Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:05 AM.One of the best things we can do for our sleep cycle – and therefore mental health – is head outside for 30 minutes of daily daylight, says world-leading neurobiology researcher Anna Wirz-Justice… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to recast the war in Ukraine as a battle for Russia's survival, and just days after Italy… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Fungi botanists, local health professionals, rongoa practitioners and medical researchers are planning a clinical trial this year into the therapeutic benefits of psychadelics. Project coordinator is… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.How do we rebuild with in-built resilience post Cyclone Gabrielle? Kathryn speaks with Helen Davidson, Chief Executive of ACE New Zealand, about the immediate opportunities of rebuilding with… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sports commentator Sam Ackerman takes a squint at the boardroom and back office dramas over who the new All Blacks coach will be - and how this overshadows actual sport. He also looks at what to… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Music reviewer Grant Smithies joins Susie with a selection of new music from Running Club a new collaboration between New Brighton musician Blair Parkes and Auckland's Stephen Reay and a new song from… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Alisha talks to Susie Ferguson about council plans that will displace sports clubs from their century old homes. And one of the district's parks is getting a name change from Maungatapu park to Opupu… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Olly Clifton of Unity Books Auckland reviews Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia by David Graeber, published by Penguin Random House Read more Audio

10:05 AM.An artificial intelligence programme has been created by MoleMap to be used by GPs, nurses and technicians to screen patients for melanoma, with an accuracy rate of over 90 percent, almost as accurate… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.RNZ Pacific Journalist Koroi Hawkins on Pacific leaders meeting in Fiji to discuss and resolve issues affecting regional unity, petrol pumps in Port Morseby becoming operational again and families of… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.We're heard a lot about bailey bridges in the last month since cyclones Hale and Gabrielle. With multiple bridges washed out, particularly in Tairāwhiti and Hawkes Bay - a temporary bridge is the best… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.BBC's Ukraine Correspondent James Waterhouse, based in Kyiv, speaks with Susie Ferguson on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Read more Audio

9:05 AM.After the destruction caused by slash during last week's cyclone, the government yesterday announced a ministerial inquiry. Susie speaks with Hera Ngata-Gibson from the group Mana Taiao Tairawhiti… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.James Croot reviews three movies : Women Talking, Aftersun and Missing. Also Apple TV's The Reluctant Traveller. Read more Audio

11:20 AM.Tired parents hoping to train newborns to sleep through the night need to adjust their expectations, parenting expert and neuroscience educator Nathan Wallis says. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Technology correspondent Tony Grasso talks to Susie Ferguson about a group of Chinese scientists who recently quietly posted a paper purporting to show how a combination of classical and quantum… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.David Hill is in Kaikōura today where the local A&P show returns after Covid-19 forced its cancellation last year. Also the Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust has voted to begin the process of applying for dark… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Louise O'Brien reviews Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton, published by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Just back from navigating through retreating Antarctic ice, Dr Joshu Mountjoy tells Susie what's been discovered in uncharted territory. Read more Audio

9:45 AM.UK correspondent Dan Bloom talks to Susie about the latest news from the UK, including, Rishi Sunak coming under pressure over his handling of talks to break a Brexit deadlock, Kate Forbes' disastrous… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Serious questions are being asked of the Southern Lakes Ultra Marathon director, after runners were brought down from a mountain-side in wild weather, and spent two nights in evacuation centres… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.KiwiRail has apologised over the stranding of passengers either side of Cook Strait, due to more engine problems. Susie speaks with one woman who was forced to abandon her car in Picton, fly to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.One of Hawkes Bay's biggest vegetable and fruit growers says he has grave concerns for the region's food producers if more significant financial help doesn't arrive quickly. Paul Apatu speaks to Susie… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.The infection risk from black water after cyclone/flooding, especially if houses are contaminated. Also, are the prices of pharmaceutical drugs justified? Pharma companies often justify the high price… Read more Audio