Sunday Morning Podcast Options

10:06 AM.Author James Kaplan reveals the real man behind the image of legendary crooner Frank Sinatra. Audio

9:40 AM.This week marks 60 years since the 1951 Waterfront Dispute began and it remains the biggest industrial confrontation in New Zealand's history. Historian Dick Scott talks with Chris Laidlaw about the… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.A ministry embarrassed by a bad beneficiary - and a pumpkin; theology makes the news; what's the future of radio - and does it even exist any more? Audio

8:38 AM.Science historian Naomi Oreskes discusses the findings in her book 'Merchants of Doubt - how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming'. Audio

The world has watched transfixed as the people have tested their power in the streets of the Middle East. First in Tunisia and now in Egypt, mass movements, led mainly by the young, have brought the…

The world has watched transfixed as the people have tested their power in the streets of the Middle East. First in Tunisia and now in Egypt, mass movements, led mainly by the young, have brought the…

11:08 AM.The world has watched transfixed as the people have tested their power in the streets of the Middle East. First in Tunisia and now in Egypt, mass movements, led mainly by the young, have brought the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dougal is spotting shags over the Dunedin Harbour. Audio

10:06 AM.The concept of active resistance to oppression has a long history. Does it work? Has it ever really worked in the past? It's a real question right now as the masses of Egypt try to find a non-violent… Read more Audio

9:42 AM.In 1957 Kwame Nkrumuh led Ghana to independence and a new democratic dawn. The rest of Africa, and the world, watched with fascination as the first modern African democracy was born. It hasn't all… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Koha controversy at Waitangi; alarming reports about our forests; radio's digital future; Audio

8:40 AM.Public spending - the way in which governments use the income they derive from taxes - is always a matter of dispute. Whether its not enough spent in this sector or too much in that, societies are… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Geoff Moffett investigates the problems surrounding freedom camping. Audio

11:07 AM.Ideas takes a look at what's happening to some indigenous peoples around the world, such as the Chilean government's treaty with the people of Rapanui, and the experiences of the aboriginal… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.The Reverend Henry Williams translated the Treaty of Waitangi into Maori in 1840 and bought himself a load of controversy. In her book, 'Te Wiremu, Henry Williams: Early Years in the North', his… Read more Audio

9:43 AM.A couple of years ago Steve Levine, professor of political science at Victoria University, edited a book titled 'NZ As It Might Have Been', a collection of essays imagining what would've happened if… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.Bowled over by a monster cyclone; caught in Cairo's chaos; what's new on a new TV channel; can journalism survive the internet? Audio

8:40 AM.Many of us have been persuaded in recent years that the Maori language is gaining in usage and popularity. But might the opposite actually be occurring? We hear from Professor Laurie Bauer of Victoria… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Craig Ashworth looks into protections for Maori sacred sites. Audio

11:05 AM.This week the Ideas team looks at how human ingenuity and inventiveness can help overcome, arguably, one of our planet's most pressing concerns - one that has been largely attributed to us humans as… Read more Audio

10:08 AM.Garry Egger and his co-writer of the book 'Planet Obesity', Rob Swinburn, see the increasing incidence of obesity in assertively consumer driven societies as symptomatic of the greater ills facing the… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Richard and Chris talk the history of philatelly in New Zealand and Richard's new book on the subject 'It's in the Post'. Audio

9:10 AM.Suspicion and speculation in a tragic tale in the news; the online revolution and its impact on journalists and; advertisers spoonfeeding the media. Audio

8:40 AM.Chris speaks with the acknowleged international guru on parking and seeks some insight, perhaps wisdom, into finding nirvana in this vexing urban planning conundrum. Audio

8:12 AM.Lois Williams looks at why New Zealand still has a high incidence of the third world disease: Rheumatic fever Audio