Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:08 AM.Guilty pleasures and Gary Puckett. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Paul Auster, reviewed by Dan Slevin and published by Faber Fiction. Audio

10:08 AM.The phenomenon of deception with numbers - author and professor of journalism at New York University, Charles Seife tells us why the public is so often bamboozled by dodgy statistics and bad maths. Audio

10:08 AM.The phenomenon of deception with numbers - author and professor of journalism at New York University, Charles Seife tells us why the public is so often bamboozled by dodgy statistics and bad maths. Audio

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

9:35 AM.With Dickie Arbiter - Royal commentator and former Buckingham Palace spokesman. Audio

9:20 AM.With Bevan Woodward - Auckland transport planner and convener of Cycle Action north Rodney and Clare Ponton - Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge spokesperson and member of the event's organising committee. Audio

9:08 AM.MAF's Biosecurity NZ response manager David Yard talks about the Kiwifruit vine disease found in orchards outside of the Te Puke area. Audio

11:50 AM.The use of violent, macho and militaristic imagery in the media. Audio

11:30 AM.Tim Alpe is the CEO of Jucy Rentals and Ernst and amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010. He established Jucy with his brother Dan. The camping business is in the blood - their father Chris founded… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Trade negotiations, the domestic economy and the joint Vodafone-Telecom bid on rural broadband. Audio

10:50 AM.Congress reconvenes and Nancy Pelosi wishes to be minority house leader. Audio

10:44 AM.Edited by Lloyd Jenkins and Renault Hammond, published by Random House NZ/Godwit, reviewed by Emma Hart. Audio

10:10 AM.Leah Chishugi was left for dead under a pile of corpses during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda but managed to escape with her son to Uganda and eventually to South Africa, where she was miraculously… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.The Labour Department has just announced a raft of measures aimed at curbing the high rates of death and injury from quad bikes. The changes come after Wellington coroner Ian Smith criticised the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Banking Ombudsman Deborah Battell on the increasing number of complaints over the cost of mortgage break fees. In her annual report the Ombudsman says the fallout from the recession has led to many… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Tramping Food: tips and tales. Audio

11:35 AM.Guest chef Travis Clive-Griffin has recipes for Haloumi Crumbed Eggplant with Turkish Tomato Confit and Middle Eastern Inspired Trifle. Audio

11:06 AM.Pansy Wong, APEC, and the Mana by-election. Audio

10:38 AM.Anne Buchanan reviews 'Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End' by Leif Persson. Published by Doubleday UK. Audio

10:07 AM.Dr Karen Stockin is a Lecturer in Marine Ecology in the Coastal-Marine Research Group, Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University. Her research focus is marine mammals and their interactions… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.The latest from the middle east. Audio

9:33 AM.Ross Hart, kiwifruit grower in Katikati, and the growers' liaison for the Independent Kiwifruit Growers Association; and Doug Voss, former chairman of Zespri and organic kiwifruit grower in Tauranga. Audio

9:08 AM.A Tauranga couple are trying to get out of a reverse equity mortgage but have been told by their provider it will cost almost 3 times the amount of the original loan. Audio

9:08 AM.A Tauranga couple are trying to get out of a reverse equity mortgage but have been told by their provider it will cost almost 3 times the amount of the original loan. Audio