Saturday Morning Podcast Options

10:07 AM.Wellington barrister, who has worked in public law and policy for over 20 years, and will take up the position of Privacy Commissioner in February 2014. Audio

9:38 AM.Postdoctoral Fellow in Victoria University of Wellington's School of History, Philosophy, Political Science & International Relations, and fluent te reo Ma-ori speaker. Audio

9:13 AM.Former Balkans correspondent for the New York Times, who created Political Tours in 2009, with the aim of giving people first-hand insight into some of the most critical regions in the world. Audio

8:45 AM.Science columnist for The New York Times, blogger for National Geographic Magazine, and author of twelve books. He writes about The Quest to End the Flu in the December issue of The Atlantic. Audio

8:15 AM.British author of eight best-selling historical novels; his latest is An Officer and a Spy, based on the Dreyfus affair in France in the late 1800s. Audio

11:45 AM.Kate De Goldi discusses two books by Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms, and A Drowned Maiden's Hair : A Melodrama, and From Norvelt to Nowhere by Jack Gantos. Audio

11:05 AM.American singer and songwriter whose new album is Sing the Delta ; she visited New Zealand this week with musician husband Greg Brown. Audio

10:05 AM.Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of personalised internet radio service Pandora, and a composer and musician. Audio

9:45 AM.Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, discussing the exhibition Freedom Farmers : New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas. Audio

9:05 AM.Canadian writer, editor, and co-chair of advocacy group the National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol. Her latest book is Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol. Audio

8:30 AM.Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, Ireland and a former president of the Irish Economic Association. Audio

8:15 AM.South Africa Correspondent for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph based in Johannesburg, talking about Nelson Mandela and South Africa. Audio

11:59 AM.Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 30 November 2013. Audio

11:45 AM.Founder and co-director of Hiko Health & Fitness Ltd, which was established to empower Pacific and Maori whanau and community to meet their health goals. Audio

11:05 AM.Wellington historian and author of the new illustrated history, Creature Comforts: New Zealanders and Their Pets. Audio

10:05 AM.Musical siblings: Cathie is a singer and Development Officer for the Scottish Jazz Federation; John teaches at the New Zealand School of Music, and is a composer, drummer and band leader. Audio

9:35 AM.Professor of Timber Design at the University of Canterbury, who is playing a key role in the international resurgence in the use of timber for large-scale buildings. Audio

9:05 AM.Head of Productions and Senior Policy Analyst at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, an international, charitable think tank with staff in the UK and Mexico. Audio

8:45 AM.Freelance researcher and writer specialising in nuclear issues, the Middle East, Central Asia, and US foreign policy, and former senior editor at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist, columnist for the New York Times, and author of The Poisoner's Handbook. Audio

11:45 AM.Kate Camp discusses Love in a Cold Climate, the 1949 novel by Nancy Mitford. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Artist, academic, kaitiaki and Research Leader Ma-ori for Manaaki Taha Moana and the Horowhenua case study. Her exhibition, Rae ki te Rae/Face to Face, is at City Gallery Wellington. Audio

10:05 AM.American jazz and blues guitarist and singer currently touring New Zealand. Audio

9:42 AM.Senior Curator at the Auckland Art Gallery discusses: John Panting: Spatial Constructions; Peter Robinson: Cuts and Junctures; and State of the Art: Reproductive Prints from the Renaissance to Now. Audio

9:05 AM.Former Prime Minister of New Zealand who writes about his life in Reform: A Memoir. Audio