bFM WIRE Today With Russell Brown 12 - 2pm

The Wednesday Wire: Host: Russell Brown - Producers: Damien Lay and Patrick Crewdson

12.00 - bFM news with Will. Weather and surf report.

12.08 - AUSA report with Kate Sutton.

12.20 - Stephen Cleary of UK script management company Arista, on storytelling, genre, and film scripts. (TBC)

12.40 - Mark Burton - The Minister of Defence, on on Simon Power's recent 'National defence policy gaffe' and wider questions about New Zealand's defence policy.

1.15 - Brock Oliver, new Real Groove Editor.

1.30 - Geek of the week: Richard Hall of the Carter Observatory on the Stonehenge Aotearoa project.

1.45 - Book review: Mark Easterbrook on 'Howling at the Moon: The odyssey of a monstrous music mogul' by Walter Yetnikoff.

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