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Weekend Variety Wireless - Hour 3 - 07/1018

Oct 07, 201846 min
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Episode description

John Dybvig joins RadioLIVE's Graeme Hill to discuss the week in US culture and politics. Of course John has an update on the Kavanaugh debacle.Graeme speaks with renowned natural history journalist Alison Balance. Graeme takes a look at the Alisons book that has just been updated and reissued, Kakapo: Rescued From The Brink Of Extinction.Alison discusses the history of the conservation efforts to save this peculiar and iconic species. She looks at the catalysts for the breeds destruction, and the importance of efforts such as that of Resolution Island which are boosting the birds breeding efforts. She also discusses initiatives such as artificial insemination and takes a wee look at Richard Henry before his feature on outsiders in the next hour. And you could WIN A COPY! Just e-mail Graeme with your postal address and make it clear youd like the book. A winner will be drawn next week.Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.
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