95bFM: The Wednesday Wire with Paul Deady

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1220 – Carol Beaumont, Secretary for the Council of Trade Unions

Last week, a Dunedin employee at a Subway restaurant lost her job for sharing her free drink with a sad friend. What's more, her employers called the police on her and now she faces criminal charges for her blatant...um... drink sharing. Lot's of people are up in arms understandably – and long sandwich boycotts have been called by everyone from students to bloggers. I tried to get someone from the Subway Development office on the show, but the North Island GM, Mark Hawe, told me he'd rather let the matter be resolved in the appropriate legal avenues, or in other words, he didn't want to get his hands dirty. But he will be sending us a press release. Hurrah! So, instead, I'll be talking to Carol Beaumont, the secretary of the Council of Trade Unions at twenty past 2. She'll tell us that yes, this is bad, but it could've been much worse if the National party had their way.

1240 – Lucy and AJ from Oxfam on Campus

At 1240 I'll be joined in the studio by Lucy and AJ from Oxfam on campus. They'll be here to talk about free trade issues, what the University does about them, and some events for your calander markage.

1310 – Dr Mark Goodwin, Head of the New Zealand Bee Research Unit

Almost a quarter of the bee population in America have disappeared, and while some may rejoice at the new unlikelihood of a sting, this is really, really bad news. Not just for honey lovers either. Bees are integral to the food chain, through polination of plants you and I love to eat. Without them? Well, we're kinda screwed. Dr Mark Goodwin, Head of the New Zealand Bee Research Unit will be on the line at ten past one to talk about the situation there, and tell us why it's actually not much better here.

1325 – Counterclockwise with Selwyn Manning

At 25 past one we'll have our regular Counterclockwise slot with Selwyn Manning. Today we'll be talking about the upcoming, hopefully peaceful, presidential elections in East Timor and what they mean for a country trying desperately to put it's very recent past behind it.

1340 – Prof. David Bordwell

And at twenty to 2, I'll again be joined in the studio by a VERY distinguished guest. His name is David Bordwell, the Professor of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madisn, and he's widely regarded as the world's leading film scholar. Better ask him some good questions then eh? He's in New Zealand with his no less distinguished wife Kristin Thompson, herself a film scholar, to give a series of lectures at the Auckland University. I'll be talking to him about tonight's lecture which is all about how the impact of the widescreen format on film-making. Which is kinda apt considering our TVs are all now broadcasting that way too...

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