Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:40 AM.In the pursuit of culinary sophistication and epicurean identity, have New Zealand restaurants strayed too far from their humble and unpretentious origins? Food and wine writer Keith Stewart discusses… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Professor of Theology and Public Issues at Otago University, Andrew Bradstock looks at the absence of a religious guide in the day-to-day secular lives of most of us. Audio

11:00 AM.The Nationals are proposing changes to the child protection strategy that include banning parents who abuse their kids from having more kids, and keeping 'suspect' people away from areas where kids… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.How did a company that had spent more than a century supplying New Zealand homes with utilitarian tapware morph into a company exporting luxury showerheads to some of the world’s most exclusive… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Professor Paul Moon, from Auckland University of Technology, is a prolific writer about New Zealand history. His latest book takes a less than conventional look at the analysis and creation of the… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Coverage of the quakes that shook central NZ; TV3 tests the PM's claim that we're interested in snapper, not spying, and; a political pundit ponders what sort of watchdogs the media make today. Audio

8:40 AM.Humanist chaplain at Harvard University, and guest of the Christchurch Interfaith Council - invited to speak on the topic of "The Spiritual Rebuild of Christchurch; more than religion alone..." Audio

8:12 AM.Lois Williams investigates the aftermath of James Parker's 14 years of abuse in Northland Audio

11:40 AM.Wayne takes a critical look at the prevailing global economic orthodoxy of neo-liberalism. Audio

11:12 AM.Wellington photographer Simon Woolf talks about the ever-changing landscape of photography. Audio

11:00 AM.Fonterra is in damage control after the botulism in the whey it supplies to baby formula manufacturers. Let's hope that there's some way New Zealand's clean-green image can be preserved. Audio

10:06 AM.In Ideas this week we hear about a new style of idealistic entrepreneurship that's taking off in Wellington and has people around the world sitting up and taking notice. Audio

9:40 AM.The Prime Minister's chief science adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, has just issued a report zeroing in on how climate change is going to test this country's resilience. Audio

9:05 AM.Coverage of the fallout from Fonterra's contamination crisis, film finance figures which didn't make the cut in the news, commercial media monitoring in the digital age and Dr Who hype. Audio

9:00 AM.The Mediawatch team runs through recent queries and comment from listeners. This month: snooping on journalists; journalists on junkets; royal baby reaction; respect for letter writers; rumours of a… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Professor Judy McGregor talks to Chris about the idea of public voice: Who's speaking out, how they are doing it and is anybody listening? Audio

8:13 AM.Sir Michael Cullen is the chair of the New Zealand Post Group. As the then Minister of Finance he oversaw the introduction of Kiwibank in 2002, which was created as part of a diversification strategy… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Kate Gudsell explores the future of NZ Post in the face of declining mail volumes. Audio

11:40 AM.This Tuesday and Friday mark the 68th anniversary of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Wayne explores some of the enduring myths surrounding these tragic events, and Chris follows up… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.What's former Prime Minister Helen Clark been up to since she took up a job at the United Nations? Miss Clark talks to Chris about her work leading the UN Development Programme. Audio

11:00 AM.First Kim Dotcom and the GCSB, then the attempt to make it all go away with a law change, then the NSC, then Parliamentary Services and the accessing of journalist's 'phone records. Is the head that… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Human rights lawyer Tim McBride and former SIS officer turned academic Dr Rhys Ball talk to Chris Laidlaw about the pros and cons of the state spying on its citizens; and US journalist Will Potter… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Since the Lisbon Treaty at the end of 2009, the European Parliament has taken on increased importance both within the European Union and for third country partners such as New Zealand. Chris discusses… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Are recent revelations about New Zealand journalists under surveillance signs of a state that hates the Fourth Estate? Does the media have their own staff under surveillance and TVNZ closes the last… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Grammy award-winning bass baritone Jonathan Lemalu was born in Dunedin and is now based in London, from where he's carving out a hugely successful international career. He has returned home to play… Read more Audio