Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:40 AM.The Vice President of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries talk to Chris about the geopolitical strategy of winning friends and gaining influence. Audio

9:10 AM.A look back at the media in 2010 and some of the dubious achievements; have the media lost interest in climate change? Audio

8:40 AM.Rising prison populations and the criminal justice system. Audio

8:12 AM.Nigel Stirling looks at the recent global currency wars and the impact they're having on New Zealand Audio

11:05 AM.Ideas takes a look at insurance, its history, how premiums are calculated and the types of disputes that arise between policy holders and their insurance companies. Audio

10:05 AM.Explores why the West has been so dominant for the past 200 years. Audio

9:45 AM.Oxfam New Zealand Spokesman on the Unwrapped Christmas campaign. Audio

9:05 AM.The current state of current affairs on TV, the future of investigative journalism, and why do some say it's no longer just a job for journalists. Audio

8:40 AM.Professor of History at the University of Bayreuth discusses Germany's relationship with Samoa. Audio

8:12 AM.Anne Marie May examines the proposals to change the law regarding name suppression Audio

11:05 AM.This week the team looks at the Muslim faith in its New Zealand context, how it's thriving in this small secular state, and examines its origin and evolution in the global arena. Audio

This week the Ideas team looks at the Moslem faith in its New Zealand context, how it's thriving in this small secular state, and examines its origin and evolution in the global arena.

10:40 AM.Dougal's increasing the astore of memory in a house already full with the presence of the past. Audio

10:08 AM.Dr Alagappa speaks with Chris about the shifting complexities of allegiance and deterrence in a vast region comprising four distinct arenas. Audio

9:40 AM.We hear of the origins of idiosyncratic sayings and words peculiar to this part of the world. Audio

9:10 AM.TV3 news boss Mark Jennings on the coverage of the Pike River coalmine disaster; how a troubled youth ended up in the TV spotlight; publishing under pressure in Nepal; the US response to the latest… Read more Audio

TV3 news boss Mark Jennings on the coverage of the Pike River coalmine disaster; how a troubled youth ended up in the TV spotlight; publishing under pressure in Nepal and; the US response to the…

8:40 AM.Ellen talks to Chris about the Boer War, or the Anglo-Boer War, and the New Zealand participation in it. Her new book 'Teachers for South Africa' looks at the mission of 20 teachers sent from this… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Ian Telfer assesses the possible causes of the Pike River coal mine disaster and the implications it has for the industry. Audio

11:05 AM.Colin Tukuitonga was born on Niue - or 'the rock' as it's affectionately known. In his early teens he went to Fiji to further his education, eventually graduating as a medical doctor. His has been a… Read more Audio

10:10 AM.Raymond Ricards talks to Chris Laidlaw about his new biography of former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, entitled 'Palmer: The Parliamentary Years', published by Canterbury University Press. Audio

9:40 AM.The Swedish social democratic politician Maj Britt Theorin talks to Chris Laidlaw about Swedish attitudes to disarmament and the origins of those attitudes. Audio

9:10 AM.The efforts the media made during the Pike River coalmine crisis - and claims that some journalists in Greymouth gave their craft a bad name. Audio

8:40 AM.Dr Cornel de Ronde, winner of the Media Communication Prize, talks to Chris Laidlaw about the prize and his work as a marine geologist studying submarine volcanoes. Audio

8:12 AM.Teresa Cowie looks at the first results to come from a new longitudinal study about growing up in 21st century NZ. Audio