Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.How to use and not use emotion when raising sons. Audio

11:12 AM.Tweeting during times of disaster, iTunes Turns 10, and the possibility of free recharging. Audio

10:35 AM.Written by Kate Camp, published by Victoria University Press, reviewed by Harry Ricketts. Audio

10:06 AM.American Amanda Knox was convicted with her former boyfriend of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Umbria, Italy in 2009. She served four years of a 26-year sentence before the… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Coronation Street veteran arrested for alleged offences; Another MP and another bad radio interview; Local Government elections; EU looking to ban certain agrichemicals. Audio

9:41 AM.24,000 New Zealanders return to the country every year after living overseas. But are we harnessing the skills they've gained off shore? Audio

9:20 AM.Where might things be heading when it comes to student education and assessment? Will streaming become less relevant over time as students pace of progress becomes more self determined. Audio

9:08 AM.Does streaming in schools work to motivate and encourage children or is it ineffective and detrimental. Audio

11:47 AM.An artist visits The Matrix, the Turner Prize nominees are announced, and 3D printing in museums. Audio

11:33 AM.The Quintet meeting of Attorneys-General which will take place in Auckland next week will focus on developments and best practice with respect to prosecuting crimes of sexual violence against women… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Wellington's Phoenix Foundation have been one of New Zealand's most consistently creative musical outfits of the 2000s. Beginning with 2003's 'Horsepower', their albums have received high praise… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Sonja de Freiz reviews 'Don't Just Do Something, Sit There' by Wallace Chapman, published by Penguin. Audio

10:08 AM.Barry Brickell moved to the Coromandel to teach high school in the 1960s. But less than a year later he abandoned teaching to set up a pottery studio and kiln on a property in Driving Creek. Fifty… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Warming up to a new budget dealing with a deficit; and a proposal to hold a plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Audio

9:28 AM.Why hasn't the Government made good on its promise to put millions of dollars worth of assets seized from criminals into drug treatment or resources to fight organised crime? Audio

9:09 AM.A workplace safety taskforce has criticised the present system and recommended a major overhaul. Kathryn Ryan speaks to Caroline Callow; the mother of a forestry worker killed on the job in 2011. Audio

11:45 AM.Colin Craig and the satirical blog, and how a new website - allaboutauckland.com - is being used by news organisations. Audio

11:27 AM.Fiona Oliver is the published collections curator at the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington: Body in the Library: the remarkable and murky past of Wellington's first librarian. Audio

11:07 AM.New Zealand's trade with China. Tim Groser's failure to win the WTO director-general's job and Air NZ as the next company in the SOE sales? Audio

10:35 AM.Written by Julian Barnes, reviewed by Jane Westaway and published by Jonathan Cape. Audio

10:08 AM.Founder of Room to Read, an organisation bringing books to children who don’t have any. Fifteen-thousand libraries have been founded and 12 million books distributed. Audio

9:51 AM.The latest on president Obama's stance on Syria. Audio

9:40 AM.With The Acting Serious Fraud Office head, Simon McArley. Audio

9:28 AM.With Hazel Armstrong - A barrister who specialises in workplace health and safety. She's written a book called Your Life For The Job about the spate of accidents that led to the 2000 Tranz Rail… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.With Ngahiwi Tomoana - Chairman of Ngati Kahungunu and member of the Iwi Leaders Forum. Mike Williams - Former Labour party president. Audio