10 Nov 2015
Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have been in New Zealand. But they timed it badly!
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10 Nov 2015
Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull faced the humiliation of wearing an All Blacks tie into parliament this week. A bet with his best buddy, John Key.
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10 Nov 2015
A can of Coca Cola contains nine teaspoons of sugar. NZ Labour is calling for clearer labelling and Jamie Oliver is behind them on it.
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10 Nov 2015
Fights have broken out at the Christmas Island detention centre. David Campbell says New Zealanders were almost certainly amongst the agitators.
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10 Nov 2015
Hundreds of UK tourists are trapped in Sharm el-Skeikh. As passenger security is ramped up, John Dobbie suggests the real problem is on the air side.
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10 Nov 2015
More and more in the UK are spending more than two hours commuting. Quality of life?
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10 Nov 2015
The US has banned the import of Haggis for osme time. Now the Scots are trying to find their way round it.
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10 Nov 2015
Research has shown that younger brothers are less smart than their older brothers, and more likely to be gay.
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10 Nov 2015
When poet Brian Bilston was offered a copy of the Daily Mail on board a plane, he felt compelled to put his disgust into words.
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10 Nov 2015
President Obama has blocked plans to build a massive pipeline from Alberta to Texas. Richard Kazimer explains.
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10 Nov 2015
New York Attorney General Schneiderman has issued a subpoena to find out just how much Exxon knew about climate change back in the seventies.
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07 Nov 2015
Australia controls the population by sending hopefuls to places like Nauru - and possibly Kyrgyzstan. China, meanwhile, is allowing more than the birth canal.
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07 Nov 2015
Americans have great resilience. A third republican debate continues to show how the crazies are hoping to run the show.
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07 Nov 2015
Bit of a problem when the chairman of Twitter had only tweeted nine times when he got the job. But now he seems to be getting the hang of it.
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07 Nov 2015
The UK's last prisoner leaves Guantanamo Bay. Plus, thre government defeated on tax credits and tough new telecommunications laws.
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07 Nov 2015
Phil Dobbie and Brian Haverty inadvertently highlight the drawbacks of decimal time.
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07 Nov 2015
It's official, Aussie mums are getting older. And they seem to be marrying much older men.
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07 Nov 2015
In Sydney we're building an icon to it because we'd bet on anything. In America they bet on sports teams that don't exist!
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Balls Radio is like talk radio, but for thinking people. Now a short daily occurrence, Phil Dobbie offers his opinions on what's happening, in the UK and overseas: politics, social policy, economics, science, religion. Yes, it's another, slightly overweight middle-aged white man telling the world how it should be. But there's nothing alt-right about Balls Radio. And we try and have fun along the way.

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