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  • Story of the day for 17 July 2018
    The University of Bath has come in for a bit of flak after telling its staff to avoid using the phrase "As you Know" when speaking to students in lectures, because it can make some students feel uncomfortable.
    7 min
  • Drug testing of waste water
    Speaking of the Tasman District Council, it wants drug testing of our water to see who takes what drugs where. Tasman DC has previously asked for random drug testing of car drivers generally.
    2 min
  • The Panel with Raybon Kan and Cas Carter (Part 2)
    And 500 years ago, perhaps to this very day, certainly in was the middle of July, they began to dance in the street in Strasbourg. It's the 500th anniversary of the dancing plague of 1518. That's where St Vitus Dance came from, a lot of French and German people thought they'd offended St Vitus and they danced and danced until they dropped and died. What the Panelists Raybon Kan and Cas Carter want to talk about. A senior BBC journalist took part in anti-Trump protests over the weekend, proudly posing with a 'Go Home' sign. The Motueka ANZ closed today. Or at least the ANZ says it won't be open from tomorrow. Speaking of the Tasman District Council, it wants drug testing of our water to see who takes what drugs where. Tasman DC has previously asked for random drug testing of car drivers generally. In Toronto, population three million, the city's medical officer of health, Toronto's top public health official, Dr. Eileen de Villa, says the time has come now to decriminalize all drugs for personal use.
    28 min
  • The Panel with Verity Johnson and Michael Deaker (Part 1)
    The police have dumped a proposal to send mental health workers on 1-1-1 callouts, to the disgust of the National Party. Is it fair to ask teachers to take some responsibility for their students' mental health? Peter Wilson from the Institute of Economic Research joins The Panel to discuss whether Dunedin mayor Dave Cull has a point in calling for local bodies to be given more responsibility - and more cash. Elon Musk's spat with members of the Thai rescue team has devolved horribly, but is there blame to go around on both sides?
    25 min

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