Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:06 AM.This week the Mediawatch team looks at: the controversial publication of National Standards stats; an overseas investigation unreported here; TVNZ cuts another current affairs show; Paul Henry hassled… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Comparative Politics lecturer at Victoria University, Dr Jon Johansson, talks US politics and what he predicts is the inevitable failure of the current Republican Campaign for the White House. Audio

8:12 AM.Karen Brown Insight follows a pilot programme to screen for bowel cancer - NZ's second biggest cause of cancer death. Audio

11:58 AM.What the listeners have to say on today's programme. Audio

11:40 AM.Wayne looks at an extraordinary citizens' case against certain provisions in the US National Defense Authorization Act. A law suit by a group of academics, journalists and activists resulted in a New… Read more Audio

11:12 AM.Adrian and Chris take a big picture look at the way the international community has dealt with climate change since the 1980s and where it's headed now. Audio

11:06 AM.In an attempt to save money, government departments are cutting staff. But when some of the departing staff turn up as highly-paid consultants, where are the savings? Audio

10:06 AM.Ideas explores the place of children in a democracy with: Jessica Palairet - a member of the Commissioner of Children's Young People's Reference Group; Caleb O'Fee - the president of Feilding High… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Dr Elisabeth McDonald this week delivered the 2012 Suffrage Day lecture at the University of Otago. She says that despite law reforms over the last 30 years, there's been little real change in the… Read more Audio

9:07 AM.A right royal row over private pictures; shots fired over the blurred boundary between old and new media; The ODT's editor on resisting reinvention; which paper had its eagle eye on the Russia's Tsar?

8:40 AM.Richard Towle, UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) Regional Representative for Australia, NZ, PNG and the Pacific says some of the measures being considered by Parliament in the Immigration Amendment Bill -… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Philippa Tolley asks whether weight loss surgery is worth the cost. Audio

1:00 PM.The Mediawatch team runs through listeners' queries and comments and updates recent stories from the programme - with guest Alison McCullough. This month: The Herald's new format; flaky columns… Read more Audio

11:45 AM.Each week Wayne gives fresh insights into a wide variety of topics of national and international concern, followed by Chris Laidlaw's discussion of the issue with guests. This week Wayne considers… Read more Audio

11:15 AM.Neil Mitchell is Professor of International Relations in the School of Public Policy at University College London. Audio

11:05 AM.Ezekiel and his devoted wife have decided to take advantage of the government's 'charter schools' initiative. Audio

10:05 AM.MIT - which was ranked the world's top university by QS University Rankings earlier this week - has led the way in making its course work freely available on the internet. Audio

9:45 AM.Dr Patricia O'Brien explores the friendship that was forged between Samoan nationalist leader Ta'isi Olaf Nelson and Maori politician Sir Maui Pomare. She talks about the role this played in the years… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The boss of the nation's biggest daily paper on its tabloid transition; a top lawyer calls for a rethink of rules allowing cameras into our courts; how a notorious nickname stuck to a controversial… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.64-year-old James Harris is a veteran trade unionist and longstanding leader of the US Socialist Workers Party. He has been active for more than four decades in the struggle for Black rights, protests… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Todd Niall explores whether Auckland is now on the right track to boost its economy. Audio

11:40 AM.A new addition to the programme from Wayne Brittenden, who has been Radio New Zealand's correspondent in several capital cities over the years. He will be giving us fresh insights into a wide variety… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.'Enemies: A History of the FBI' is a definitive account of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize. Tim Weiner talks… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.The Americans can't understand our Prime Minister's accent. We might have to help them or things could go very wrong in the Pacific. Audio

10:06 AM.In 1898, New Zealand became the first country in the world to introduce an old age pension; in 1926 it became the first to introduce a family benefit; then in the 1940s we led the way in introducing a… Read more Audio