Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:30 AM.Author of We Have Met The Enemy: Self-Control in An Age of Excess RRP $40.00 NZ, published by Scribe. Daniel also writes for several major American publications including Newsweek, The New York Times… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Talks about Moore's Law, exponential growth, a new way to manage your internet reading list, and the Webstock conference which kicks off today. Audio

10:37 AM.Written by Sue Orr, published by Random House NZ Vintage, reviewed by Mary McCallum. Audio

10:07 AM.Journalist, author, social commentator and solo mother Susan Maushart took herself, and her three totally wired teenagers offline for six months. She's written a book about their experience The Winter… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.David Cameron's big society; the sex offenders register; voting referendum. Audio

9:32 AM.Joseph Coughlin is the founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AgeLab, the first multi-disciplinary research programme created to understand the behavior of older adults… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.IHC warns it may have to close down homes, and move intellectually disabled clients out of rural areas as a result of a court of appeal ruling on sleepover pay rates. Audio

11:50 AM.Courtney Johnston discusses armchair art and archaeology, courtesy of Google. Audio

11:30 AM.Catriona MacLennan discusses how women on the DPB convicted of benefit fraud are being punished twice by being sent to jail but also being pursued to repay the full amount of the debt. Audio

11:10 AM.Artist of the Week - Tricky Audio

10:40 AM.Phil Vine reviews Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx. Audio

10:10 AM.John Aloro - Sudanese refugee and chairman of the Wellington Sudanese community. Audio

9:50 AM.Australia Correspondent - Ray Moynihan Audio

9:40 AM.Invercargill's is playing a key role in the world's most advanced space delivery truck. Audio

9:20 AM.As the Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard talks about closer economic integration with New Zealand, we ask local companies what would really make a difference to their efforts to build their… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.South African couple Deborah Calitz and Bruno Pelizzari were kidnapped by Somalian pirates who are demanding a US$10 million ransom. Audio

11:50 AM.Egypt, retiring columnists, and the latest magazine and newspaper circulation figures. Audio

11:29 AM.Chris Orr is a Community Education Adviser with the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. He works with councils and transport providers to make the city more accessible not only for blind people… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Rod Oram discusses trans-Tasman relations, Mainfreight's results and the 90-day trial period for jobs. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by Linda Grant, published by Virago, reviewed by Anne Buchanan. Audio

10:08 AM.The former Royal Marine officer has breakfasted with cannibals, ridden reindeer and dined on rat's innards in some of the world's most remote corners. His award-winning series 'Tribe' saw him live… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.The Conservative Political Action Conference allowed the Republican Party to take stock and think of Presidential candidates. Audio

9:29 AM.A new study involving a New Zealand doctor Jim Carmody from the Centre for Mindfulness at University of Massachusetts Medical School, has documented for the first time changes in gray matter over time… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.How incompetent does a teacher have to be before they're stopped from practicing in the classroom? Audio

11:49 AM.Discusses deep discounting, Groupon and the Superbowl . Audio