Saturday Morning Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Kate Camp discusses The Big Sleep, the 1939 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler. Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Director of the Centre for Brain Research and Professor of Anatomy at the University of Auckland, and Director of the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand Human Brain Bank. Audio

8:45 AM.Evolutionary psychologist at the University of Michigan who has just published the paper: Evolved Foraging Psychology Underlies Sex Differences in Shopping Experiences and Behaviours. Audio

8:10 AM.Magazine editor, journalist and author of Ayn Rand and the World She Made, a biography of the controversial exponent of laissez-faire policies. Audio

11:15 AM.Emeritus Professor of English at Otago University, member of the New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, writer of hymns and musical settings, and Australasian editor for the upcoming Dictionary of World Hymnody Audio

10:50 AM.Kim reads a selection of emails and text messages to Saturday Morning. Audio

10:05 AM.American singer/songwriters whose 1970 debut show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles helped propel them both to the world stage; they have joined forces again for a tour which visits Auckland next… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Distinguished Professor in Pure Mathematics at Massey University and the founding director of the NZ Institute for Advanced Study. Audio

9:05 AM.British biographer, critic and publisher whose latest book is a study of the tumultuous first decade of the return of Charles II to the throne. Audio

8:40 AM.Sports columnist for the Financial Times, and author of a number of books, including Soccernomics; speaking in the wake of the draw for the World Cup 2010. Audio

8:15 AM.Pakistani author of five novels (the most recent is Burnt Shadows), visiting next year for the New Zealand International Arts Festival 2010. Audio

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

11:50 AM.Kate De Goldi discusses Cowshed Christmas by Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop, The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, illustrated by PJ Lynch. Audio

11:05 AM.New Zealand cartoonist living in Canada, and author of a book about his grandfather and Robert Scott's expedition to the South Pole. Audio

10:10 AM.Joint winner of the APRA Silver Scroll, who recently released his second solo album, signed international recording deals, relaunched the APOLLO-13: Mission Control show, and is about to embark on an… Read more Audio

9:50 AM.Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury and principal investigator of the Origins of New Zealand English project, discussing 'lazy' pronunciation, and changes to… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Auckland, and author of Encircled Lands: Te Urewera 1821-1920, which documents 100 years of the Tuhoe people. Audio

8:35 AM.Professor of genetics at University College London, leading expert on the evolution of snails, and notable science populariser, discussing chasmology - yawning. Audio

8:10 AM.Filmmaker who has told the story of Invercargill racing driver Burt Munro in Offerings to the God of Speed and The World's Fastest Indian, and in a new scrapbook with DVD. Audio

11:30 AM.Biomedical engineer who was presented with New Zealand's top science honour, the 2009 Rutherford Medal, by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Audio

11:10 AM.Food writer, and who has revised and expanded his 1982 history of New Zealand Food and Cookery. He discusses and consumes kina with Kim. Audio

11:05 AM.Kim Hill reads a selection of email and text messages. Audio

10:10 AM.Former front man for the British band Pulp, now a solo artist who has worked on movies and as a broadcasting host and cultural critic. Audio

9:45 AM.Kate Camp discusses the 1877 novel Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Audio

9:10 AM.Member of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, a collaboration of over 800 professionals who are re-examining the high-rise collapses of the World Trade Centre buildings in the light of scientific… Read more Audio