Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:46 AM.Lara discusses the last ever episode of 3D. Also, Blunt Talk on SoHo, about sitcom about a TV cable news show starring Patrick Stewart and Wayward Pines on Prime - a US sci-fi mystery starring Matt… Read more Audio

11:26 AM.Children's temperamental traits are present from birth, and have a significant impact on parenting strategies Joseph Driessen says the main types are as follows: A Easy going ( Any parent can parent… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Sarah gives her Top 10 in tech for 2015. Audio

10:40 AM.Reviewed by Quentin Johnson, published by Penguin Random House (NZ). Audio

10:06 AM.Throughout his childhood in state care, young Aucklander Tupua Urlich felt he had no voice. From the age of five to 15 he was bumped around a fractured social welfare system, living in more than 10… Read more Audio

9:51 AM.Kate Adie reports on the British astronaut, Tim Peake who's blasted off from Kazakhstan to join the International Space Station. Audio

9:44 AM.With the completion of the COP 21 climate negotiations in Paris the government is suggesting a scientific solution to agricultural emissions will be a major part of New Zealand's contribution to… Read more Audio

9:27 AM.Angus Deaton is this year's Nobel Prize winner prize in economic sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare. He was awarded the honour because his work has helped to provide… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.In Auckland a new memorandum of understanding between the police and health authorities means mental health patients having acute episodes are being taken to hospital rather than being held in police… Read more Audio

11:49 AM.The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. What's happening in New Zealand galleries over summer. Audio

11:27 AM.Professor Spoonley is Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Massey University. Audio

11:06 AM. 

Artist: Dan Fogelberg
Song: Part Of The Plan (3:18)
Composer: Dan Fogelberg
Album: Souvenirs (1974)
Label: Epic

Artist: Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg
Song: The Power Of Gold (4:32)
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10:40 AM.Reviewed by Gina Rogers , published by HarperCollins. Audio

10:06 AM.Philip Zimbardo is the American psychologist whose 1971 study on prison mentality exposed the ease at which participants playing the role of guards, began psychologically torturing their prisoners.The… Read more Audio

9:49 AM.Aniversary of the Lindt Cafe siege in Sydney. Catholic George Pell delays giving evidence to royal commission, Audio

9:36 AM.Former police officer and soldier Dr Apo Aporosa has received a 2015 Pacific postdoctoral fellowship worth $230,000 from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to examine the effects of drinking… Read more Audio

9:18 AM.In 2013 Katie Moussouris convinced Microsoft to do what many considered unthinkable. She got them to pay hackers bounties to find problems in their software. Now she's the chief policy officer for a… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Northland GP practices are full to the brim and some patients with urgent needs are instead going to hospital emergency departments. Chris Farrelly of Manaia Primary Health Organisation, which serves… Read more Audio

11:44 AM.Gavin Ellis is a media commentator and former editor of the New Zealand Herald. He can be contacted on gavin.ellis@xtra.co.nz Audio

11:24 AM.Jodi Wright, writes as JA Wright. Her book How to Grow an Addict reflects some elements of he early life, as a drug and alcohol addicted teen in the US. The novel is an insight into a young girl's… Read more Audio

11:11 AM.What is the response of business to the COP 21 climate deal which has been struck in Paris? Audio

10:38 AM.Reviewed by Gail Pittaway, published by Fourth Estate. Audio

10:06 AM.Heidi Thomas is one of more than 50 women who have accused veteran US actor and comedian Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting and stupefying them. The accusations have only recently come to light against… Read more Audio

9:33 AM.The Buller District Council wants the Government to fund an investigation into the new Wangapeka Road link, which would run from Little Wanganui, near Karamea, to the Motueka Valley. The Transport… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Elisabeth McDonald is an Associate Professor of Law from Victoria University and an author of a major two year report that examined options for reforming pre-trial and trial processes for sexual… Read more Audio