Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:05 AM.British-born sculptor Max Patte did a technical arts degree and worked on films like the Harry Potter series and Batman before leaving the London rat race behind. He shifted to Wellington seven years… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Uruguay moves towards the legalisation of marijuana, Argentinian mid-term elections are underway, and controversy in Chile over the police killing of an indigenous activist. Audio

9:32 AM.Dr Peter Stevens is the CEO of GS1 New Zealand, the New Zealand arm of the global not-for-profit organisation behind the only worldwide system for bar coding. Audio

9:08 AM.With Rodney Dickens, managing director of Strategic Risk Analysis and former research director of ASB Bank, and Phillip McAllister, publisher at goodreturns.co.nz and financial commentator. Audio

11:47 AM.With Radar and Irene Pink. Audio

11:29 AM.The call to boycott Russia's Winter Olympics; the proposed Super 15 rugby changes; and news from the worlds of cricket and league. Audio

11:06 AM.Kate McGarrigle, Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Krystle Warren, Lily Lanken, Luke Haines, Miles Calder and The Rumours. Audio

10:36 AM.'Wearable Wonders' by Fifi Colston, published by Scholastic and 'Running the Country - A look inside New Zealand's government' by Maria Gill, published by New Holland. Audio

10:10 AM.Ross Harris is one of this country's leading composers, having written more than 200 compositions including opera, symphonic music, chamber music, klezmer and electronic music. He retired from the… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The response in China to Fonterra's contaminated product scandal. Audio

9:36 AM.Dave Snell, PhD in Boganology and author of the book 'Bogan - an insider's guide to metal, mullets and mayhem'. Audio

9:08 AM.Bill English, finance minister; and Clayton Cosgrove, Labour Party spokesperson on state-owned enterprises. Audio

11:53 AM.Disaster TV... Two documentary shows on at the moment, which take disaster as their subject. Audio

11:25 AM.With Barbara Arrowsmith Young - the founder of a Canadian program for people with learning difficulties, based on neuroscience and the growing understanding that the brain actually can change and… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Government proposes law change in order to set telco pricing; New Zealand's telco spend; Amazon founder's purchase of The Washington Post. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Sarah Broom, reviewed by Harry Ricketts and published by Auckland University Press. Audio

10:06 AM.Professor of Biology at MIT famed for her imaginative research into how proteins function. Her work has shown how changes in protein folding can have profound and unexpected influences in fields as… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.More concern over Internet trolls. Audio

9:35 AM.With Mark Ames - Senior editor for NSFW Corp. Audio

9:08 AM.With Andrew Cleland - Chief Executive of the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ. Dr Maan Alkaisi - Co-chair Christchurch Earthquake Families Group. Maurice Williamson - Minister for Building and… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Looks at conserving art using lasers and videos, and museums in surprising places. Audio

11:34 AM.Discusses the Fonterra scandal, and also the ongoing ructions over the GCSB bill. Audio

11:20 AM.Gogol Bordello is a self-proclaimed "gypsy-punk" band led by Ukrainian Eugene Hutz. After living in Poland, Hungary, Austria and Italy, Hutz finally settled in New York City which is where he formed… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Craig Cliff, reviewed by Rae McGregor and published by Random House NZ Vintage. Audio

10:10 AM.Dr Hamburg is president emeritus at Carnegie Corporation of New York. A medical doctor, he has a long history of leadership in the research, medical and psychiatric fields. He has been Professor at… Read more Audio