Episode 1: Live via Satellite

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Morgan has unfortunate news. We introduce Senior Cultural Commentator and Wellington Affairs Correspondent Robyn Gallagher. Robyn tells us about current Te Papa exhibition Slice of Heaven. We figure out what’s really going on with Te Papa banning menstruating and pregnant women. Actors Equity don’t want to talk to us (apparently). Bieber backlash. Public art. Aotea Square sucks, but at least the old Mountain fountain has found a new home. Wellington mayoral race special vote count (and why it’s taking forever). Len Brown likes trains. John Key doesn’t want to pay for them. Auckland had an amazing tramway network, Morgan wants to know who killed it. French burka ban, won’t somebody think of the ninjas? Queen Elizabeth announces Boat.

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Introducing Discourse Correspondent

It gives us great pleasure to introduce Senior Culture Commentator, and Wellington Correspondent, Robyn Gallagher. She’ll be appearing on the show regularly, at least for as long as we manage to fluke not completely alienating her with our constant irrelevant chatter. She turns words regularly on robyngallagher.com.

Show notes

• Paul Henry’s resignation statement
• Windows Phone 7 released (MSN NZ)
• Robyn Gallagher, our new Senior Cultural Affairs Correspondent
  • Exhibition: Slice of Heaven (Te Papa)
  • Slice of Heaven, Dave Dobyn (YouTube)
  • Exhibition: Golden Days (Te Papa)
  • Bieber on a Segway (YouTube)
  • Lezzers who look like Justin Bieber
  • Angry Birds
  • Te Papa: National Embarrassment (Dennis Dutton)
• Georgie Pie – Piemania (Sellebration, The Film Archive)
• Colin McCahon’s Northland Panels (Te Papa)
• Anger at Te Papa ban on pregnant women (NZHerald)
• Boy
• Smell Like a Monster (YouTube)
• Word of the Week – Vatican Roulette (Urban Dictionary)
• Rhythm Method
• Justin Bieber caught kissing a girl in the back of a car (Vancouver Sun)
• Len Brown: ‘What an amazing result’ (NZHerald)
• Aotea Square redevelopment (Auckland City Council)
• New location for Terry Stringer’s Mountain fountain
• Coin toss could settle Wellington mayoralty (Stuff)
• Brown: Auckland is ‘ready’ for city rail loop (3News)
• New rail plans come at a cost to Auckland ratepayers (ODT)
• National government dumps regional fuel tax (Scoop)
• Auckland tram network
  Correction: during the podcast I said the network totalled 76km of track, it was really 72km, but just look at that tramway coverage map, it completely fills all the gaps between the rail lines.
• French Burka Ban ruled constitutional (CNN)
• A Dog’s Show – 1981 Final (NZOnScreen)
• Queen Elizabeth launches… Queen Elizabeth (3News)

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