Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:07 AM.Music reviewer Charlotte Ryan has a new interpretation of La Vie En Rose by Lucy Dacus, Mavis Staples' song Change composed by Ben Harper and Kurt Vile's Pretty Pimpin. Audio

10:39 AM.Kiran Dass from Timeout reviews For the Good Times by David Keenan. Audio

10:07 AM.In his memoir, There Will Be No Miracles Here, Casey Gerald lays out a darker side of the American dream. He speaks of growing up gay, in subsidised housing in a predominantly black neighbourhood in… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to pick over yesterday's Budget. With an announcement expected shortly about a likely election date, the Opposition was calling it more of a… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.An in depth analysis of the US-China relationship, what the battle for 5G is really about, and how it could impact New Zealand. John Pomfret a former Washington Post bureau chief in Beijing, is the… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A new report from online safety organisation Netsafe says New Zealanders lost $33m to online scams and fraud last year - that's triple what was stolen the year before. Kathryn talks to Netsafe chief… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.Words mean everything in hate speech laws and Media commentator Gavin Ellis says we're not very good at finding the right ones, claiming Andrew Little's review is well-meaning but fraught with… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.If you think the online presence of your businesses is in need of a boost, you want to improve your website traffic, drive clicks and increase conversions, then it's time to think about SEO. SEO or… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Business commentator Rod Oram talks to Kathryn about the Reserve Bank reversing its outlook and now it expects it will cut its Official Cash Rate. Mercury announces it will build a major wind farm… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Loving Sylvie by Elizabeth Smither. The book is published by Allen & Unwin NZ. Audio

10:07 AM.The number of people who die trying to reach the summit of K2 is one of the highest of any mountain. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:53 AM.From the US, Washington bureau chief of The Guardian, David Smith talks to Kathryn about unwanted touching and kissing allegations levelled at former Vice President Joe Biden amid talk he may run for… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.An orchard in Hawke's Bay has become the first to use a robot in a commercial apple harvest. T & G Global's Chief Operating Officer Peter Landon-Lane joins Kathryn to talk about what it means for a… Read more Audio

9:29 AM.University College London's Dr Paul Gill has done an extensive amount of research in the area of lone actor terrorism, including the role of mental health, and wrote the first book using empirical… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A group of six Wellingtonians planning to build a co-housing complex say the dramatic increase in the cost of building, and the difficulty some people in finance and regulations have in understanding… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:36 AM.Mexican chef Andres Pimentel has a lunch-time hole in the wall cafe at Custom House Quay and a food stall at the Wellington Sunday Waterfront market called Hot Like A Mexican. His specialities are… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Kathryn takes a look at national security, immigration and hate speech with Stephen Mills and Brigitte Morten, also the Prime Minister's one day trip to China. Stephen Mills is the executive director… Read more Audio

10:07 AM.Do you like the idea of electric vehicles but are put off by the hassle of having to plug them in and the fear of running out of juice? University of Auckland professors Grant Covic and John Boys… Read more Audio

9:53 AM.Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney talks to Kathryn about the EU anxiously awaiting the UK plan to avoid a no deal Brexit. Also, teenage migrants from Africa charged with hijacking a Mediterranean… Read more Audio

9:38 AM.What are the rules covering media reporting for the court case of the accused in the Christchurch mosque killings? The judiciary has just published a summary of rules for media coverage of New Zealand… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Two years since the establishment of Oranga Tamariki - the Ministry for Children, more children and young people than ever are in the care of the state. The agency replaced Child, Youth and Family… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Grant Smithies tells Kathryn that something very special is brewing in Naenae. Today we hear two cosmic folk tunes from Lower Hutt's Albert Mikolaj, also known as A.U.R.A. We'll also indulge in a… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.More wet weather is forecast this weekend for the storm lashed West Coast. Earlier this week a woman died in flood waters north of Hokitika after getting out of her car and trying to cross surface… Read more Audio