Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:08 AM.The rate of hearing loss in prisoners is double that of the general population and legal and disability advocates are calling for all remand prisoners to have their hearing checked. Louise… Read more Audio

11:50 AM.With the 10th International Penguin Conference under way in Dunedin this week, Kennedy Warne talks to Lynn about the increasingly perilous world of penguins. He also pays tribute to a pair of… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Russian and Ukrainian born Wellingtonians, Natalia Beliaeva and Iuliia Pashchuk share secrets to slavic cooking. They have recipes for beetroot salad, kasha, borsht and blini. On Saturday September… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:06 AM.A look at the Government's planned independent policy costing unit and Simon Bridges response to it, petrol pricing and the Prime Minister says she'll visit Ihumatao. Matthew Hooton is an… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.David Hill reviews A Dream About Lightning Bugs by Ben Folds. Published by Simon & Schuster. Audio

10:06 AM.South African clinical psychiatrist Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela has dedicated her life to reconciliation and reparation. She talks to Lynn Freeman about to the power that forgiveness can bestow… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Brazil is tackling record wildfires in the Amazon rain forest, with planes dropping water and chemicals in an attempt to control the blazes. President Jair Bolsonaro has promised to release extra… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.'No Way Crochet' is the brain child of Phil Ferguson, aka Chili Philly who's made a name for himself by making completely mad food themed creations. His story of success is pretty simple. In August… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.New Zealand doesn't have a single constitutional document, although we do have an unwritten constitution made up of different pieces of legislation. Law professor Claire Charters thinks the status quo… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.New research finds the majority of employers of workers who turn 65 stop paying the three per cent KiwiSaver contribution - effectively meaning a pay cut for these older workers. The Commission for… Read more Audio

11:32 AM.Brendan has been keeping an eye on the Ashes 3rd test and the Black Caps' 2nd test in Sri Lanka. Also the countdown is on to next Wednesday, when the All Black selectors will name the 31 strong Rugby… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Jeremy Taylor relives the Daisy Age of the late 80s-early 90s with a terrific new selection of hip hop, plus the fourth album from Bon Iver and a Paul McCartney live album recorded in a record store!.

10:39 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin of Unity Books reviews Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar. Published by Picador.  Read more Audio

10:06 AM.With1.3 million Facebook followers and the seven children of her blended family to look after (aged 1-17) Perth business woman, internet sensation, blogger and Dancing with the Stars finalist… Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Julia has the latest on the Hong Kong protests, and an admission from China about the detention of a British consulate employee. Julia Hollingsworth is a digital news producer for CNN based in Hong… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.Wine Science lecturer Rebecca Deed says all a wine's faults can be detected from the aroma, you don't even need to taste it!  Read more Audio

9:21 AM.More diverse leadership in schools and safe social spaces for young people to gather are two key reccommendations to come out of a series of meetings attended by 150 young people on race issues held… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Hong Kong protesters have rejected Chief Executive Carrie Lam's offer to start a dialogue in a bid to heal the rift between the government and protestors, calling it a trap.  Read more Audio

11:50 AM.Film and TV reviewer Sarah McMullan looks at the new series of Mindhunter on Netflix, as well as season 4 of Veronica Mars on Neon - we met her as a 15 year old, now she's 30-something. Sarah will… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Dr Mohamed Alansari speaks with Kathryn Ryan about how devices have changed the way children relate to each other at school. He says while technology is expanding children's horizons in the classroom… Read more Audio

11:11 AM.Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at the big changes happening in the content world, with Disney kicking off their own service, the Rugby World Cup being mostly online and Apple getting in… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.If you've just gone to bed the humming buzz of a Mosquito is really quite annoying, but this minor torment is nothing to what it's capable of! It's been estimated that, over the course of human… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.UK correspondent Matthew Parris reports on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's journey to the continent to meet with Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel - who has suggested an alternative backstop could be… Read more Audio