Sunday Morning Podcast Options

11:06 AM.New Zealand is embarking on its second experiment with the privatisation of prisons. Guests include economist Phil Barry, Maori Party MP Hone Harawira, Israeli academic Amir Paz-Puchs, Chief Human… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.The out-going British High Commissioner to New Zealand, George Fergusson, has long links with this country. He talks with Chris Laidlaw about the relationship between the two countries, and how much… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Professor Jennifer Walsh has studied how the Three Strikes law works across the US, and made a submission in favour of the legislation in New Zealand. She talks to Chris about how Three Strikes is… Read more Audio

9:06 AM.The debate about prisons, and a rare glimpse of what life's like behind bars; Iceland's initiative for media freedom; how a tragedy in 1975 changed attitudes to journalists' safety. Audio

8:40 AM.Professor Don Rothwell from the Australian National University has been in New Zealand to talk about the legal implications of the reforms and the legal options open to New Zealand to challenge… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Eric Frykberg looks back at television's 50 year history in New Zealand and ahead to its future. Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Pollution is now the leading cause of death in China. The pH level of rain in Southern China is the same as that of vinegar and there are cities where the smog is so dense people go without seeing the… Read more Audio

10:35 AM.Dougal Stevenson gets wound up about real estate in Dunedin. Audio

10:05 AM.Chris Whitta is joined by some well known New Zealanders who feature in a new book about the joys and challenges of getting old. Audio

9:40 AM.2010 Fulbright US Senior Scholar Dr Thomas Preston from Washington State University talks to Chris Whitta about the growing threat of biological weapons in the hands of terrorists. Audio

9:05 AM.The battle for hearts and minds over smoking - and "crowdsourcing" vs "astroturfing"; politics trumps history in two land rights stories; Hanover's head honcho harshly harassed on holiday; GST… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Former Childrens Commissioner, Dr Ian Hassall has spent a lifetime tending to the needs of our children. He has just won a UN award for child rights advocacy and he spoke with Chris Whitta. Audio

11:55 AM.Listeners have their say on the ideas and issues that have appeared in the programme. Audio

11:05 AM.This week we look at the future of Australasia's fastest growing city, Auckland. Audio

10:05 AM.Discusses his latest work, a memoir of his early years. Audio

9:40 AM.Gives us a first-hand look at how California's three-strike law works. Audio

9:05 AM.Reporting two stories which traumatised high school students, a Sunday paper's South African scoop, a NZ star of intelligent reality TV, rugby swearing, female cricketers forced to follow on and… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Maori Television's chief executive on the network's evolution and its ambitions. Audio

8:12 AM.Penny MacKay looks at a transformation in primary school homework, where life challenges are taking over from academic work Audio

11:10 AM.New Zealand's upper house, the Legislative Council, was abolished in 1951 and there are those who believe the country is the weaker for it. So is there a place for bicameralism in New Zealand? Audio

10:40 AM.Today Dougal comments on public art in Dunedin. Audio

10:10 AM.Former Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Morgan Williams, discusses the question - are we winning or losing the fight for genuine sustainability? Audio

9:45 AM.Jeffrey Paparoa Holman's new book 'Best of Both Worlds - The story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau' examines the relationship of two well known New Zealands. Audio

9:15 AM.Left out of the loop for the PM's 'secret' trip to Afghanistan, a broken embargo offshore, the partisan British press pick winners prematurely, reporters testing service at service stations. Audio

8:45 AM.Owen Marshall has produced a new collection of poems in a book called 'Sleepwalking in Antartica'. Audio