Nine To Noon Podcast Options

10:35 AM.Suzanne Vega sings an a cappella version of Tom's Diner. Audio

10:07 AM.US singer songwriter, Suzanne Vega is in New Zealand to play 2 shows as part of her Anniversary Tour celebrating two of her early albums. It has been 30 years since Solitude Standing was released… Read more Audio

9:48 AM.US correspondent Gabrielle Levy takes a look at the midterms with a special election in Ohio being a possible hint at the things to come. The seat has been held by Republicans for decades. Also the… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.How to dramatically improve a patient's chance of survival when they have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital? A system developed in Washington State in the US is leading the world in terms of… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Surgical mesh advocacy group, Mesh Down Under, is claiming a partial victory in its campaign against the harm caused by the medical devices Read more Audio

11:33 AM.With her signature pink mohawk, Anna Polyviou is an Australian pastry chef with edge. Known for breaking the rules and her top notch patisserie skills it's no surprise she's been responsible for… Read more Audio

11:07 AM.In politics Matthew and Stephen discuss the Prime Minister returning to work from maternity leave, and where things are at on the industrial action front with teachers and nurses. Matthew Hooton is… Read more Audio

10:11 AM.Kate Mulgrew on how Orange is the New Black's character Red 'just leapt out', being where no woman had gone before, playing the first female Star Trek skipper: Voyager 's Captain Janeway, and the… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:34 AM.Lynn Freeman talks to the Department of Conservation 's Stephen Soole about the state of two Humpback whales, stranded on Baylys Beach, near Dargaville and the rescue attempts to free them. Audio

9:24 AM.Instant Kiwi and online gambling are contributing to an increase in gambling harm in New Zealand, researchers say.  Read more Audio

9:08 AM.The country's biggest farmer and largest conservation organisation are to work together to promote environmentally friendly farming practices.State-owned Landcorp, now known as Pamu, owns or manages… Read more Audio

11:47 AM.Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood look at the sublime and the ridiculous, including the UK roofer who was fined for having empty chip packets in his van, without having a licence to carry rubbish! Audio

11:29 AM.Sports commentator Brendan Telfer with more fallout from the Joseph Parker, Dillian Whyte fight, and a new book by Rugby Historian Ron Palenski, sheds light on All Black Keith Murdoch's ostracising. Audio

11:07 AM.Jeremy Taylor from Slow Boat enjoys the silky pop smarts of Chelsea Jade, a retrospective from former Hollie Graham Nash, and an epic upcoming release from Dunedin based artist/ auteur Dudley Benson.

10:38 AM.Melanie O'Loughlin from Unity Books reviews The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin, published by One World. Audio

10:07 AM.We consider China an economic juggernaut, but much of its growth has been debt-fuelled. The Chinese economy now faces a number of threats, says financial journalist ​Dinny McMahon. Read more Audio

9:52 AM.Asia correspondent Ed White reports on former cricketer, Imran Khan trying to build a coalition in Pakistan, and Google and Facebook are ramping up efforts to get into, or back into China's lucrative… Read more Audio

9:32 AM.It's been called the environmental scourge of our age - so what can individuals do ? Will Mc Callum is the head of Oceans at Greenpeace UK who has just written 'How to Give up Plastic - a guide to… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.In March a group of EV owners and researchers raised concerns about the battery health of the newer 30 kilowatt Nissan Leaf cars, which appeared to be degrading at a faster rate than the older model… Read more Audio

11:29 AM.Parents are getting aggressive with teachers when their child has a problem at school – and both the number of incidents and the level of vitriol is on the rise, says John Collier, the head of St… Read more Audio

11:06 AM.Tech Correspondent, Bill Bennett has reaction to Apple being the first Trillion dollar company. Also a US federal judge has blocked downloads of 3D gun plans from a website on Tuesday and an… Read more Audio