Afternoons Podcast Options

3:35 PM.Time now for Our Changing World, and we're catching up with Claire Concannon. This week she is explaining the mystery of the disappearing sponges of Lough Hyne and what scientists have learnt from… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Chronic pain is one of medicine's oldest puzzles and most stubborn problems. About one in five people worldwide live with it, and don't really know why. Dr. Sanjay Gupta says it doesn't have to be… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Time for bookmarks -that section of the show where we ask one interesting person to share some of their favourite things with us. Be they music, films, TV, Podcasts, books, hopefully you'll leave with… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Kelly Gibney joins us with a fritter recipe that sounds delicious! Read more Audio

2:12 PM.Music critic Matthew Crawley joins Jesse to share some new music from Maxine Funke - Timeless Town and Ben Chavasse - Letdown. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Steve Braunias joins Jesse to announce the winners of what he calls the strangest writers residency award in New Zealand. Now in its ninth year, The Surrey Hotel writers residency award celebrates… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.For six decades the APRA Silver Scroll has been considered the most prestigious songwriting award in New Zealand. This year's event will take place at Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal on Wednesday… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.At the start of this year Hamilton's Herman Jagpal set himself an ambitious goal - to share 365 days of kindness. Each day he asks someone at random to help him with a fun task, that could be handing… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The 58 year old author was best know as a broadcaster, clinical psychologist, and parenting expert. Helping many families to navigate life better Including his work as an ambassador for the charity… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Christianity is the load bearing wall that holds up democracy, and it is crumbling says author, journalist, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, Jonathan Rauch. A committed atheist, Rauch… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's time for our Tuesday Music feature and today we're got RNZ newsreader Todd Zaner in the studio with a collection of forgotten tunes These are songs that don't have a lot of airplay these days and… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Time to talk all things Australia now and our man across the Tasman Brad Foster joins Jesse with the latest from there, starting with an incident in Melbourne yesterday, another triple zero emergency… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Ali Smith is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. She's a pretty prolific writer, over the last ten years writing 14 novels, 5 short story collections and 8 plays. Book critic Pip… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Tim joins Jesse to talk about the struggles in the IT sector and tips on what to do if your electronics get wet (hint: it' isn't rice) Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A new concept called the "Enhanced Games" appears to be sending the traditional sports world into a frenzy. The Enhanced Games are the invention of Australian entrepreneur Aron D'Souza, who says the… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Get used to seeing Airana Ngarewa's face, he's got a new novel out and over the next few weeks he'll be up and down the country appearing at book shops and writers' festivals. The book is 'The Last… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Two weeks ago Matt Jeffery's dog - Sadie - went missing. Since then, Matt and his family - who moved here from South Africa for a better, safer life - have been devastated Not only dealing with the… Read more Audio