We celebrate the harmonica, the stories behind Twin Peaks, how social media stars influence culture and Lawrence Arabia on NZ Live

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The enduring appeal of Twin Peaks
Monday 16 July at 3:10 pm

In 1990 David Lynch enthralled audiences with the question, Who Killed Laura Palmer? Sabrina Sutherland was production co-ordinator on the second season of the original series and worked with Lynch on a feature film and the return of Twin Peaks last year. She talks about the enduring appeal of Twin Peaks.

The Harmonica
Tuesday 17 July 2:20pm

The humble harmonica is probably one of the more misunderstood musical instruments. But it has a rich 200-year history, used in country, classical, to jazz and Japanese folk music! Our guest, Hans Mueller’s been playing the harmonica for decades and has more than 100 customised mouth organs at home.

David Long on music, composing and the Mutton Birds
Wednesday 18 July at 2:20pm

Our guest on Bookmarks is a founding member of the NZ band the Mutton Birds, David Long. In addition to being a succesful musician he is also a composer and producer and has worked on many Peter Jackson films. He shares his favourite movies, music, books and more.

Jonny Sun: how social media stars are changing culture
Wednesday 18 July at 3:10pm

Jonathan Sun is a Ph.D candidate at one of America's most prestigious universities, MIT. He's an engineer, a designer and a star on Twitter, at least a comedy subculture on Twitter that revels in his clever, absurd jokes that are funny and profound at the same time.
While his alter ego on Twitter, Jonny Sun, piles on the followers, he is studying how social media stars influence culture.

Short Story Club
Thursday 19 July at 3.10pm

Our short story for discussion on Thursday 19th July is Movie by Geoff Cochrane

And the writer of the best email about this story wins a copy of his collection, Astonished Dice, from 2014.

Lawrence Arabia on NZ Live
Friday 20 July at 2.20pm

Lawrence Arabia has spent the year recording and releasing a monthly single with his dream collaborators. He calls it his singles club.
Half way through his 2018 mission he joins us to perform some of those new songs live in our Auckland studio