Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:58 AM.Politics and election looming next year. Audio

9:52 AM.Tom Martin is the CEO of the American Preppers Network and Idaho truck driver. The"prepping"social movement, which is growing in popularity in the US, involves people learning how to grow their own… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Rod Oram, talks about the developments of Air New Zealands new fleet. Audio

9:38 AM.Wellingtonians Michael Goldstein and Jamie Patton have nearly completed their self-imposed challenge to play 18 holes of golf every day for a year, on 365 different courses around the globe. Audio

9:30 AM.Joseph Romanos comments on the year of sport. Audio

9:21 AM.The Canterbury University student Sam Johnson mobilised more than two thousand students on Facebook to help clean up after the earthquake in September. Audio

9:10 AM.Highlights of the year from the world of business, politics, sport, and science. With Rod Oram, Matthew Hooton, Andrew Campbell, Joseph Romanos and David Haywood. Audio

11:50 AM.Simon takes a look at the best on the box for 2010. Audio

11:30 AM.Psychologist and parenting expert discusses tips for Christmas and the school holidays. Audio

11:10 AM.Nigel looks back at the year's big tech break-throughs and issues. Audio

10:35 AM.John reviews Richard Scarry's Night Before the Night Before Christmas, Odd and The Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman and Unhooking The Moon by Gregory Hughes. Audio

10:10 AM.Matamata born Chris Liddell took over the financial reins of General Motors nearly a year ago after this largest US car manufacturer was bailed out from certain collapse. He's guiding the ailing giant… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Transport chaos in the UK, what's happened to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and more terrorist arrests. Audio

9:25 AM.Professor Swee Tan is a plastic surgeon based at Hutt Hospital, where he is also the director of surgery. His research on strawberry birthmarks has exciting implications for the treatment of cancer. Audio

9:10 AM.The Commisioner for Children, John Angus, and Auckland's deputy mayor, Penny Hulse, who used to run the Waitakere taskforce on family violence, join the programme to discuss the case. Audio

11:50 AM.Shows of 2010 and shows to look forward to in 2011. Audio

11:32 AM.Developments in animal law in 2010 and a look ahead to what's likely to happen next year. Audio

11:06 AM.The artist of the week is Quincy Jones. Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Broad reviews 'Dead or Alive' written by Tom Clancy in collaboration with U.S. Navy veteran Grant Blackwood. Published by Michael Joseph. Audio

10:09 AM.All Whites goalkeeper Mark Paston shot to fame with a string of saves against Bahrain in Manama and Wellington, which sent the New Zealand to its first World Cup finals since 1982. The Hastings-born… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.A special end of year report from Australia's most famous seaside destination - Byron Bay. Audio

9:40 AM.Insurance liability is preventing builders from taking on repair jobs. Ian Beattie is a licenced building practitioner, a specialist in weathertightness and remediation design. Audio

9:24 AM.Hazel Armstrong, a lawyer specialising in ACC cases, and Roger Bell chief executive of the insurer Vero, discuss the government's 'in-principle' decision to open up ACC workplace accident coverage to… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The latest diplomatic dispatches released by WikiLeaks that suggest former prime minister Helen Clark sent troops to Iraq in 2003 to prevent Fonterra from losing lucrative United Nations Oil for Food… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Denis Welch wraps up his media musings for the year with WikiLeaks and stories that moved and alarmed in 2010. Audio