Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:40 AM.With many Americans registering for Obamacare before this year's cutoff point at the end of the month, Wayne takes a timely look at this most enigmatic of US presidents. Finlay follows up with US… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.As we mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War, parallels are being drawn between the tensions on the eve of that conflict and the atmosphere and conditions prevailing in parts of the… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Accusations of financial impropriety at the Kohanga Reo National Trust forces minister Hekia 'u-turn' Parata to send in the Serious Fraud Office. Audio

9:40 AM.Cao Shunli was a Chinese human rights activist who died last week after falling critically ill in police detention. The news of her death came soon after the start of a session in Geneva of the UN… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Coverage of the missing plane mystery; Cyclone Lusi fails to impress the media; a Maori TV scoop revived; what happened when scary Mary met angry Andy; how a beautiful blonde, Armageddon and one… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Alexander McCall Smith thinks the poet W. H. Auden provides a great guide to living a good life. He talks to Finlay Macdonald about Auden, 15 years of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, his… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Megan Whelan explores access to mental health serivces in the face of a suicide rate that is resistant to change Audio

11:40 AM.Last Tuesday marked the third anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear power reactor disaster in Japan. Wayne takes a fresh look at this on-going global health threat, and Finlay follows up with Dr Tilman… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Competition is everywhere. In families, in schools and in the workplace - but is it any good for us? Bestselling author and entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan will tell us why competition can be the… Read more Audio

11:00 AM.Justice Minister Judith Collins is on notice from the PM over a possible conflict of interest issue relating to a taxpayer-funded trip to China. Audio

9:40 AM.Sunday Morning sports commentator Zoe George discusses the extra challenges faced by New Zealand paralympians with Dave Stewart, the organisational development manager for Paralympics New Zealand, and… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.Coverage of the Judith Collins controversy; the Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa - and why it may change the way our media report from courts here; apology to NZ Taxpayers Union; BBC funding… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Humourist PJ O'Rourke has just written a new book on his generation - the Baby Boomers. He dispels some myths, gives us his unique thoughts on the so-called 'Me Generation,' and tells us what its… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Karen Brown explores the drive to give GP's patients the health equivalent of online banking. Audio

11:40 AM.Coverage of the crisis in Ukraine has generally lacked historic context, and yet some little-known facts are essential for a proper understanding of the complex and rapidly changing situation there. Audio

11:15 AM.Do David Cunliffe's hidden trusts erode the public's trust in Labour? Audio

11:15 AM.David Belton was a BBC Newsnight producer and one of the first journalists into Rwanda at the time of the genocide 20 years ago. His book, When the Hills Ask for Your Blood, is published by Random… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Pete Seel from the University of Colorado is studying digital immortality - how we put our lives online, and what happens when our digital existence outlasts our actual time on Earth. Audio

9:10 AM.Selective stories about politicians' spending; Sochi paralympics signals a new way of screening sport; update on plans for a new media outlet; a small-scale magazine's big project for a big milestone… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Andrew Ott is from the world's largest competitive wholesale electricity market and tells us why deregulation should mean lower power bills, and why it's not working very well in New Zealand. Audio

8:12 AM.Veronika Meduna follows the aftermath of an Antarctic expedition getting stuck in the ice over Christmas Audio

11:40 AM.Excessive inequality's now recognised by many governments as a problem that has to be addressed, although some economists argue that it's the inevitable outcome of globalisation and de-regulation… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Historian David Grant with an in-depth look at the Prime Minister who served for just two years but whose legacy has endured decades after his death. Read more Audio

11:00 AM.With Labour making no gains on National, questions are being asked about how committed the team is to supporting the leader. Audio

9:40 AM.Thirty years ago, investigative journalist John Pilger exposed the plight of Indigenous Australians in his landmark documentary 'The Secret Country.' He has now returned to the subject in his new… Read more Audio