Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:40 AM.Chef Peter Gordon was born in Whanganui and showed early promise when, as a four-year-old, he created his own cook book. Since then he's gone global, with award-winning restaurants in Auckland and… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.The papers in your neighbourhood - local rags in line for a digital shakeup; two ex-editors form a new media business; a Chinese paper placed inside a local one. Audio

8:40 AM.Claire Molyneaux has been working as a music therapist for more than 20 years - particularly in the field of children and adolescents. She joins Wallace to talk about why music therapy works, who it… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Melbourne independent book retailer Readings recently won the the London Book Fair's International Bookstore of the Year. Mark Rubbo is Readings managing director and he discusses how the business is… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Finance Minister Bill English's eighth budget dominates the week in the House, culminating in Thursday's Budget Debate and a battle of wits between Labour leader Andrew Little and the Prime Minister… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.Dr Don Brash, former leader of ACT and of the National Party, and investigative political journalist and commentator Selwyn Manning join Wallace to discuss Budget 2016, how it's been received, and its… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Shakespeare's work first arrived in Aotearoa on Captain Cook's Endeavour in 1769. Waves of later migrants then brought with them Victorian double-column small-type copies of his writing, and… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.The news media and privacy in the social media era; regional TV rejigged; tragic journalism. Audio

7:47 AM.Dr Christoph Bartneck from the University of Canterbury has been investigating the perceived violence in the product catalogues of major toy producer, Lego, from the years 1978-2014 and the frequency… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Parliament resumes at 2pm on Tuesday. Deputy leader of the House, Simon Bridges, previews the week ahead, culminating in Bill English's presentation on Thursday of his eighth Budget. Members day on… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Sarah Cordery discusses her documentary feature, Notes to Eternity - a meditation on the Israel-Palestine conflict which focuses on the lives of three Jewish intellectuals who have written widely on… Read more Video, Audio

11:05 AM.Wallace speaks to Mohammed Ali Naqvi who, along with co-director Hemal Trevadi, was allowed beyond the secure walls of the Red Mosque in Pakistan to talk to Muslim leader, cleric Abdul Aziz Ghazi… Read more Video, Audio

10:06 AM.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is in Auckland for talks about the trade alliance between the two cities, plus Guangzhou in China. He joins Wallace, with Auckland mayor Len Brown, to talk about what… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Increasing numbers of New Zealanders are returning home with new hips or knees or other surgical and dental procedures performed at overseas clinics that provide services for medical tourists. Dr… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.A media merger to change the landscape - driven from over the ditch; Panama Papers out in the open - and back in the news; controversial column overshadows confronting campaign. Audio

8:40 AM.Pop cultural researcher, Lorna Piatti-Farnell, joins Wallace to talk bananas. In her new book, Banana - A Global History, Lorna has unearthed a fascinating history of the fruit - she explains where… Read more Audio