Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:40 AM.Sunday Morning marks St Andrews Day on November 30 with Professor McIlvanney, who holds the Stuart Chair in Scottish Studies at the University of Otago. Liam's keen for Scots to vote for independence… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Hobbit hoopla and the anguished analysis of foreign media reports, a hack charged over hacking responds to the UK's epic Leveson report, the risk of ruined reputations world where gossip goes global… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Before the earthquakes, Sarah Miles ran a psychotherapy practice in Christchurch. During the recovery phase she was astounded to find that when it comes to issues of real importance to the citizens -… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Lorna Perry investigates if the Tauranga community has recovered from the Rena disaster Audio

11:45 AM.This week, Counterpoint looks at the gaps in public knowledge of Iran's history, and the political expediency with which that history may have been presented to the West. Audio

11:15 AM.Robin Snitcher, Labour List MP, has a stoush with his executive assistant because he believes she is trying to undermine his leadership by changing biscuits. Audio

11:10 AM.This week, in the final installation of New Flags Flying for the year, Ian Johnstone, Michael Powles and Chris laidlaw look at the Pacific from the perspective of the former colonisers, taking a look… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Democracy beyond the ballot box. New technology and its role in the provision of people's say. Audio

9:40 AM.Professor of Sport Policy at Loughborough University, in the UK, is in this country for a conference on the future of sport in small nations. Audio

9:10 AM.Rumblings in the news ahead of The Hobbit's big day; making a media meal of Labour's leadership; community broadcasters covering post-quake Christchurch on a shoestring; yet more marketing that uses… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Unites Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories. Audio

8:12 AM.Eric Frykberg reports after travelling to Timor Leste on the departure of the NZ peacekeepers and the nation's future Audio

11:40 AM.New Zealand is to host a new round of talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The talks are between the US, New Zealand and nine other countries of the Asia-Pacific Rim. Wayne… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Baroness Stern of Vauxhall is one of the world's best known justice and prison reformers. She is primarily involved in reform on a global scale - currently a Member of the Advisory Council, ILANUD… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.Local tourism operators attempt to capitalise on the anticipated flow of Hobbit focused tourists. Audio

10:08 AM.Constitutional lawyer Mai Chen, along with her former partner in law Sir Geoffrey Palmer, is widely credited with setting up the country's first US-style public law firm - Chen Palmer. So what drives… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.James McCormick, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Iowa State University, talks to Chris about the implications of the US election on American foreign policy in general and… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The BBC's boss carries the can for failures of its journalism - and Radio New Zealand's boss on where the buck stops here; an American scholar and broadcaster on media as a force for bad and good… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Distinguished Professor Greg Duncan, from the University of California, has spent three decades researching childhood poverty. He studies the long-term impact of childhood poverty, investing in… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Nigel Stirling reports, after travelling to Europe, on the Euro crisis and asks if there is worse to come? Audio

7:59 AM.The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments and updates recent stories from the programme. This month: Blogging and busking; the blogger who's helming Truth; figures for the film… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Magazines, newspaper supplements and the broadcast media are a bombardment of gardening information this month. Wayne takes an offbeat political look at what's growing, with the help of two guests… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.The impact of workplace health and safety deregulation is explored following the release of the report of the Pike River Commission of Inquiry. Audio

11:12 AM.Today, after Obama's win, Jon and Chris discuss what the president has achieved in four years, what he faces in Washington, what message the election result sends, and what now for the Republican… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Next weekend will see dozens of young innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists descend on Wellington for the Festival for the Future. Ideas talks to four of the festival's speakers. Audio