Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:49 AM.Art that depicts science; designers that play with tradition; and what do you have to do if you want to keep an iPad app forever? Audio

11:33 AM.Can an employee's actions away from work be a disciplinary issue - and possibly lead to dismissal? Audio

11:06 AM.Laura Veirs has been making her brand of indie-folk music for over a decade. Originally from Colorado, she is now based in Portland, Oregon with her husband, producer-drummer Tucker Martine. Together… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.By Simono Pearson, published by Hodder and reviewed by Harry Broad. Audio

10:10 AM.Paul Whelan is a successful opera singer, and his father Don Whelan is a veteran Christchurch music teacher and choir master. Paul is in New Zealand to play the role of Daland in New Zealand Opera's… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.It's looking like the last days of the Rudd Government as Tony Abbott remains ahead on the poles. Audio

9:35 AM.Emily Oster is an associate professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the author of Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Environmental lawyer Robert Makgill; Raewyn Peart, policy director at the Environment Defence Society and Greenpeace energy campaigner Steve Abel Audio

11:50 AM.Gavin Ellison the media coverage of the Labour leadership race. Audio

11:30 AM.Wellington collector and craftsperson Sue McMillan on the social history of wool blankets. Audio

11:10 AM.Rod Oram discusses business news including Fonterra's forecast. Audio

10:40 AM.Sonja de Freiz reviews The Virgin and the Whale by Carl Nixon. Audio

10:10 AM.Nick Perry is the recently retired Assistant Police Commissioner. Audio

9:45 AM.A Christchurch school is conducting a racism experiment using children. Audio

9:35 AM.Support for Labor sinks in the last week of the Australian election campaign. Audio

9:22 AM.The Pike River mine body recovery plan is to be announced by the Government today. Audio

9:05 AM.Ministry of Health investigation finds retirement village is failing residents. Audio

11:50 AM.The case of the vanishing Trustee. Audio

11:30 AM.Laura Vincent established her food, recipe and restaurant review blog Hungry and Frozen in 2007. She was approached by Penguin Books to write a cookbook and the result, also called Hungry and Frozen… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Up for discussion today, the asset sales referendum, unions, and the botulism that never was. Audio

10:40 AM.Joe Victim was written by Paul Cleave, published by Penguin and reviewed by David Hill. Audio

10:10 AM.John Edgar is the president of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society. He is has been involved in safeguarding the natural beauty of the area for twenty years. John Edgar is also an internationally… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Seamus Kearney discusses Europe's role in the Syrian crisis. Audio

9:30 AM.Nick Davies broke the phone hacking scandal that had been covered up for years by Rupert Murdoch's News International, and his work saw the Guardian, alongside The New York Times, become the main news… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Ryan Crocker served as US ambassador in Syria from 1998 to 2001 and is the dean and executive professor at the George Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University; and Peter… Read more Audio