Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:47 AM.Graeme Tuckett reviews Winter's Bone, I'm Still Here and After the Waterfall. Audio

11:22 AM.How to understand the non-verbal communication skills of babies and pre-schoolers. Audio

11:07 AM.Google's testing of cars that drive themselves, a US professor's controversial way to deal to his personal library and the growth of local community websites. Audio

10:37 AM.The book is 'Chocolate Wars: From Cadbury to Kraft - 200 Years of Sweet Success and Bitter Rivalry' by Deborah Cadbury, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:09 AM.Founder of Gibbston Valley Wines. The former Irish journalist planted pinot noir grapes in Central Otago in the late 1970s despite being told of the difficulties he would face. Alan Brady has just… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Jon Dennis talks about the British response to the Yemen parcel bomb plot. Audio

9:31 AM.The wine industry is calling for ban of the hormone-based weedkiller 24D after another case of spray drift wiped out several hectares of vines across a number of vineyards. The herbicide is a… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The long awaited Maori Affairs select committee report into the tobacco industry outliens radical plans to dramatically cut smoking rates in a bid to make this country totally smoke-free by 2025. It… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.Simon tells us how honey bees from Japan and Cyprus have evolved a defence that is just the bee's knees when it comes to defending their nests against a formidable predator - hornets. Audio

11:30 AM.Andrew looks at the changes made by the Government to employment laws over the Hobbit. Audio

11:10 AM.Artist of the Week - Leon Russell. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Agathe Von Trapp, reviewed by Alison Laurie and published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:07 AM.The American missionary spent four years undercover on the North Korea-China border helping North Korean refugees, including escorting some along a modern-day underground railway across China to a… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.A brawl is brewing after banks are raising interest rates higher than the Reserve Banks official rate. Julia Gillard to meets with Indonesian Prime Minister. The running of The Melbourne Cup… Read more Audio

9:25 AM.Why is forestry company Timberlands blocking access to world-renowned fishing river, Rangitaiki in the Bay of Plenty, and what impact is it having on local tourism? With Murray Downie - fishing guide… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The Parole Board says it must release the killer of 4 year old James Whakaruru despite grave concerns about his risk to the community. With Katrina Casey - General Manager of the Probation Service… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Discusses The Hobbit saga and Investigate magazine's report that murdered Swedish backpacker Heidi Paakkonen may still be alive. Audio

11:32 AM.The chairman of fruit company Turners & Growers and insurer Tower Ltd has stepped outside the world of business by becoming the inaugural patron of the NZ Howard League for Penal Reform. Audio

11:13 AM.Business and Economic commentator discusses the new Auckland and Wellington councils. Audio

11:08 AM.Written by Toni Jordan, reviewed by Carole Beu and published by Text Publishing. Audio

10:30 AM.Defence minister Wayne Mapp, discusses details of major spending changes. Audio

10:07 AM.The American chef and food writer's whirlwind love affair in Venice and subsequent move to Italy inspired her memoir A Thousand Days in Venice. Audio

9:50 AM.Discusses the mid-term elections and the Rally for Sanity. Audio

9:30 AM.With Gregory Johnsen Yemen expert from Princeton University and co-author of the Waq al-Waq blog. Audio

9:08 AM.With Prof Mark Henaghan - Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago, Seth Kalichman - Professor of Social Psychology at University of Connecticut, Peter Foley - Chair of the Medical… Read more Audio