Sunday Morning Podcast Options

9:45 AM.Mr Gibson is leading the New Zealand contingent at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China. Audio

9:10 AM.The increasingly intense scrutiny of elected representatives, an MP interviews a politician for a change, the outcry over aviolent music video, and some seedy statistics. Audio

8:40 AM.Film producer Michael Bonfiglio talks about his movie, 'Crude'. Audio

8:12 AM.Geoff Moffett looks at proposed reforms which could see the expansion of the aquaculture industry Audio

11:08 AM.Ideas examines the history and future of this most final of punishments. Audio

10:06 AM.Advertising industry doyen and arts advocate, Peter Biggs talks to Chris Laidlaw about a plethora of achievements. Audio

9:40 AM.Chris speaks with this professor of linguistics about sexism in language. Audio

9:08 AM.Investment from China brings forth fears on talkback radio; the media focus on young offenders; a classic hoax; spinning Australia's papers - and keeping British ones afloat. Audio

8:43 AM.Chris speaks with Young New Zealander of the Year, Divya Dhar. Find out what her boundless energy, drive and motivation has allowed her to achieve. Audio

8:00 PM.The online-only companion to Mediawatch, taking in the best of the queries and comments from listeners and updating recent stories from the programme. This month: TV broadcasters plugging their own… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Veteran defence lawyer Peter Williams QC retired last month after around 50 years in the business, during which time he defended many high-profile murder accused - including Arthur Allan Thomas. He is… Read more Audio

9:40 AM.American reporter talks about life on the police beat in Japan. Audio

9:05 AM.A company in crisis helps out a programme investigating its failures, TV3's pursuit of a date with Destiny Church's top man and Toby Manhire on the explosion of comment published by papers - on paper… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.On the seeming inability of so many countries to prepare for or deal with earthquakes. Audio

8:12 AM.Ian Telfer examines whether mining can really be done in an environmentally friendly manner on conservation land. Audio

11:10 AM.Ideas examines the future of smoking. We hear about Bhutan and their longstanding defiance of the tobacco norm; Niue's attempts to become smokefree; the increasingly influential Maori anti-smoking… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dougal looks at the campaign to save the Regent theatre on Dunedin's famous Octagon. Audio

10:10 AM.Academic, Professor Paul Tapsell speaks with Chris about his recent article detailing the cultural gulf of perception between James Cook and the men for whom he was captain on the Endeavour with that… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Chris speaks with this New Zealand psychiatrist who's recently returned from a voluntary stint at a hospital in Bethlehem. We glean an insight into the wrongs and rights of the fractured state of… Read more Audio

9:10 AM.A widely condemned security scare scoop; Joanne Morris on six years in the chair at the outfit upholding broadcasting standards; and how TV channels use the news to plug their upcoming entertainment… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Chris speaks with Chinese author and journalist Xinran Xue about her riveting new read "Message from an unknown Chinese Mother" and gains an insight into the societal predisposition for sons in a… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Nigel Stirling visits Ireland to look at how the global recession has turned the roar of the Celtic tiger into a whimper. Audio

11:05 AM.How does society determine what people are paid? Does that pay genuinely reflect the true value of what those workers are contributing to society? This week Ideas examines a report by The New… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The best known biologist on the planet talks about his new book - 'The Greatest Show on Earth-the evidence for evolution. Audio