Nine To Noon Podcast Options

9:53 AM.Susan has the latest on yet another mass shooting that left 26 dead at a church in Texas. Audio

9:23 AM.Self publishing, once derided as "vanity publishing", is growing to become a bigger force in the book industry. Established authors and emerging talent are choosing this route, partly due to the… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.University of Auckland senior lecturer in vaccinology Helen Petousis-Harris tells Kathryn Ryan a mumps outbreak in Auckland could get worse. Our biggest city is facing its worst outbreak of the virus… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Kennedy talks to Kathryn from Uluru/Ayers Rock where he is guiding a National Geographic expedition. Climbing Uluru will be prohibited from October 2019, which illustrates the rapid shift in public… Read more Audio, Gallery

11:25 AM.Author Delia McCabe has combined her knowledge of the human brain with 20 years of research into how food influences brain function. Read more Audio

11:08 AM.Stephen Mills and Matthew Hooton on the Prime Minister's emerging leadership style. Audio

10:25 AM.Ralph McAllister reviews You Belong to Me by Colin Harrison, published by Bloomsbury. Audio

10:08 AM.Former South African president Nelson Mandela died in 2013 aged 95. One of his regrets was not having published the memoir of his life after his incarceration on Robben Island, which he'd begun… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Lucian has details of the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, the degenerating relations with the U.S. and the upcoming presidential elections in March. Audio

9:37 AM.Less than two years on from 'The Panama Papers' leak, which revealed how the rich can exploit secretive offshore tax regimes, there's been another similar avalanche of information, known as 'The… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The union representing professional footballers in New Zealand is seeking a single new contract for men and women with equal terms and condition, which, if successful, will be a world first. The… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.It's still five months away, but even so, Grant Smithies is already packing his bags to head north for Auckland City Limits music festival in March, 2018. The lineup has just been announced, and we… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Kiran Dass from Unity Books reviews The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit, published by Granta. Audio

10:05 AM.Specialist in 19th century art and literature, British author Catherine Hewitt talks about her new book Renoir's Dancer: the Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon, said to be Pierre-Auguste Renoir's… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.Christmas shopping season is on the horizon, and a new social enterprise being established aims to simplify giving, help good causes, and reduce waste. The Good Registry is an online community where… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Pacific political turmoil - elections in Tonga and no-confidence bid in the Solomons, a bitter airline row between Samoa and Virgin and is a 20-year-old online Pacific news service a victim of Trump… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Get online, get access to your medical records, and take charge of your health decisions. That's the advice of Dave deBronkart, an international patient superstar, known for being an advocate of… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.ACC says between 2012 and 2016 there was an almost 90 per cent increase in new sensitive claims lodged for male victims of sexual abuse. It's prompted renewed calls for a public apology and… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.Education consultant Nathan Mikaere-Wallis discusses New Zealand's high youth suicide rate and what parents can do to minimise risk. Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The online advertising industry is a preposterous train wreck that must be changed, a former advertising executive says. Read more Audio