Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.Rod Oram discusses analysis of a book called "Get off the Grass", by Sean Hendy and the late Sir Paul Callaghan, which lays out the argument for much more, and serendipitous, science, as the way for… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Professor David Gerrard is a sports administrator and sports medicine specialist from University Otago school of medicine. Audio

10:40 AM.Elisabeth Easther reviews The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. Audio

10:10 AM.Kath Walker and Graeme Elliot have been studying wandering albatross on the remote Antipodes and Adams Islands in the southern ocean for more than two decades. Audio

9:50 AM.Jack Hitt discusses US politics. Audio

9:30 AM.Who should foot the growing bill for therapy treatments for people with mental illness? Audio

9:10 AM.Why were two recent dairy scares not detected in New Zealand? Audio

11:50 AM.Rogaining - a sport invented in Melbourne in 1976. What attracts people to the sport, how it works, the distraction of watching wallabies doing a bit of cross-country navigation, and the sport's… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.Peter Langlands is a keen whitebaiter and photographer who has written a location guide to Canterbury whitebaiting and runs the Whitebaiting NZ Facebook page. Audio

11:14 AM.The GCSB bill and the reading of emails; the newly proposed child welfare protection laws; broadband costing and regulation; the Fonterra botulism scare. Audio

11:06 AM.IAG has confirmed that it is reinstating an insurance embargo for new home, contents and commercial insurance in the Lower North Island and Upper South Island regions. Craig Dowling is the Head of… Read more Audio

10:41 AM.Anne Else reviewing 'My Brilliant Friend' by Elena Ferrante, published by Text. Audio

10:06 AM.Shaun Davison trained as a Marist priest at the Catholic seminary St Mary's in Hawkes Bay in the mid-1970s. He has written a book about his time there, with interviews with 21 other men who went… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.The row over Russia's new law against "homosexual propaganda" which has overshadowed the athletics world championships. Audio

9:35 AM.David Preston is a consulting economist who has specialised in public sector issues. He has held senior positions at the Treasury, the Ministry of Social Development and Foreign Affairs. He has also… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Claims the government is overriding basic rights with instant dismissal plans for anyone who fails new child abuse screening. Garry Collin, chair of the Family Law Section of the Law Society; and… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Wtih Radar and Pinky Agnew. Audio

11:34 AM.The Bledisloe Cup opener on Saturday in Sydney, the World track and field champs in Moscow and changes at New Zealand Cricket. Audio

11:11 AM.New music from Lloyd Cole, King Krule, The Civil Wars and Laura Veirs. Audio

11:06 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews 'The Gallery of Vanished Husbands' by Natasha Solomons, published by Hodder & Stoughton. Audio

10:06 AM.Businessman Bob Jones discusses his latest book, Fighting Talk: boxing and the modern lexicon. Audio

9:51 AM.New Zealand steps up travel warnings over Tonga's MA60 aircraft safety, Fiji pushes for an alternative to the Pacific Islands Forum and a heroic loggerhead turtle's remarkable swim across the South… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.Richie Gould is a sheep farmer and shearer from Pleasant Point in South Canterbury. He collects shearing clippers and is one of 20 collectors featured in the book Kiwi Collectors: Curious and Unusual… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.With fisheries researcher Glenn Simmons of Auckland University Business School, Paul Barnes of Legasea - part of the NZ Sport Fishing Council which has been actively lobbying agains the snapper… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Elysium, the American science fiction action film starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster; comedy drama The Way, Way Back with Toni Collette. Audio