Saturday Morning Podcast Options

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

8:15 AM.Principal Research Associate in the Genetics, Evolution & Environment department of University College London, author of The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science, currently touring New… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Physiotherapist, and creator of the Backpod, a spinal therapy device designed to address the widespread and growing problem of upper back hunch caused by the upsurge in use of mobile devices. Audio

11:05 AM.Senior writer with the New Zealand Listener, who won best magazine feature writer at the 2013 Canon Media Awards, and has just published Tragedy at Pike River Mine: How and Why 29 Men Died. Read more Audio

10:05 AM.American author, screenwriter and accordionist best known for his children's books, A Series of Unfortunate Events, under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. Audio

9:35 AM.Auckland cartoonist and author of From Earth's End: The Best of New Zealand Comics, the first major book dedicated to the subject. Audio

9:05 AM.Wireless power Leaders of the Inductive Power Transfer Team at the University of Auckland, who won the $500,000 Prime Minister's Science Prize for 2013 for a transformative discovery or achievement in… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.World authority on The Beatles and author of The Beatles: Tune In, the first volume in a planned trilogy, covering the years leading up to the eve of the group's great breakthrough. Audio

11:45 AM.Secretary General of the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics speaking about the International Day and International Year of Medical Physics. Audio

11:05 AM.British journalist, broadcaster and author who has written many celebrated original novels, as well as an official James Bond novel, and now a homage to P.G. Wodehouse: Jeeves and the Wedding Bells. Audio

10:05 AM.Editor of Home New Zealand magazine, judge on TV series The Block, and author of new book, Modern: New Zealand Homes from the 1940's to the 1970's. Audio

9:45 AM.Research Associate at the Natural History Museum of Utah, and lead author on the study of the newly discovered dinosaur Lythronax Argestes, nicknamed the 'King of Gore'. Audio

9:05 AM.New Zealand art curator and writer, and author of Peter McLeavey : The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer. Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Author of eight novels for young adults, and 2013 winner of the Menton Fellowship to France. Audio

8:15 AM.American writer and publisher of The Dissenter blog at Firedoglake.com, where he regularly covers the NSA, whistleblowing, and other civil liberties issues. Audio