Chris Trotter

Topics - Bob Marley's family are teaming up, it's called in media releases, signing a deal would be another way of putting it, with a private equity firm to launch Marley Natural marijuana; Bob will… Audio

Topics - the findings of a Commerce Commission investigation into supermarket company Progressive Enterprises has cleared it of intimidating its suppliers. There is a company called youi in the… Audio

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Topics - tomorrow the Kansas City Royals start playing the Giants in the baseball World Series, in San Francisco. And as you may have heard San Francisco radio stations - 104.5 KFOG and 96.5 KOIT… Audio

Topics - the Prime Minister's first home advice: buy an apartment. First home buyers in Auckland might have to consider an apartment in order to get onto the property ladder says the PM. There's a… Audio

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Joining us live is the left-leaning political commentator Chris Trotter. Audio

Topics - Voting begins in two hours on the Scottish referendum. David Slack disapproved of a blog by Stephen Franks. More political news, reported in the NZ Herald... "At a meeting in Moerewa, Mr… Audio

Topics - pre-dawn raids across Sydney may have thwarted a plot by an Islamist terror cell to kidnap and behead a random member of the public. One man's been charged with serious terrorism-related… Audio

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Topics - at the Harvard Medical School it has been discovered why you tend to stay awake at night when you're older. You lose the switch in your brain that enables you to nod off. James Foley, the… Audio

Topics - a Porirua lawyer who's had 15 speeding tickets in 20 years - but has managed to have half of them thrown out of court - has again had a legal victory, this time over a $35 speed camera… Audio

Topics: A mayor in Belgium chose a Dire Straits song to try and drive off a group of Roma camping in his town in their 14 caravans. So-called "zombie" towns. A sexist slogan is being removed from a… Audio

The Greens are saying that the decision not to prosecute the GCSB for snooping on Kim Dotcom clears the way for illegal spying. The new Stuff/Ipsos poll puts National 30 points ahead of Labour… Audio

Topics: Russia to reopen spy base in Cuba as relations with US continue to sour. FBI warns driverless cars could be used as 'lethal weapons'. Seinfeld writer beats Kramer namesake in 'not that there's… Audio

The World Cup, short hair thanks at school, Judith Collins at the London conference achieving what exactly and 100% Tino Pai, it's OK to be what you are. Audio

Topics: John Banks' last day, the grave situation in Iraq, the arbitrariness of house valuations and the OCR hikes. Audio

What The World's Talking About with Bridget Mills today. We're watching for signs of the coronal mass ejection, of which there have been none yet as far as I know. How much protection does sunblock… Audio

Topics - Many people say they have shark phobias, for other people, it's fear of heights that causes them crippling anxiety. The Christchurch City Council is promising to act on the $534 million… Audio

Topics - the results of the latest Roy Morgan Poll. This bears mention, it's the first indicator of trouble in the polls for the government. The Speaker has cleared New Zealand First MP Denis O Rourke… Audio