Nine To Noon Podcast Options

11:50 AM.Dan critiques What We Do in the Shadows, The Two Faces of January and Transformers: Age of Extinction. Audio

11:25 AM.Prue Jamieson shares her experience of rebuilding her life after the death of her teenage son from cancer, and has advice on how to help people in that situation. Audio

11:10 AM.Erika Pearson discusses the prospect of smart home devices "talking" to each other. Audio

10:38 AM.Reviewed by Elisabeth Easther, published by Headline, RRP$29.99. Audio

10:10 AM.Jean Kittson is an Australian comedian, performer and writer who's on a mission to break the cone of silence she says exists around menopause. She's written a book about the subject, called You're… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.The verdict on the phone hacking trial and football, biting and FIFA with Kate Adie. Audio

9:29 AM.Representatives from 14 finalist schools and tertiary institutions were at the ceremony at Te Papa on June 25, with Tauranga's Otumoetai Intermediate taking out the top prize in the Prime Minister's… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Mohamed Fahmy, the Al Jazeera English bureau chief in Cairo, was this week one of three AJE journalists sentenced to prison terms in Egypt on the charge of "spreading false news". The Egyptian… Read more Audio

11:48 AM.Over the last week, the science section of major newspapers around the world have been reporting about spiders that catch fish and how it is much more common than was previously thought. Why are we so… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Ursula Cheer talks about the Weller Case and the invasion of privacy by the media. Audio

11:05 AM.Manchester's James formed in the mid-1980s in the wake of The Smiths' popularity, even scoring an endorsement from Morrissey himself in their early days. As the band's sound evolved, comparisons to U2… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Fictional Woman by Tara Moss, reviewed by Rae McGregor, published by HarperCollins, RRP$34.99 Audio

10:05 AM.Fred Lee was executive vice-president at one of America's largest hospitals and has worked in healthcare for 30 years. He has also done consulting work for the Disney Corporation, which allowed him to… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.The changing of the guard in the Senate and Australian Jihadis in Syria. Audio

9:28 AM.Hundreds of school dental clinics around the country have been closed, and replaced by what the Ministry of Health calls a hub and spoke system. While children still get their teeth checked at mobile… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.The former editor of Britain's now defunct News of the World newspaper, Andy Coulson, has been found guilty of conspiring to hack phones at a London court. But another former editor of the paper… Read more Audio

11:46 AM.The High Court ruling that a book written by a New Zealand Herald journalist about internet tycoon Kim Dotcom is not "news activity" and does not get special legal protections. Audio

11:25 AM.The controversial case of US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, released after five years in Taliban captivity in exchange for five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. Questions have been raised about the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Discusses a legal setback for mining out at sea. Audio

10:38 AM.Reviewed by Sonja de Freiz. Audio

10:10 AM.Richard Marsh is the author of Locked In. The retired Californian police officer was teaching forensic science at Napa High School in California when, five years ago, at age 60, he suffered a severe… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Dick Cheney, the invasion of Iraq, and the Fox News presenter that riled him. Audio

9:30 AM.A US programme is having remarkable results by connecting elderly dementia and alzheimers sufferers with the music of their past. Dan Cohen is the founder of Music and Memory which involves playing… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Three Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt have been handed seven-year jail terms after being convicted of "spreading false news". The Egyptian government accused Peter Greste (formerly Nine to… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Three Al Jazeera English journalists in Egypt have been handed seven-year jail terms after being convicted of "spreading false news". The Egyptian government accused Peter Greste (formerly Nine to… Read more Audio