Nine to Noon on Radio New Zealand National - Scheduled interviews and reviews for this week

Nine to Noon episode archive

Monday 24 November 9-10am Unqualified people able to practice as social workers. How health systems can best deal with musculoskeletal pain as the population ages. NZ company wins major US award for phone app to help manage depression. Africa correspondent Debora Patta. 10-11am Pixar studio co-founder Alvy Ray Smith, behind movies like Toy Story and Monsters Inc, on the computer graphics revolution in film. Book review: “Revolution” – the political manifesto by comedian and actor Russell Brand, reviewed by Charlotte Graham. Reading: "Carnival Sky", written by Owen Marshall, and read by Adam Gardener (Part 1 of 10). 11-12pm Politics from the right and the left with Matthew Hooton and Mike Williams. Korean street food recipes with stall owner Eunmi Kang from Miss Kangsta in Wellington. She brings us recipes for Jeyuk (Marinated Spicy BBQ Pork with Kimchi) and Bulgogi (Marinated BBQ Beef). Urbanist Tommy Honey discusses technology in the classroom.

Alvy Ray Smith is one of the pioneers of the computer graphics industry. His work with computers started with the very birth of the personal computer in the 1960s, and the development of the computer graphics tools which revolutionised the way we watch films. He directed the first computer graphics sequence in a motion picture, the Genesis sequence from Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan in 1982, and went on to found Pixar with Ed Catmull. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about his career and what the future holds for CGI.

Tuesday 25 November 9-10am News and current events. An expert on the resettlement and reintegration of prisoners into the community. US correspondent Luiza Savage. 10-11am Shami Chakrabarti - the civil rights campaigner who The Sun newspaper described as the most dangerous woman in Britain. Book review: “The Petticoat Men”, by Barbara Ewing, reviewed by Anne Else. Reading: "Carnival Sky", written by Owen Marshall, and read by Adam Gardener (Part 2 of 10). 11-12pm Business commentator Rod Oram. Helen Leach charts the kitchen revolution decade by decade in her new book, “Kitchens: the New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century”. Media commentator Gavin Ellis

Wednesday 26 November 9-10am News and current events. Australia commentator Bernard Keane. 10-11am Founder of the Internet Archive Brewster Kahle on his quest to make all human knowledge universally available. Book review: “The Woman Who Stole My Life”, by Marian Keyes, reviewed by Elisabeth Easther. Reading: "Carnival Sky", written by Owen Marshall, and read by Adam Gardener (Part 3 of 10). 11-12pm Marty Duda features the music of his artist of the week. Legal commentator Peter Boshier on domestic violence laws. Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles.

Brewster Kahle is an American computer engineer, Internet entrepreneur, internet activist, advocate of universal access to all knowledge, and digital librarian. He is the founder of the Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library that provides free public access to collections of digitised materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

Thursday 27 November 9-10am News and current events. UK correspondent Dame Ann Leslie. 10-11am Forensic pathologist Dr. Judy Melinek. Book review: “The Silk Thief”, by Deborah Challinor, reviewed by Rae McGregor. Reading: "Carnival Sky", written by Owen Marshall, and read by Adam Gardener (Part 4 of 10). 11-12pm New technology commentator Erika Pearson. Parenting commentator John Cowan on sibling rivalry. TV reviewer Hayden Green.

Friday 28 November 9-10am News and current events. International expert on sexting, sexualisation and sexism. Pacific correspondent Mike Field. 10-11am Neuro-economist Paul Zak on the biological basis for trust and morality. Book review: John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop. Reading: "Carnival Sky", written by Owen Marshall, and read by Adam Gardener (Part 5 of 10). 11-12pm Grant Smithies reviews new music. Sports commentator Brendan Telfer. Comedians Te Radar and Gemma Gracewood take a comedic look at the week that was.

The Reading: Carnival Sky by Owen Marshall Separated from his wife Lucy, immersed in his journalistic career and lost in his own grief for his baby daughter Charlotte, Sheff has become distant from his family. Yet, with encouragement from his sister Georgie, he joins her to return to Alexandra to support his parents. Although he is initially reluctant to assume the role of a dutiful son, Sheff finds this quiet time spent with his dying father, Warwick, brings an unexpected closeness and an acceptance of where he is in his own life.