Saturday Morning Podcast Options

11:45 AM.Kate discusses three new young adult fiction titles. Audio

11:05 AM.Irish novelist, critic, short story and non-fiction writer who will be a guest at the 2010 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival in May. Audio

10:05 AM.Singer-songwriter who teaches popular music at the University of Auckland and is taking her new Scrapyard Cabaret show to the ERUPT Festival in Taupo. Audio

9:40 AM.Irish comedian who is second only to U2 for live ticket sales in Ireland, and holds the Guiness World Record for the longest stand-up comedy show by an individual. Audio

9:05 AM.Writer, broadcaster and campaigner whose new book, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, recasts some of the issues raised in her 1998 book, The New Feminism. Audio

8:15 AM.Investigative journalist and author of many unauthorised biographies (Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the Bush family). Her latest subject is Oprah Winfrey. Audio

11:45 AM.Artist and filmmaker making a series of short films with around 60 young people about their experience of the impact of alcohol in their lives. Audio

11:10 AM.Suspense novelist (Burial, Captured) and screenwriter (Spooks, Luther). Audio

10:05 AM.Documentary Filmmaker whose musical subjects have included Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Joni Mitchell, The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers and The Beatles. Audio

9:45 AM.Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury talking about how stuffed toys can alter the way people speak. Audio

9:05 AM.Scientist, social entrepreneur and 2010 New Zealander of the Year award for his medical inventions which have helped millions in the developing worlds. Audio

8:35 AM.Judge at the District Court in Manukau who spent nearly eight years in Tanzania helping prosecute crimes against humanity, and war crimes committed in Rwanda. Audio

8:15 AM.Political Journalist and co-editor of political newsletter CounterPunch. Audio

11:35 AM.Associate Head of the Mathematics Department at Auckland University, President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, and coordinator of the Klein Project to illuminate the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Former Senior Curator of History at Te Papa, and author of a new illustrated book that profiles 25 contemporary New Zealand designers. Audio

10:05 AM.Founder of the rock 'n' roll jewellery business, The Great Frog, in Carnaby Street in the early 1970s. Audio

9:45 AM.Mackelvie Curator of International Art at the Auckland Art Gallery, discussing the 4th Auckland Triennial : Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon. Audio

9:05 AM.Journalist and author whose new book, Smile or Die, was conceived when she became ill with breast cancer, and explores the tyranny of positive thinking. Audio

8:45 AM.Director of BioDream Machine, a California non-profit organization with the mission to bring the benefits of bio-inspired design to public and private education in the United States. Audio

8:11 AM.Presenter and producer of TV show The Investigator, and author of new book, Jesus : the Cold Case. Audio

11:40 AM.Social historian whose new book is A History of Gardening in New Zealand. Audio

11:25 AM.New Zealand writer whose short story, Last Season's Man, has won the inaugural Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award. Audio

11:05 AM.Kim Hill reads a selection of emails and texts from listeners to Saturday Morning. Audio

10:40 AM.New Zealand singer who maintains an active international career, and is Professor of Voice at the University of Canterbury. Her show, My Life in Song, travels to a number of South Island centres in… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Singer and pianist who has been a key figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues since the 1950s. His most recent album, City that Care Forgot, deals with various aspects of post-Katrina New Orleans, and… Read more Audio