Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:40 AM.New Zealand Rhodes Scholar, former UK Labour Party MP and former University of Waikato vice-chancellor, on his book Myths, Politicians & Money: The Truth Behind the Free Market. Audio

8:12 AM.Brent Edwards explores the motives for NZ's UN Security Council bid. Audio

11:40 AM.With the release this week of a children's book extolling the virtues of the real world over social networks - and written by Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook's founder - Wayne takes a look at… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Revelations about Angela Merkel's phone being bugged are explored in a New Zealand context. Audio

11:12 AM.Oliver Richmond discusses attempts in the last century to achieve peace - refining the state, building an international architecture (UN system), supporting democracy, civil society, human rights, and… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.This week on Ideas we speak to three of the youngest successful candidates in last month's local body elections: Twenty-year-old Jack McDonald who is the grandson of poets James K Baxter and Jacqui… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Tim Jarvis is a British-Australian explorer who last year re-created Ernest Shackleton's epic trip across 1300km of southern ocean in a small leaky boat, followed by a long trek to reach a rescue… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Online and on-demand, but not on the radio - RNZ's new bid to hook the young; a sports star on social media bypasses the news media with big news; a fuller picture of the Afghan incident. Audio

8:40 AM.Marti Friedlander, one of New Zealand's best-known photographers, has published an entertaining and engaging autobiography, Self Portrait. Marti tells Chris Laidlaw about growing up in a London… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Rowan Quinn investigates how the Fonterra botulism scare was handled and what needs to be done to repair the damage. Audio

11:40 AM.Wayne looks at growing demands for new restraints on the US National Security Agency operations and Chris follows up with acclaimed German writer Ilija Trojanow, a formidable critic of the NSA. Please… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Paul Ehrlich is Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University and president of Stanford's Centre for Conservation Biology. Audio

11:00 AM.The Nationals are not doing brilliantly in the polls. Are they running out of coalition partners? And Auckland is like a life sized game of monopoly. Audio

10:05 AM.In the latest of our occasional Lived Philosophies series we take a look at the Baha'i religion. Audio

9:40 AM.Playwright Briar Grace-Smith talks about her new work which is set amongst the Maori-Spaniards of the East Coast, who are known as the Paniora. Audio

9:05 AM.A bold Maori TV investigation draws praise, but annoys some prominent people in Maoridom; more loose and confusing coverage of the ongoing supercity mayor affair and Sky TV gets a warning letter about… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Lynley Dodd talks about growing up in the Kaingaroa Forest, and the road to becoming known around the world as a children's author and illustrator. Audio

8:12 AM.William Ray looks at tertiary students' job prospects and what can be done to match output of graduates with needs of industry. Audio

11:42 AM.Five years ago this month the global financial decline kicked in deeply. Wayne looks at the implications of the next meltdown that some punters are predicting, and the potential for serious social… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Author, journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner David Finkel talks about his new book which explores the real life stories of men returning from the modern-day front line. Audio

11:00 AM.Auckland Mayor Len Brown will need a very good PR company to get him through the extra-marital affair affair. Audio

10:08 AM.Self-described arts odd-job man Hamish Keith talks about the individuals, writers and thinkers who have influenced him.

A former chair of the New Zealand Arts Council, author, curator, television… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Sir Alan Mark talks with Chris about the progress of the Wise Response initiative - backed by a number of well known New Zealanders - that asks politicians to acknowledge environmental, economic and… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.How the story of the Auckland mayor's affair broke in the news this week: were the media led by the nose - and do the public have a right to know everything?; Will the dismal local election turnout… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Author Raewyn Peart talks to Chris Laidlaw about her new book which addresses human-dolphin interactions and the development of science to better understand the human impact on New Zealand's dolphin… Read more Audio