Afternoons Podcast Options

1:15 PM.Andrew Patterson is a Professional Teaching Fellow in the Department of Management and International Business at the University of Auckland. He chats to Jesse. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.It's Wednesday which means time to talk Easy Eat, where we share a recipe that delivers on taste without demanding too much time. Our regular Easy Eats contributor Kelly Gibney is away so we've got… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It's a perfect day to be listening to some new music. Today, musician and Afternoons music critic Dianne Swan shares music from an up-and-coming songwriter from Otepoti -twenty-year-old Tane Cotton… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Today on the show we're heading off to Southeast Asia - not Vietnam, not Thailand, but the quieter, lesser-known neighbour. Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, home to the Mekong… Read more Audio

1:37 PM.A new photography book has captured the incredible hidden world of New Zealand fungi Paula Vigus provided the acclaimed photography for the best-selling book - 'Fungi of Aotearoa: A curious forager's… Read more Audio

1:17 PM.This year marks the 30th anniversary of Shakti NZ - an organisation that's transformed the lives of thousands of migrant and refugee women and children. Founded by Farida Sultana it provides a… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.If you thought yesterday's wind was bad, with gusts well over 110Km/h in parts of the country, well brace yourselves for tomorrow. The MetService says winds could reach up to 150 km an hour, issuing… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.History shows that civilizations succeed in many different ways, but they tend to fail in strikingly similar ones. Again and again, societies rise, overextend themselves, and ultimately unravel says… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Time for our music feature and today we're talking Stevie Nicks. She breathed new life into Fleetwood Mac when she joined the band along with Lindsay Buckingham in the 1970s. Then in the 80s she… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had to wait ten months for an in person bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump, but it looks like it was worth the wait. Here to tell us what… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Last week we were hit with the news Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger had died aged 90. The eagle eyed amongst you probably noticed that this was accompanied by the New Zealand flag moving to half mast… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.We're talking podcasts now and our regular critic Jemima Huston has picked a couple of really interesting looking ones for us. Who Killed Emma? BBC Scotland Dancing with Shadows Stak. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Remember the good old days when you could pop into your local video store to rent the latest movie on DVD? It's a distant memory for most of us since streaming giants changed the way we watch things… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.It is often said that there is no better education than travel. Being able to see different places and people is one of the best ways to truly understand other cultures or ways of the world. But… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.As you no doubt have seen in the news, eight priceless Napoleonic jewels were stolen from the Louvre. The burglary is like something out of a movie; the thieves brought their own lift .. rode it up to… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Headaches. We all get them. Yet despite centuries of study, we still don't really understand their causes and cures. Author and journalist Tom Zeller Jr has spent years trying to understand the kind… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.So if you've got any burning questions about zoos or zoo animals let us know - text me on 2101. Our expert today spent almost 20 years at the helm of Te Nukuao Wellington Zoo - Karen Fifield MNZM. She… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.We're going to talk classical music now because we've teamed up with the RNZ Concert team to bring you a game called Bangers and Match. Over the past two weeks we have played you some classical… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It's Monday which means we get to learn about new things to watch on the box, our TV critic Caitlin Cherry joins Jesse with her picks: Billy Joel: And So It Goes (Neon) Jane (2017, Disney) Alien Earth… Read more Audio