Afternoons Podcast Options

3:35 PM.Today the focus is on the kauri greenhood orchid. Read more Audio

3:25 PM.It's time to talk about the stuff you get up to in your weekends now and today we've got Lynda Hallinan here to chat all things gardening. Read more Audio

3:16 PM.Kara Rickard host of Music 101 talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Julie Biuso from Shared Kitchen joins us to talk all things pesto. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.We welcome a stalwart of Aotearoa's indie scene, The Bats. Formed in 1982, The Bats have been rocking for over 40 years. Their 11th album 'Corner Coming Up' is out today. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Film critic Dominic Corry is here with his best picks which are full of thrills, spills and screams, oh and Ethan Hawke. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Listener Mychelle shares her Freaky Friday story.  Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Afternoons listener Tom Cawood shares a story that takes him from playing rugby for Scotland, to becoming an expert in nail care and attempting to cure the South Island's Didymo rock snot issues. Read more Audio

1:25 PM. SmartCrete CRC is one of the organisations working on solutions. CEO Clare Tubolets speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Andrew Allan is a Professor at Auckland University's School of Biological Sciences and principal scientist at Plant and Food Research, and he joins Jesse. Read more Audio

3:35 PM.It's one of the fastest-growing sports in the world but you may not have ever heard of it. Padel is growing in popularity here in NZ and is quickly becoming not only a sport to get you fit, but to… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Ancestry.com is the world's biggest genealogy website, providing users with access to historical records and DNA testing. It is known for having a vast collection of records and family trees and once… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.With the local elections done and dusted, mayors will now be turning their attention to how to run their councils and get things done in their patch. Today in solving the world's problems, NZME Senior… Read more Audio

2:31 PM.Time for NZ Sporting History, and today we're looking at the history of controversial calls in Kiwi sport. Referees have a thankless job and I suppose no one gets it right 100 percent of the time, but… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Friendships, workmates, love, whatever the status relationships are tricky. Navigating the highs and the lows can be challenging especially when it involves having tricky conversations. That's why… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The 2025 Wilding Pines conference is currently taking place in Twizel The aim of the conference is to share knowledge, boost morale and hopefully attract new funding to the problem Funding which -… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Several of our universities have given up running student essays through AI detection software. Because for the most part, they say it didn't really work. But at a time when essays and written… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.GrabOne - the website which offered discounted deals on experiences, products, and travel has gone into liquidation. It was once one of New Zealand's largest daily deals websites and used to be high… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Some sad news today that former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has died. He led the country throughout much of the 1990s, through a time of great economic change, he oversaw the first of many Treaty of… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.A quiet family lunch ends with three dead, one barely alive, and the world taunted by the question: did Erin Patterson serve up death cap mushrooms in the Beef Wellington lunch on purpose? That… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.It's Wednesday which means time to talk Easy Eats; a recipe that isn't too taxing on your time but still delivers on taste. Our regular Easy Eats contributor Kelly Gibney is away so we've got the… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.Music 101 producer and host Tony Stamp joins us to share some music. Today we've got: Birdlings Flat 'I am afraid' Eden Burns 'Goodbye Jingle' Audio