Sunday Morning Podcast Options

10:06 AM.Chris talks to Robert Ayson, professor of strategic studies at Victoria University. Audio

9:45 AM.There are leaders and misleaders - and there's not a lot of space between. Thats the theory of Andre Van Heerden. His book Leaders and Misleaders is published by Maruki Books. Audio

9:06 AM.Mediawatch this weekend looks at a newspaper scoop which raised big questions about Israeli espionage - and how the great and good of the press in Britain are being called to account by the inquiries… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Chris talks to newly elected Federated farmers president, Bruce Wills. Audio

8:12 AM.Andrew McRae looks at some of the ideas being put forward to try to reduce the rates of child abuse and neglect. Audio

11:05 AM.There are many life-saving medicines that cost just a few cents to manufacture but remain beyond the reach of most of the world's population. Ideas talks to philosopher Thomas Pogge about an idea he… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Dr Regan Potangaroa is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at Unitec Auckland, and has been involved in humanitarian aid and post disaster work in places such as Haiti, Sudan… Read more Audio

9:47 AM.Liz Garbus directed a new documentary that tells the story of chess champion Bobby Fischer. From a lonely childhood which saw Bobby obsessed with chess by the time he was six, he went on to beat… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.The fallout from the phone hacking scandal in the UK. Editors arrested, executives ejected, journalists jailed - and calls for curbs on the press. Will events over there have an impact here? Also: a… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.In the wake of reports of Tamil asylum seekers heading for New Zealand, Chris talks to Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific Director, about the situation for Tamils in Sri Lanka following… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Ahead of the referendum on MMP, Julian Robins speaks to supporters and opponents of the system. Audio

11:57 AM.What you, the listeners, say on the ideas and issues the have appeared in the programme. Audio

11:06 AM.It's 25 years since homosexuality became legal in New Zealand. Ideas talks to former Wellington Central MP Fran Wilde, whose private members' Homosexual Law Reform Bill finally changed the law in this… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.New Zealander Tony Woods works alongside local people to build small-scale electricity projects in remote areas around Afghanistan. It can be a risky business but the pay-off is worth it. His wind and… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.The cement industry is a big, dirty business, responsible for five percent of the world's carbon emissions - and there's a lot of work being done for a cleaner product. Jim O'Brien, the President of… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.Mediawatch looks at the naming and shaming of the man the media dubbed 'the Jetstar urinator'; and how one politician got the blame for the lack of a crackdown on synthetic cannabis. Also on the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Fire in Babylon is the story of the glory days of West Indian cricket - back in the 1970s and '80s when the team, lead by the inspirational captain Clive Lloyd, blitzed all opposition. Set against the… Read more Audio

11:10 AM.This year is the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. This week Ideas looks at different aspects of refugees in New Zealand. Audio

10:40 AM.This week Dougal Stevenson is rightly railing against a proposal to prohibit the construction of south-facing homes. Audio

10:05 AM.John Scott is an independent consultant. He was recently in New Zealand, and gave his views of the energy transformation in recent years. Audio

9:40 AM.Janet Holmes is Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University. She discusses the way we speak at work. Audio

9:10 AM.Promoting the comeback of a controversial broadcaster; where to find public service-style programmes on free TV; how British public telly is served up on pay TV; can you trust media reports of a… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.The Mediawatch team discusses the best of listeners' queries and comments, and updates recent stories and issues on Mediawatch. This month: reaction to Christchurch's latest quakes; those… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Maritime historian Joan Druett talks Tupaia, and the biography devoted to this remarkable Tahitian. Audio

8:12 AM.John Gerritsen considers the on-going opposition to national standards for primary schools. Audio