Nine To Noon for Friday 7 February 2014 Nine To Noon

Russia seeks to soothe security jitters ahead of Winter Games

9:08 AM.Mark Galeotti is a global affairs professor at New York University and an expert on crime and security in Russia. Audio
Brian Easton, Economist

9:23 AM.Income inequality in New Zealand is set to become a central election issue, but is it really getting worse? Audio
The man who contracted bubonic plague

9:37 AM.Paul Gaylord, from Oregon USA, has spoken out about catching bubonic plague in 2012, and how it nearly killed him. Audio
Asia correspondent Jamil Anderlini

9:49 AM.Asian defense spending on military hardware increases greatly. North Korea makes overtures to the South and the USA. Audio
Economist-turned-writer Loretta Napoleoni

10:09 AM.Loretta Napoleoni is an expert on terrorist financing, and advises several governments and international organisations on counter-terrorism and money laundering. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about her… Read more Audio
Children's books with John McIntyre

10:40 AM.'Princess and the Foal' by Stacy Gregg, published by Harper Collins and 'Murder at Mykonai' by Catherine Mayo, published by Walker Books. Audio
Music review with Jeremy Taylor

11:06 AM.New work from Neil Finn, David Crosby and the band Television Personalities. Audio
Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

11:32 AM.The cricket test against India and the winter Olympics in Russia. Audio
The week that was

11:47 AM.With Radar and Elisabeth Easther Audio

09:05 Russia seeks to soothe security jitters ahead of the Winter Games

Mark Galeotti is a global affairs professor at New York University and an expert on crime and security in Russia.

09:20 Brian Easton, Economist

Income inequality in New Zealand is set to become a central election issue, but is it really getting worse?

09:30 The man who contracted bubonic plague

Paul Gaylord, from Oregon USA, has spoken out about catching bubonic plague in 2012, and how it nearly killed him.

09:45 Asia correspondent Jamil Anderlini

10:05 Economist-turned-writer Loretta Napoleoni

Loretta Napoleoni is an expert on terrorist financing, and advises several governments and international organisations on counter-terrorism and money laundering. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about her latest book Maonomics: Why Chinese Communists Make Better Capitalists Than We Do, which argues that we are witnessing the beginning of the collapse of capitalism and the victory of “communism with a profit motive".

10:35 Children's books with John McIntyre

Princess and the Foal by Stacy Gregg, Published by Harper Collins, ISBN 978-0-00-746902-4
Murder at Mykonai by Catherine Mayo, Published by Walker Books, ISBN 978-9-90007880-1

10:45 The Reading: In The Beef Market by Patrick Coogan

A dark tale of cattle-rustling and butchery with the perpetrators getting the jump on the cattle owner and his manager. read by Jed Brophy.

11:05 Music review with Jeremy Taylor

Artist: Neil Finn
Song: Divebomber, Track 4
Song: Flying In The Face Of Love, Track 3
Album: Dizzy Heights
Label: Lester Records
Album: Dizzy Heights
Label: Lester Records

Artist: David Crosby
Song: What's Broken, Track 1
Song: Morning Falling, Track 10
Album: Croz
Label: Blue Castle Records

Artist: Television Personalities
Song: Part Time Punks, Track 10
Comp: Dan Treacy
Album: Punk 45 - There Is No Such Thing As Society Vol 2
Label: Soul Jazz

11:30 Sports commentator Brendan Telfer

11:45 The week that was

With Radar and Elisabeth Easther

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Nine To Noon for Friday 7 February 2014