Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:06 AM.Good ideas - even if they're controversial - deserve to be published, says Australian philosopher and bioethics professor Peter Singer. To this end, he's co-founded an online academic journal where… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to look at Dominic Cummings' comments to Parliament that Prime Minister Boris Johnson ignored scientific advice, wrongly delayed lockdowns and that - as a… Read more Audio

9:39 AM.A new study of tens of millions of groundwater wells around the world, including New Zealand's, reveals one in five could run dry if underground water levels fall by just a few metres. Globally… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.New Zealanders are working longer and producing less than their OECD counterparts, according to a new report from the Productivity Commission. The report finds kiwis work 34.2 hours a week on average… Read more Audio

11:34 AM.Long human-powered journeys and human ambition verses the forces of nature is explored in new documentary The Sea Decides. Grant Rawlinson rowed and cycled 12,000 kms from Singapore to New Zealand. In… Read more Audio, Gallery

10:35 AM.David Hill reviews The Frontiers of Knowledge by A.C. Grayling, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:06 AM.Pioneering caver Van Watson has an amazing story of adventure in search of the deepest cave in the world in Papua New Guinea. A young caver from Waitomo in the early 1970s, he led a group of 23 cavers… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:52 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the growing cluster of cases in Melbourne and concern football fans who attended an AFL match on Saturday may have been exposed. Read more Audio

9:36 AM.A leading architecture firm says the key to reducing carbon emissions in the construction industry will be to repurpose existing buildings, rather than building new structures. Jasmax is behind some… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.As some truck drivers report driving over their hours to the point of exhaustion and danger, calls for mandatory e-logs and an accord across the transportation industry to take pressure off them… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Andrew talks to Kathryn about complicity at the BBC over the underhand measures reporter Martin Bashir resorted to in securing the bombshell Panorama interview with Princess Diana - just who knew… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Some ideas on how to attract more insects and wildlife into your garden - no matter what the size of your plot. Annie Burdick is the US author of Bring the Wild into your Garden, which is all about… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Rebecca poses the question, does Rocket Lab have a toxic culture?. This follows a damning Employment Relations Authority judgement about the dismissal of an employee. Also a wave of CEO exits, what is… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Harry Ricketts reviews Things OK with You? by Vincent O'Sullivan, published by VUP. Read more Audio

10:07 AM.The nation's first Te Awhi Rito - Reading Ambassador - is on a mission to get more noses into books. Lyttleton-based Ben Brown knew the power of the word from a young age. Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Ron joins Kathryn to talk about how President Biden's agenda is hanging in the balance as Republicans mount a united front of resistance. Read more Audio

9:35 AM.A new report from Nanogirl Labs has found teacher confidence is one of the key factors for science not being taught consistently in primary and intermediate schools. New Zealand is seeing declining… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.The country's next Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, says she is proudly Māori and part British. Dame Cindy will replace Dame Patsy Reddy when her five year term ends in September. She will become… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Neale, Ben and Kathryn with some post Budget analysis and discussion about the Opposition's response. Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Crowds are descending on Samoa's parliament where the Speaker of the House has refused a court order to convene parliament, with members of the emergent FAST Party locked out of the building. Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Jane Wynyard is a wildlife photographer and elephant conservationist in Kenya, working as a consultant with Save the Elephants and the Elephant Crisis Fund. Read more Audio