Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:50 AM.A time of tense relations between Israel and Washington. Irris Makler reports. Audio

9:33 AM.Craig Dunn, founder of Paw Justice; and Simon Bridges, National Party MP who introduced a members' bill to increase penalties for animal cruelty. Audio

9:08 AM.Wool producers and manufacturers of wool products are worried that imported synthetic, non-biodegradable, toxin-emitting fabrics are gaining the Environmental Choice label, while their natural… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.With comedian Radar. Audio

11:33 AM.With sports commentator Richard Boock. Audio

11:06 AM.Featuring 'Rambling Man' by Laura Marling,'I Saw You Blink' by Stornoway, 'Promises' by The Morning Benders and 'Valencia' by Josh Rouse. Audio

10:42 AM.With John McIntyre featuring 'Skulduggery Pleasant #1' by Derek Landy, published by Harper Collins and 'The Graveyard Book' by Neil Gaiman, published by Bloomsbury. Audio

10:10 AM.Australian anti-war activist who was a human shield in Iraq during the 2003 war. She has made several trips back to Iraq since the war to work with street kids, and witnessed the Fallujah massacre… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.With Chris Fortune, President of Farmers' Markets NZ. Audio

9:25 AM.After 10 years, Ron Patterson Health and Disability Commissioner is stepping down. Audio

9:08 AM.The Overseas Investment Office Manager Annelies McClure speaks with Kathryn. Audio

11:48 AM.Simon Wilson reviews the first episode of the second series of NZ comedy Go Girls, and the Prime documentary Haiti's Killer Quake. Audio

11:28 AM.Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel discusses kids on planes and other public places. How do you ensure they behave in public, and what should you do if someone else's kids are driving you nuts? Audio

11:06 AM.Nat Torkington discusses Google's cyber-turfwar with China, conservation mining, and women in computing. Audio

10:39 AM.Phil Smith reviews 'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand' by Helen Simpson. Published by Allen and amp; Unwin. Audio

10:09 AM.Author of The Tall Man, an award-winning book about the death in custody of Cameron (Mulrunji) Doomadgee after he swore at a policeman on Palm Island. She wrote the book after being invited by the… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The British budget has just been announced. Audio

9:38 AM.Dr Mark Turin, leader of the World Oral Literature Project. The University of Cambridge-based project aims to safeguard the world's 6,000 spoken languages, half of which are in danger of dying out… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.What are the implications of a foreign based company buying into New Zealand's dairy industry? An enormous amount of dairy farms may be sold to Hong Kong based Natural Dairy Holdings. Audio

11:49 AM.With Graeme Tuckett. Audio

11:35 AM.With legal commentator Robert Lithgow. Audio

11:11 AM.Marty Duda's been listening to John Hiatt this week. Audio

10:39 AM.'Mr Rosenblum's List' by Natasha Solomons. Published by Sceptre. Reviewed by Kate Blackhurst. Audio

10:05 AM.He Huarahi Tamariki was a program set up in a pub in Cannons Creek 15 years ago to keep teen mums in the education system. The concept proved so successful that 17 more schools popped up around the… Read more Audio

9:54 AM.Latest news from Australia. Audio