Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:07 AM.Ben Elms – aka Dr Compost – is a man passionate about the difference between dirt and soil. The key to great yields is 'superhero' soil and for that you'll need compost, he says. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:28 AM.Co-founder and CEO of charity Creative Access, Josie Dobrin talks to Kathryn Ryan about creating more diversity in the creative industries in the UK. 40% of London's population is Black, Asian or of… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.The Tertiary Education Commission has just released general data showing student enrolment figures - comparing the numbers from April 2017 to April this year. It shows a 0.3% increase overall for… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Mental health nurse and psychotherapist Matthew Ball was voted Australia's Mental Health Nurse of the year in 2017. He was also a finalist in this year's HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.After not going anywhere for six years, Kim Jong Un makes his third visit to China in as many months, the Civil Aviation Administration of China demands more than 40 foreign airlines to re-designate… Read more Audio

9:35 AM.Benaiah and Thomas Dunn clinched second place at the International Youth Silent Film Festival finals in Oregon this month for The Chase –​ a homage to the slapstick comedies of the early 20^th century.

9:25 AM.Getting rid of contaminated motor oil containers is set to get easier, for everyone from motor vehicle owners to big industry. Some of New Zealand's biggest lubricant brands have got together to… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A lawyer for the 17 year old New Zealand boy in a Melbourne detention centre says the Australia Border Force refuse to explain the grounds on which they are holding him. The boy was born in New… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.How a child feels in their very first months of school can set the tone for their academic and social future, says speech and language therapist Christian Wright. He gives tips on preparing them for… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Chatbots, or "conversational user experiences", have sprung up everywhere and now they're smarter than ever. Our tech correspondent Paul Matthews goes through the ethical and privacy concerns. He's… Read more Audio

10:36 AM.Rachel Eadie from Scorpio books reviews Flamingo Boy and Toitoi - A Journal for Young Writers and Artists. Audio

10:07 AM.Pultizer Prize winning writer Frances Fitzgerald talks with Kathryn Ryan about her sweeping new book The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America, in which she traces the history of the Christian… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Our UK correspondent, Matthew Parris has details about a review of the use of cannabis oil, a crunch vote on Brexit and Trump's impending visit to the UK next month. Audio

9:42 AM.High-intensity interval training (HITT) is one of the biggest trends in fitness, but are guidelines needed to prevent injury? New research has found that adding volume doesn't necessarily deliver… Read more Audio

9:26 AM.New Zealand's building standards are lagging behind other OECD countries, according to one of America's leading authorities on clean energy, sustainability and social innovation. Read more Audio

9:08 AM.A noted American pediatrician and advocate for immigrant children says the effects of separating migrant families will last well beyond the headlines. Alan Shapiro is the Co-Founder and Medical… Read more Audio

11:27 AM.Paranormal author Steff Green talks to Kathryn Ryan about why she's turning to childrens' fiction for the first time with an anti-bullying novel about being different, Only Freaks Turn Things Into… Read more Audio