Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:37 AM.After their poor recent performance the New Zealand cricket team is now off to India. Audio

11:10 AM.With songs 'Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody)' by the artists Elton John and amp; Leon Russell off the album The Union; 'Jarabi' by various artists off the album Afrocubism; 'Shanghai Cigarettes' by… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.John McIntyre reviews three more children's books. Details listed below. Audio

10:10 AM.New Zealand born Warrick Couch is working on one of the deepest mysteries of physics, dark energy. Why is the universe expanding at an accelerating pace? Audio

9:47 AM.A top level appointment in China has given a strong indication as to who is in line to be the next President. Audio

9:33 AM.Efforts to return art works, stolen from them, to Jewish families. Audio

9:08 AM.The struggle to clean up the Manawatu River continues. Audio

11:52 AM.Simon reviews Making Tracks on C4 and Murderland. Audio

11:30 AM.A Speech Language Therapist discusses children's language development. Audio

11:10 AM.The future of television and the death of The Walkman. Audio

10:38 AM.Written by Ivor Wilkins, reviewed by Don Rood and published by Random House NZ. Audio

10:15 AM.The winner of this year's Nobel prize for Physics on his groundbreaking research into the new wonder material, graphene - thanks to a piece of good old sticky tape. Audio

10:08 AM.Expenditure and benefit cuts, Cherie Blair is selling her gifts on Ebay. Audio

9:45 AM.Verne Harris has been Nelson Mandela's chief archivist for more than five years. He is the head of the Memory Programme at the Nelson Mandela Foundations. Audio

9:24 AM.With Mark Solomon - Chairman of Ngai Tahu and Ray Smith - Child Youth and Family Chief Executive. Audio

9:08 AM.With Mike Gould - Employment lawyer who represented Lord of the Rings model maker James Bryson in his legal case over whether he was an employee or a contractor. Jane Latimer - Employment lawyer. Audio

11:48 AM.When art hits the headlines. Audio

11:30 AM.The media use of disreputable methods to obtain a story. Audio

11:08 AM.Artist of the Week is Belle and Sebastian. Audio

10:40 AM.Written by John Le Carre, reviewed by Dan Slevin and published by Viking. Audio

10:08 AM.Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author who runs the Counterspy blog on digital privacy and security. He is based at New York University's Center on Law and Security, where he holds… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Water wars, John Howard's memoir and squabbles in the Labor party. Audio

9:39 AM.What are the global political and economic ramifications of the aging population? Audio

9:08 AM.With Annabel Young - Chief Executive of the Pharmacy Guild, Ian Johnson - President of the Pharmacy Guild, Dr Harry Pert - President of the Royal N.Z. College of General Practitioners. Audio

11:52 AM.The new Wellington international airport, nicknamed the pumpkin. Audio