Nine To Noon Podcast Options

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

11:29 AM.Lucy Wadeson, the first person to do a complete study of the Tombs of Petra, the rock cut architecture which have recently been home to the Bedouin people. Audio

11:06 AM.What the leaked WikiLeaks cables have revealed about Fonterra and former Hanover Finance boss Mark Hotchin's latest legal woes. Audio

10:37 AM.Crystal Beavis reviews I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron. Published by Black Swan. Audio

10:06 AM.Sarah Gibbs and Catherine de Groot founded Trilogy in 2002 - making beauty and skincare products using plant based ingredients. In eight years they built the business into an international beauty… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.The repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell', the Health Care Bill for 9/11 First Responders and cuts to Social Security. Audio

9:46 AM.Cracking down on taxis who refuse short-fare passengers. Audio

9:33 AM.Doctors for Sexual Abuse Care are noticing a steady increase in young women seeking help after bouts of binge drinking. Audio

9:08 AM.Some severely physically disabled children will go without intensive therapy because of cuts to Government funding. Audio

8:43 PM.Musings on how, what and why we think what we do. Audio

7:17 PM.A life teaching anatomy and a twenty year translating Andreas Vesalius's Humani Corporis Fabrica, first published in 1543, from Latin into English. Audio

11:50 AM.Tommy discusses various methods for monitoring your own happiness. Audio

11:31 AM.Catherine Bell has recipes for Coconut Burfi and Mango Kulfi (Ice Cream) and John gives us some great wine suggestions. Audio

11:10 AM.The fallout from the Wikileaks diplomatic cables regarding Helen Clark and the current New Zealand Government and the 15 billion dollar Government deficit. Audio