Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:37 AM.The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett The Keeper of Secrets by Julie Thomas Five Days by Douglas Kennedy. Audio

10:07 AM.US writer and scholar who has been called "one of our true superstars of nonfiction." His 1983 book The Gift has been singled out as an inspiration by writers from Eleanor Catton to Margaret Atwood. Audio

9:47 AM.The liberal democrat peer, Lord Rennard is accused of 'groping'. Police stop and search methods being questioned. Audio

9:35 AM.Ben Goldsmith is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. He is the Chief Investigator of the Atrocity Forecasting Project, which suggest that models for predicting genocide and politicide… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.With Andreas Schleicher - the Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General of the OECD. Cathie Wylie - chief researcher with the Council for Educational Research. Audio

11:46 AM.Siouxsie discusses comets and sloths. Audio

11:31 AM.How businesses are cracking down on intra-office relationships by the introduction of so-called "Love contracts". Audio

11:08 AM.Don and Phil Everly were two of the most influential vocalists of the past 60 years. When they sang together, their close harmonies could melt the hardest of hearts. Sadly, those unique harmonies will… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang And the Mountains Echoed by… Read more Audio

10:09 AM.Gibson Group founder Dave Gibson joined the Film Commission last week as the new chief executive. Audio

9:51 AM.Fairfax correspondent talks about record temperatures in Australia, the introduction of new sentences and licensing laws in an attempt to curb attacks of alcohol fueled violence. Audio

9:36 AM.With Joshua Landis - The Director of the Centre for Middle East Studies at Oklahoma University. Audio

9:08 AM.With Phil Bagshaw, specialist surgeon and founder of Canterbury Charity Hospital; Roger Styles, executive director of the Health Funds Association of New Zealand; and Tony Ryall, Minister of Health. Audio

11:44 AM.Gavin discusses articles that caught his attention over the holidays and has shares some predictions about what we might see happening on the media landscape this year. Audio

11:31 AM.Utrecht University psychology doctoral candidate Eddie Brummelman and his colleagues have run the first empirical studies of inflated praise, with some sobering results. They found inflated praise… Read more Audio

11:11 AM.Rod discusses what the next few years hold for the economy and business confidence being at a 20 year high. Audio

10:40 AM.Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen, (Viking Penguin) - rock memoir. On Warne by Gideon Haigh (Penguin) - cricket. Who is Ozymandias?: And Other Puzzles in Poetry by John Fuller (Chatto & Windus) -… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Marlborough-based Peter Wells is an award winning taxidermist who has a passion for preserving rare wildlife. He does a lot of work for the Department of Conservation, and some of the birds he mounts… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Michelle Obama's birthday and new rules on spying. Audio

9:41 AM.Greg Green is the Principal of Clintondale High School in Michigan, which has turned the traditional school model on its head. Now, teachers record their lessons online for students to watch outside… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.With Bill Rosenberg - CTU economist, Nick Tuffley - ASB chief economist. Audio

9:15 AM.Mark Rosanowski is a Greyhound race commentator for Trackside. He was calling a greyhound race in Palmerston North yesterday afternoon when the Eketahuna quake struck. Audio

9:09 AM.With Kevin Tunnell - Wairarapa Civil Defence controller. Audio

11:49 AM.What will 2014 bring? Smart TVs, Wearables and driverless cars. Audio

11:33 AM.Cathy Duffield is passionate about fresh produce and vegetarian fare. She lives in Waipu in Northland and writes a magazine cooking column for "Vegetarian Living New Zealand". .. and she has a recipe… Read more Audio