Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:07 AM.Over the top on Osama Bin Laden, more on Metro's Afghanistan article; a bold proposal fpr RNZ Concert; CTV returns and broadcasting students step up in post-quake Christchurch. Audio

8:40 AM.New Zealanders have been extraordinarily generous in responding to the misery caused by the earthquakes in Christchurch. Contributions have poured in from everywhere as the rest of us express our… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.What you, the listeners say on the ideas and issues presented in the programme. Audio

11:10 AM.What is the state of unions internationally? Jeremy Rose has been talking to trade unionists in Bangladesh, the Middle East and China, to find out what's happening in those places. Audio

10:20 AM.Judge Eugene Hyman of the California court system has been something of a pioneer in promoting a youth and family court revolution, and a stern critic of the 3 strikes law both in California and here… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Dianne Bardsley, lexicographer and Director of the NZ Dictionary Centre at Victoria University is always on the lookout for trends and novelties in the way that language is used. Audio

9:10 AM.Royal wedding fever strikes the media; Metro's editor on a newsmaking story about Afghanistan, not Auckland; a new group for former and current journalists. Audio

8:40 AM.Split Enz veteran Mike Chunn on the Play it Strange Trust, and what it's doing for New Zealand Music Month. Audio

8:12 AM.Penny Mackay investigates family trusts. Audio

11:06 AM.Ideas examines the concept of resilience. Essentially it's the strengthening of the capacity of any town, city or country to withstand the knocks imposed on it by nature or man-made mishaps. Chris… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Ross Jennings produced the new documentary 'Nga Toa o te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa - The Warriors of The Pacific' for Maori TV's ANZAC Day coverage. The documentary focuses on a 1943 battle on a heavily… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.In 2003 Australian Scott Bennett visited the Great War battlefields in France and Belgium to retrace the steps of his great uncles who had fought there. One of these battlefields was Pozieres in… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.RNZ's new chair Richard Griffin on his vision for the broadcaster - and media claims his appointment is political; extraordinary efforts to restore the media in Christchurch; and unexpected reaction… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.It took more than a century to translate the King James version of the Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek. It was first published in 1611 and is still considered by many scholars to be the most… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Winner of Best Documentary, 2011 New Zealand Radio Awards: Sue Ingram talks to those suffering from dementia. Audio

11:06 AM.Jews around the world will this coming week begin their celebration of Passover - the commemoration of the Jewish exodus from Egypt and escape from slavery. So, in the latest of our occasional "lived… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Australia's first Doctor of UFOs talks about his unusual academic achievement. Audio

9:40 AM.US Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith talks about her role working directly to the Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Audio

9:06 AM.Pushing the boundaries in the Scott Guy case; more media closures confirmed; Palmy-bashing fightback; cranky columns and junket journalism. Audio

8:40 AM.Bruce Philp talks to Chris Laidlaw about his book, The Orange Code: How ING Direct Succeeded by Being a Rebel with a Cause. Audio

8:15 AM.Lorna Perry investigates the costs and benefits of heritage buildings. Audio

6:30 PM.The Mediawatch team runs through the best of listeners' queries and comments on stories and issues in Mediawatch recently. This month: The demise of our oldest national news organisation - the NZPA… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Chris Laidlaw and Jeremy Rose explore the growing importance and evolution of the Maori economy. Audio

10:40 AM.Dougal's latest aural epistle. Audio

10:10 AM.Pioneering exporter of NZ online educational products and probably this country's most successful international salesperson; no Pye in the Sky. Audio