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Nine To Noon for Tuesday 3 May 2011

  • The death of Osama bin Laden

    9:10 AM.We talk to US counter-terrorism expert and former military senior adviser David Kilcullen, and Al Qaeda and terrorism expert and author Marc Sageman. Audio

  • The Longevity Project

    9:38 AM.Leslie Martin is a US psychology professor and co-author of The Longevity Project, which analyses a landmark eight-decade study in a bid to answer the question of who lives longest and why. Audio

  • US Correspondent - Luiza Savage

    9:51 AM.US reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden and the implications for US foreign policy. Audio

  • Feature Guest - Henry Worsley

    10:10 AM.In 1908 British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his team set out to reach the South Pole but had to turn back, defeated by cold and dwindling food supplies. One hundred years later Henry Worsley, a… Read more Audio

  • Book Review

    10:42 AM.The Registrar's Manual For Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach, published by Simon and Schuster. Reviewed by Kate Blackhurst. Audio

  • Business with Rod Oram

    11:07 AM.Rod discusses the impact, or non-impact, of new ACT leader Don Brash's economic policies. Audio

  • Simon McKinney

    11:36 AM.Simon McKinney is performing at the 2011 NZ International Comedy Festival. Audio

  • Media with Denis Welch

    11:52 AM.Denis comments on media coverage of the Brash coup and Hone Harawira's new party. Audio

09:05 The death of Osama bin Laden

David Kilcullen, counter-terrorism expert who was a key architect of the US military's 'surge' strategy in Iraq in 2007. He was a senior adviser to generals and officials in both the Bush and Obama administrations; and Al Qaeda and terrorism expert, Marc Sageman - a former CIA operations officer, including with the Afghan Task Force. He is the author of two books: Understanding Terror Networks and Leaderless Jihad.

09:30 The Longevity Project

Leslie Martin, US psychology professor and co-author of The Longevity Project which analyses a landmark eight-decade study in a bid to answer the question of who lives longest and why.

09:45 US correspondent Luiza Savage

The US reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden and the implications for US foreign policy.

10:05 Henry Worsley - author and polar adventurer

Shackleton Foundation

10:30 Book Review with Kate Blackhurst

The Registrar's Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages by Sophie Hardach
Published by Simon & Schuster

10:45 Reading: Death and the Dreamlife of Elephants (Part 6 of 6)

An inner city tale about death and a search for deeper meaning in the routine of urban loneliness.

11:05 Business correspondent Rod Oram

The impact - or not - of new ACT leader, Don Brash's economic policies.

11:30 Simon McKinney - NZ comedian and character impressionist

Simon McKinney is performing at the 2011 NZ International Comedy Festival. His fourth solo festival show is People.

11:45 Media commentator Denis Welch

Media coverage of the Brash coup and Hone Harawira's new party.