Sunday Morning Podcast Options

7:48 AM.The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is back home after a two day visit to New Zealand where he was dogged by questions over his leadership. Mr Abbott held talks with his New Zealand… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.MPs debate the Prime Minister's decision to commit military to Iraq, with the Government blocking Opposition attempts to force a vote on the matter. Sue Moroney's Paid Parental Leave Bill fails to… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Anne Fox is a UK-based anthropologist who has studied drinking cultures around the world for the last 20 years. She has just completed a study into New Zealand and Australia drinking cultures… Read more Audio

11:42 AM.David George Gordon, nicknamed The Bug Chef, is the author of the best seller The Eat-a-bug Cook Book. He believes that bug-eating (entomophagy) could be among the best ways to combat world hunger and… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Matt Thomson from award winning distillery Thomson Whisky in Auckland explains the growing popularity of the spirit, where it originated and how to craft the perfect drop. Audio

11:05 AM.Many of us eat it every day, but toast is set to be the "in" food for 2015. Josey Baker - head baker and owner of The Mill, a coffee shop/bakery in San Francisco - started putting artisan toast on the… Read more Audio

10:50 AM.Anggie Godoy and Genoby Jaimes both work in McDonalds restaurants in Los Angeles and were in New Zealand recently - with Hannah Joravsky of the Fight for $15 and a Union Campaign - to learn from New… Read more Audio

10:20 AM.Professor Standing argues that 800 years after the Magna Carta the time has come for a new charter representing the interests of those facing job insecurity and disenfranchisement internationally. Audio

10:06 AM.Rhonda Samoa is a truck driver, a graduate of the New Zealand Film School, and the sister of Mark Samoa who was killed in a work accident on the Wellington waterfront in 2013. She remains optimistic… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Self-described size diversity activist, Los Angeles based Ragen Chastain is a writer, blogger and professional choreographer and is in training to be an ironman athlete. She's also had to face fat… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.An unpaid bill ends a political honeymoon; online outlet Scoop offers itself to the public with crowd funding; 50 Shades dominates submissive media; efforts to push Jessie Ryder into the ring… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Merrill Fernando founded tea brand Dilmah in the 1950s, producing single origin Ceylon tea in Sri Lanka. He's in New Zealand, with his sons Malik and Dilhan, whom he named the brand after. Audio

8:12 AM.Philippa Tolley looks at whether progress is being made on dealing with New Zealand's shocking domestic violence statistics. Read more Audio

7:51 AM.This week the Auckland Council and Youth Connections held a jobfest for youth at the Manukau campus of MIT, connecting thousands of youth with employers. Audio

7:47 AM.The business community in Fiji is disappointed the country's first casino project has fallen over but is confident the Government will get it right the second time around. Audio

7:32 AM.A wrap-up of the week in Parliament. Audio

7:30 AM.A wrap-up of the week in Parliament. Audio

7:24 AM.Here at home, Parliament's health committee in August gave the green light to legislation to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes. The proposed legislation won't be passed until the legal… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, with a population of just 3.4 million. It's in a David and Goliath fight against tobacco giant Philip Morris, based in Switzerland and maker of… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Don McGlashan has written or played some of New Zealand's most well-known songs - 'Anchor Me', 'There is no depression in NZ', 'Bathe in the River', and 'Dominion Road'. He has fronted NZ bands like… Read more Audio

11:30 AM.Wallace talks to Alexander Rose, director of the Long Now Foundation, about a huge clock being built to go inside a mountain in Texas. It is designed to tick for 10,000 years and every so often it… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Tuhoe painter Tame Iti and Austrian photographer Birgit Krippner are exhibiting their art together in a new exhibition at Wellington's Suite gallery. Tame Iti will show paintings and sculpture… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Alan Davies is a standup veteran of 25 years. He starred in the crime show Jonathan Creek which ran for 14 years, and is a permanent panelist of the QI show hosted by Stephen Fry. Alan Davies is… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Former Guantanamo staff sergeant Joseph Hickman has spent most of his life in the military - first as a marine, then as a soldier in the army and National Guard. His book Murder at Camp Delta reveals… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Just in time for Valentine's Day weekend - Dr Hannah Fry tells Wallace the mathematical equation for love. Her new book The Mathematics of Love offers a unique perspective on matters of the heart. As… Read more Audio