Sunday Morning Podcast Options

8:40 AM.Gone from playing rugby for Ashburton College, to playing leading roles at New York's Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden. Audio

8:12 AM.Sue Ingram investigates research that suggests arson by young people can indicate a link to other more serious offences Audio

10:06 AM.Historian, Professor Margaret MacMillan says the history can be helpful in making sense of the world we live in, but it can also be manipulated. She talks to Chris about how dangerous history can be… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Dr Dianne Bardsley is a lexicographer and director of the New Zealand Dictionary Centre. She talks to Chris about finding new words, and what death notices reveal about our culture. Audio

9:10 AM.The iPad, TV in HD and even 3D: hi-tech advances to enhance the future of the modern media? Or will they make the job even harder and confuse consumers, while making a buck for the makers? And - how… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Ian Hughes was inspired by the true story of how his parents fell in love when he wrote Ship Songs. He's performing the show, which weaves together three sea-goingstories and features the music of Don… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.In the wake of the Hone Harawira email controversy Richard Pamatatau explores the extent of racism in New Zealand. Audio

11:05 AM.Ideas looks at the bottled water industry. Audio

10:40 AM.Notes from the south. Audio

10:10 AM.Julian Burnside is the author of"Wordwatching: field notes from an amateur philologist". Audio

9:40 AM.Jon Fraenkel of the ANU is a multi-disciplinary social scientist with a background in economic history and political science, and a specialist on Fijian politics. Audio

9:05 AM.TV3's Mike McRoberts and Dr Martin Hirst on the journalists getting involved in the catastrophe that's hit Haiti; stumbling upon suppression orders. Audio

8:45 AM.Paul Spoonley talks about the New Zealander of the 21st century, and the great tussle between biculturism and multiculturism. Audio

8:12 AM.Is the worst of the recession over? Naomi Mitchell looks at the predictions for how the economy will fare in the year ahead. Audio

8:10 AM.Gael Woods asks whether the new National Standards system for primary school students will lift achievement Audio

8:10 AM.Lois Williams looks at the main Treaty claim of Northland's Ngapuhi people and their arguement for Maori sovereignty Audio

8:10 AM.Sue Ingram asks whether 25 is the new 18, with developing research that suggests the brain only fully matures in the mid-20s Audio

8:10 AM.Ian Telfer investigates the growing number of carbon offsetting schemes and asks whether they stack up Audio

11:00 AM.The online-only companion to 'Mediawatch' which takes in queries and comments from the listeners and updates recent 'Mediawatch' stories. This month - reviewing reviews of the year; Jim Salinger's… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Penny MacKay investigates what works in the battle against tagging Audio

11:06 AM.For the final Ideas programme of the year Victoria University Academics Margaret Clark and Paul Morris discuss the big ideas of 2009 and make some predictions about the ideas likely to dominate the… Read more Audio

10:40 AM.Dougal pussyfoots around a thieving feline. Audio

10:06 AM.Richard Vinen teaches history at King's College, London. His book - 'Thatcher's Britain', marks 30 years since Margaret Thatcher entered Downing Street. Audio

9:45 AM.Writer Augusten Burroughs talks to Chris Laidlaw about what he calls the most dysfunctional day of the year - Christmas. Audio

9:06 AM.Mediawatch looks back at the good, the bad and the ugly in the media in 2009 - and gives out a few 'awards' for some of the ugliest. Audio