Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:50 AM.The controversial ceremony awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo and where some of the world's smartest 15-year-olds live. Audio

9:33 AM.Hekia Parata, the newly-appointed Minister of Women's Affairs addresses the issues raised in this country's seventh report to the UN on its elimination of discrimation against women. The report has… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Australian competition watchdog has done a U-turn on a trans-Tasman tie-up between Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue, clearing the proposed alliance on the condition that the airlines commit to… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Graeme Tuckett reviews 'Tron: Legacy', 'Megamind' and 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'. Audio

11:20 AM.Michelle Holman writes romantic comedies with a distinctly New Zealand flavour. Her latest book 'Barefoot' touches on domestic violence - something Michelle has seen first hand evidence of when she… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.What the world searched for on Google and Yahoo search engines this year, and how social media has replaced old-style political organisations as shown in the recent London student protests. Audio

10:40 AM.Anne Buchanan reviews 'Aphrodite's Hat' by Sally Vickers. Published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:08 AM.The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under NZSO Chief Executive Peter Walls has just completed the most successful international tour in its history - receiving rapturous applause and repeat encores at… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Swedish people in British news, and some over forties have a fling. Audio

9:28 AM.Hanover Finance investor Tom Brosnahan, and independent stockbroker Chris Lee talk about the state of Hanover now that a former Director of the company has had his assets frozen. Audio

9:08 AM.John Fisk is a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, who has been appointed to handle the receivership of Pike River Coal. Audio

11:49 AM.Discussing the laws of thermodynamics....energy, pressure and volume. Audio

11:33 AM.Former Wall Street lawyer, Stacy Shortall with insights on that world, - the culture of a wall street law firm, plush offices, limos and private planes. Audio

11:10 AM.Artist of the week: Sharon Jones. Audio

10:42 AM.Gina Faafoi reviews Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour by Lisa Kleypas. Published by Paitkus. Audio

10:10 AM.Young NZ author who has spent the year as an adjunct professor at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop, while continuing to pick up literary awards for her debut novel,"The Rehearsal". She has also… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Chief political correspondent for SBS Television. Audio

9:26 AM.Barry Matthews, outgoing chief executive of the Corrections Department, talks about some of the major controversies during his tenure. Audio

9:08 AM.Business Commentator Rod Oran discusses the Pike River Mine receivership and asks: why are major shareholders such as NZ Oil and Gas not picking up some of the tab? Audio

11:50 AM.Denis takes a look back at 2010. Audio

11:25 AM.Kay Baxter has devoted much of her life to collecting and saving heritage food plants and seeds to grow food from a by-gone era. Audio

11:07 AM.Climate change and the UN conference in Cancun, and the big broadband roll out. Audio

10:30 AM.Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Music. Written by Chris Bourke, published by Auckland University Press, reviewed by Ian Chapman. Audio

10:07 AM.Our feature guest and her family have had a heart breaking year. Nikki Guy's brother, Scott Guy was murdered in July on his farm in the Manawatu town of Fielding. Audio

9:47 AM.Obama is now dealing with a Republican house. How will he handle it? Audio