Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:48 AM.Neuroscientist, Dr Malvindar Singh-Bains, discusses new research about psychoactive drugs and the applications they might have for neurological diseases. Audio

11:06 AM.Marty Duda features the music of Bill Haley. Audio

10:39 AM.Reviewed by Harry Broad, published by HarperCollins. Audio

9:55 AM.What are the polls saying? Turnbull is likely to get home, but will probably face a difficult Senate and the crucial order in which candidates are listed on the ballot papers was announced last week… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.In the first initiative of its kind, Code Club Aotearoa has teamed up with Ngai Tahu to help primary school children incorporate Maori language and cultural beliefs while they learn to code. Kathryn… Read more Audio

9:31 AM.A charity devoted to preventing people from losing their eyesight through macular degeneration says a lack of action could be costing two or three thousand people their sight a year. It wants a… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Exposed and unsightly cables on his East Auckland property have caused Joe Thornley to complain to Chorus about shoddy installation of ultra fast broadband. Chorus Chief Executive Mark Ratcliffe… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.How media startup website the Spinoff is filling a gap by attracting an impressive list of contributors, and New York fashion photographer Bill Cunningham's passing led to a legion of tributes that… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.The recommendations of the Shewan Report on offshore trusts and while the financial markets have recovered most of their sharp falls after the Brexit referendum there are still plenty of worries about… Read more Audio

10:39 AM.Reviewed by Rachel O'Neill, published by Text Publishing Audio

9:51 AM.Susan Milligan reports on Hilary Clinton's FBI interview about her private email server and how her husband Bill's tarmac tête-à-tête with the Attorney General, Loretta Lynch wasn't a good look. Audio

9:34 AM.Malcolm McCulloch is a renewable energy expert from the UK who says we will soon be at the tipping point for home generated electricity. He is an electrical engineer and the head of Oxford… Read more Audio

9:17 AM.The Financial Markets Authority is zeroing in on insurance agents who may be unnecessarily switching their clients to new policies - in pursuit of commissions, bonuses and overseas trips. It comes as… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Four Wellington rugby players, including All Black Victor Vito, have gone "undercover" in an effort to the highlight sideline and on field antics at children's rugby matches. Wellington's head of… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.Outdoorsman Kennedy Warne wades into debate over increased helicopter landings in remote DoC areas in Fiordland, and the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's critique of the Ministry for… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Award-winning baker and pastry chef Michael Kloeg from The Claireville Bakery in Carterton on pastry making and the techniques to getting it right. He is giving a hands on masterclass at his bakery as… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams unpick the Australian election and the Government's billion dollar infrastructure loan fund. Audio

10:37 AM.Reviewed by Jenna Todd, published by Penguin Random House. Audio

10:06 AM.New Yorker writer Jane Mayer on her book Dark Money about right-wing political funders Charles and David Koch - the Koch brothers. She says the Kochs and their ultra-wealthy allies on the right are… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.The latest from the Middle East, including on the rising death toll from the massive bombing in Baghdad. Audio