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Nine To Noon for Monday 23 March 2009

  • 9 Day Fortnight

    9:08 AM.The National Govt scheme begins this Friday. Audio

  • New York Free Store

    9:38 AM.An art exhibition with a difference. Everything in the shop was free. Audio

  • European Correspondent

    9:49 AM.Has Austria done enough soul searching? Plus, one Italian city takes on the Mafia. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Dr Eric Martinot

    10:08 AM.How much progress has been made on a shift to renewable resources especially in energy hungry countries? Audio

  • Book Review - The Kindly Ones

    10:42 AM.Written by Jonathan Littell. Published by Chatto and Windus. Reviewed by David Hill. Audio

  • Politics

    11:09 AM.With Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre. Audio

  • Food and wine

    11:30 AM.A versatile tart recipe with wine to match. Audio

  • David Slack

    11:45 AM.A Modest Proposal or Two. Audio

09:05 Nine-day working fortnight

Simon Smelt, economic consultant, who has had experience in the UK working on similar job sharing schemes, and says they have a low success rate.

09:15 Nine-day working fortnight

Helen Kelly, Council of Trade Unions President; and Peter Cullen, Wellington employment lawyer.

09:30 New York Free Store

Anna Stein and Athena Robles, artists behind New York's free store, a five week public art project which just closed as we go to air.

09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

10:05 Renewable Energy

Dr Eric Martinot - scientist and convening author for the Intergovernmental for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Dr Martinot is a renewable energy expert, a consultant to the UN and formerly in charge of the World Bank's renewable energy programme. He and 140 researchers from around the world have recently led a stocktake report of global investment in renewable energy.

10:30 Book Review with David Hill

The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Published by Chatto & Windus
ISBN 9780701181666

10:45 Reading: How To Catch A Cricket Match by Harry Ricketts

Episode 6 of 10

An entertaining exploration of that great game.

11:05 Politics with Matthew Hooton and Laila Harre

11:30 Guest chef Catherine Bell with matching wines from commentator John Hawkesby

Catherine Bell, editorial director of Dish Magazine, with matching wines from John Hawkesby.

11:45 David Slack presents A Modest Proposal or Two