Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:06 AM.Major Bob Wood served with the 19th Wellington Battalion of the First Echelon during World War II, and spent time in prison-of-war camps. Audio

8:11 AM.British restaurant and television critic and travel writer whose new book is The Golden Door: Letters to America. Audio

11:43 AM.Tips for pruning fruit trees from a teacher of permaculture and gardening. Audio

11:35 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

11:08 AM.Retired General Practitioner Roger Ridley Smith whose paper, The Sick Soldiers of Gallipoli, was presented to the Third Gallipoli Conference in Istanbul in 2012. Mentions the book Gallipoli by John… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Ian and Claire Athfield have been running one of New Zealand's most celebrated architectural practices for over four decades, and their work is celebrated in a new book and gallery exhibition. Audio

9:47 AM.Discussing the 18th century Romantic painter Henry Fuseli, whose drawings from the Auckland Art Gallery's collection are featured in the exhibition, Henri Fuseli: Dark Chambers of the Mind. Audio

9:06 AM.Author of The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East. Audio

8:24 AM.Professor of Political Science at Bogazici University in Istanbul, who has written widely on Turkish and Middle Eastern politics and is in New Zealand for the 47th University of Otago Foreign Policy… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Journalist who has been covering the trial of Anders Breivik for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Audio

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads a selection of emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

11:45 AM.Kate discusses two new picture books, and four classic picture books by Leo Lionni. Audio

11:10 AM.British journalist and author of Banksy: the Man Behind the Wall, about the elusive street artist. Audio

9:40 AM.Teacher at the Department of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University, and an authority on Polari, the secretive gay slang of the early 20th century. Audio

9:05 AM.Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician who recently retired from politics after serving as opposition leader in the PNG parliament. Audio

8:10 AM.Florence Williams is the author of Breasts: a Natural and Unnatural History. Audio

11:55 AM.Kim Hill reads emails and text messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme. Audio

11:35 AM.One of Germany's best-known authors, who is visiting New Zealand with fellow poets for The Transit of Venus Poetry Exchange. Audio

11:05 AM.New York based Nigerian writer, street photographer and art historian who is working on a non-fiction narrative of Lagos, and on a Twitter project called Small Fates. Audio

10:05 AM.Jane Davies has been Chief Executive of Manchester Science Parks since 2000, and she chairs the Manchester Innovation Group. Her husband, Wyn Davies, has been Director of Music for New Zealand Opera… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Young Women's Officer for the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, working with issues such as law reform, women's rights, and young women's leadership. Audio

9:05 AM.Director of Singapore-based advisory firm Landfall Strategy Group who participated in the Transit of Venus forums. Audio

8:40 AM.Funding director for the Save the Wharf charitable trust in Tolaga Bay. Audio

8:15 AM.British journalist, olive farmer, comedy writer, and script editor, who has been writing for The Guardian on the secretive Bilderberg organisation. Audio