Nine To Noon for Monday 19 October 2009
09:05 Search and surveillance bill
Dr Henry Wolfe lectures in computer security at the University of Otago, he is concerned about the implications of the proposed law change; and Richard May, Chapman Tripp lawyer concerned about impact of the bill on business.
09:20 The inner workings of the US Federal Reserve
David Wessel, Wall Street Journal economics editor and author of In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic, which looks at the inner workings of the world's most powerful economic institution and how its chief, Ben Bernanke, led the desperate effort to prevent the world's financial engine from grinding to a halt.
09:45 Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney
10:05 Sound recordist Chris Watson
Chris Watson has worked on numerous films and David Attenborough nature documentaries, he finds music in the sounds of things as diverse and unexpected as ants walking, crocodiles swimming, and glaciers creaking.
10:30 Book Review with Don Rood
Under a Bomber's Moon by Stephen Harris
Published by Exisle Publishing
10:45 Reading: The Dream Life of Elephants by Vaughan Slinn, Sara Allen and Leo Gene Peters
(Part 1 of 4)
A mysterious and quirky look at the routine of urban loneliness through the eyes of Julian and Yvonne, two strangers who nearly meet.
11:05 RSA national president comments on Facebook photos
11:15 Politics with Andrew Campbell and Matthew Hooton
11:30 Guest chef Niki Bezzant
Editor of Healthy Food Guide and food writer, author of Eating In: Fabulous Food for Friends and Family (Chanel Publishers Ltd); and wine commentator Stephen Morris.
Pesto lamb racks with Sandy's special goat's cheese mash
Crispy goat's cheese, pear & walnut salad
Molten chocolate puddings
11:45 Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses the world's coolest - and ugliest - buildings