Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:50 AM.Why Thor Heyerdahl may have been right about DNA evidence of First Nation people in Easter Island, and Mr Pip filming underway in Bougainville. Audio

9:35 AM.Is the government granting too many oil and gas exploration permits and are there enough environmental safeguards? Audio

9:09 AM.A new study shows almost a third of university student drinkers have blacked out while drinking in the past six months. Audio

11:52 AM.Dan Slevin with his rating of X-Men First Class and Barney's Version. Audio

11:32 AM.Taranaki youth worker Paora Joseph on keeping kids off drugs and on a positive path. Audio

11:05 AM.Steve McCabe talks about Apple's annual World-Wide Developers' Conference and Facebook. Audio

10:35 AM.Written by Aravind Adiga, published by Atlantic. Reviewed by Ralph McAllister. Audio

10:05 AM.Sarah Quigley talks about her novel The Conductor, which received rave reviews. It focuses on two real people, the composer Shostakovich and the little known conducter Eliasberg, and is set during the… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.The Mothers' Union is making headlines for its report into the sexualisation of children, money worries as government cuts begin to bite and a care homes scandal. Audio

9:35 AM.John Pfahlert of the Petroleum Exploration Association and Simon Boxer of Greenpeace discuss the prospect of deep sea oil and gas exploration off New Zealand's coasts. Audio

9:08 AM.Police say former Labour Chief Whip Darren Hughes will not face charges over an incident involving an 18- year-old man. Where does this leave his career? Comments from John Tamihere and Matthew… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.The Venice Biennale, including NZ representative Michael Parekowhai and the winner of the Golden Lion, Christian Marclay. Audio

11:35 AM.The issue of name suppression for the CYF caregivers charged with abuse and the name suppression provisions in the Criminal Procedure Reform and Modernisation Bill. Audio

11:12 AM.Marty Duda's 'Artist Of The Week' is Buffalo Springfield. Audio

10:39 AM.Written by Alexander McCall Smith, published by Abacus, reviewed by Michele A'Court. Audio

10:08 AM.Award-winning physics professor at Cornell University in the US who has just written his first novel, 'Spiral'. The nanoscience-fuelled thriller has been likened to the writing of the late Michael… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.A documentary uncovers terrible cruelty towards live cattle exports in Indonesia, and the Labor government suffers due to its wafer thin majority. Audio

9:42 AM.Irena Madjar and Elizabeth McKinley are education researchers who were so concerned by the lack of understanding among parents of how NCEA works that they have written their own guide for students and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Professor Charles Eason is professor of Wildlife Management from Lincoln University's Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences - he's researching alternatives to 1080. We also hear from Dr Quinn… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Kennedy continues his Middle Eastern Odyssey, this week he's in Qatar. Audio

11:30 AM.Destitute Gourmet creator Sophie Gray is today's guest chef with recipes to match tough economic times and a spartan fridge while newly honoured Member of the Order of the British Empire, John… Read more Audio

11:08 AM.We cross the political from spectrum with comment from the left and right. Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts takes a look at Jenny Bornholdt's new book, The Hill of Wool, which is published by Victoria University Press. Audio

10:08 AM.Biologist and conservationist who, with his wife Anne Saunders, owns two lodges on the West Coast (Lake Moeraki and Arthurs Pass) where guests do more than just look at the scenery - they actively… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The latest news from the Occident. Audio