buttery Updated: 2008-03-07 23:15:02 Description: Cheese and butter prices are going through the roof. We ask why and whether other foods will follow....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seoul Mates Updated: 2008-03-08 00:00:03 Description: Pet cloning, plastic surgery and the mobile phone that can tell if you love someone....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Time Flies Updated: 2008-02-29 23:15:03 Description: Clock-makers, watch repairers...and why does time fly when we're having fun?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits And Bytes Updated: 2008-02-29 23:45:05 Description: The online auction site eBay's blocking some feedback. And can computer gaming really be good for you?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thai Tattoos Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:03 Description: Sak Yant- the tattoos supposed to stop bullets....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tipping Point Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:04 Description: An ex-teacher's invented the chair you can't tip back on....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bush Bugs Updated: 2008-03-01 00:15:02 Description: Bug-hunting in the bush with Allen Heath....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Record Breakers Updated: 2008-03-01 00:30:02 Description: Malaysians are making extra-long pencils and eating pizza for national glory....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pedigree Dumb Updated: 2008-03-01 00:45:03 Description: Some tips on getting a new kitten. And are cross-breeds smarter than pedigrees?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cargo Bikes Updated: 2008-03-01 01:00:04 Description: The modern bicycles designed to carry hundreds of kilos....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seasickness Updated: 2008-02-22 23:15:02 Description: People get motion-sickness in ferries, cars, roller-coasters....even riding camels!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cellphone Novels Updated: 2008-02-22 23:45:03 Description: The novels getting typed up on mobile phone keypads and becoming Japanese bestsellers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Barley Updated: 2008-02-22 23:45:03 Description: A tough grain used for brewing, animal feed, and making barley-water....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vanilla Updated: 2008-02-23 00:15:02 Description: The pricey fruit of an orchid now growing commercially in New Zealand....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New inventions Updated: 2008-02-23 00:45:02 Description: Conducting wallpaper, armoured tents, and the implantable camera that fits inside your eye....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Copyright Updated: 2008-02-23 01:00:03 Description: Changes to New Zealand's copyright laws have been in the pipeline for ages....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Flag Day Updated: 2008-02-15 23:15:03 Description: The coloured bits of cloth that identify who we are and where we're from....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mid-Air Chair Updated: 2008-02-15 23:45:04 Description: The floating armchair....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Paper Puzzle Updated: 2008-02-16 00:00:03 Description: Piecing together the millions of files ripped up by East Germany's secret police....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Driving Sales Updated: 2008-02-16 00:15:03 Description: London cab drivers take to word-of-mouth advertising....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jenga Updated: 2008-02-16 00:30:02 Description: The history of the block-stacking game that started in Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Med Mayhem Updated: 2008-02-16 00:45:02 Description: Are tourists turning the Mediterranean into a barren wasteland?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nicholas Carr Updated: 2008-02-16 00:45:02 Description: The days of PC operating systems and in-house IT departments could be numbered....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Corn Chips Updated: 2008-02-08 23:15:02 Description: Originally the cure for stale or mis-shapen tortillas. Now they're everywhere!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Beach Bugs Updated: 2008-02-08 23:45:05 Description: On the hunt for the creepy-crawlies you find in the sand....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making Up Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:03 Description: The Japanese"reconciliation agencies"you hire to get your ex back....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Technology Time Updated: 2008-02-09 00:15:03 Description: Bill Thompson on undersea cable problems and"Facebook fatigue"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sorry Gotta Go Updated: 2008-02-09 00:15:03 Description: A website with all the excuses for getting off the phone....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pet Sounds Updated: 2008-02-09 00:30:03 Description: Our new pet series begins with some tips on choosing the right pet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overdue Frise Updated: 2008-02-09 00:45:03 Description: The business renting out dogs to busy executives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Courgettes Updated: 2008-02-09 01:00:03 Description: A small squash better known as the courgette or the zucchini....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wallpaper Updated: 2008-01-31 23:15:00 Description: Its history, design, and the guy making a scratch n' sniff wallpaper....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cattle battle Updated: 2008-01-31 23:45:00 Description: A hardy Ugandan breed is under threat from an imported 4-legged milk machine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Swim-trekking Updated: 2008-01-31 23:55:00 Description: The holiday for hardcore swimmers: about 5 kilometers a day in the open sea!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hot bods Updated: 2008-02-01 00:15:00 Description: Rail commuters' body heat is being used to warm up an office building in Sweden....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Rye Updated: 2008-02-01 00:25:00 Description: We make crisp bread in our new series looking at the world's major grains....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Murderabilia Updated: 2008-02-01 00:35:00 Description: The gruesome trade in the personal effects of convicted murderers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Spam Updated: 2008-02-01 00:50:00 Description: How to protect yourself, and are New Zealand's new anti-spam laws working?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Raspberries Updated: 2008-01-26 01:00:06 Description: The sensitive fruit that belongs to the same family as the rose....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mince Pies Updated: 2007-12-22 00:15:03 Description: Originally meaty and Oliver Cromwell made them illegal....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2007-11-24 00:15:02 Description: Bill Thompson on the UK data security scandal and how much your friends are worth to advertisers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bookcrossing Updated: 2007-11-16 23:15:03 Description: The global library with no rules or overdue fees....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mexican Stand-Off Updated: 2007-11-16 23:45:03 Description: The ancient Mayan temple of Chichen Itza was recently voted one of the new wonders of the world....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bits and Bytes Updated: 2007-11-17 00:00:03 Description: Peter Griffin on Vodafone's new home phone offering....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Gas Problems Updated: 2007-11-17 00:15:03 Description: There's a shortage of helium and prices are going up....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD New Inventions Updated: 2007-11-17 00:45:03 Description: Justin Mullins on anti-cellulite pills and the digital wardrobe that helps you choose what to wear....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bicycle Updated: 2007-11-17 01:00:03 Description: We head to the bike shop for some two-wheeled design....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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