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PHONE-IN
If your boss asked you - would you get a Microchip implanted into your hand? Some UK companies are looking at doing just that, using microchip technology permanently inserted in people's hands to allow access to buildings instead of traditional key cards. And a British man, who lost all 4 limbs, has become the first person to have a microchip embedded in their body to give him his independence back.
LAURA ASKS
Would you get a microchip implanted into your body? Or would you consider it for a loved one - perhaps a child, or an elderly relative with dementia?

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CAT'S CONUNDRUM
Broadcaster and Mum of 2 Cat Cubie asks is there anything wrong with pink for girls and blue for boys? Beck Laxton is an Information Designer and raises her child as gender neutral.

JOHN WALLACE
More than two years on, why is a young boy with a rare condition still being denied access to schooling via technology? Keir Wallace could send a robot to class in his place to see if it allows him to keep up with lessons but, once again, the robot wasn't allowed into the school at the start of this week. We're joined by his dad John Wallace who spent years researching this technology. Andrew Tickell is a Law Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University.

PERIOD POSITIVITY
With the rise of the period party, the creation of the menstruation emoji and the first smart moon cup on soon to be on the market - are we getting there with period positivity? Chella Quint is a menstruation researcher and founder of #periodpositive, Saj Sharif has 2 daughters and Morgan Livingstone is 17 years old.

STEVEN GROOMS
We hear from the man from Oban who managed to complete 24 endurance cycle just 30 minutes after hearing about the death of his mother.

USE YOUR LOAF
The UK throws away more than 59 million loaves of bread in crusts alone every year. What should we do with all our surplus and stale bread? Rob Wilson is Chief Toaster at Toast Ale and Jacqueline O'Donnell is the Owner of The Sisters Restaurant.

GENDER PAY GAP
According to 大象传媒 analysis, four in 10 private companies that have published their latest gender pay gap are reporting wider gaps than they did last year. Should all salaries be made public to try and tackle the gender pay gap?

LEAVING MONEY TO PETS
Choupette Lagerfeld already has two maids and a successful modelling career. But, after the death of her beloved owner Karl Lagerfeld, is Choupette the cat going to be legally entitled to some of the designer's 拢96m fortune?

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