Afternoons Podcast Options

2:10 PM.RNZ's music critic extraordinaire, Tony Stamp, plays Trouble by Voom and Baptised at the Desktop Computer by Greta O'Leary. Audio

1:50 PM.It's time to head off, in our weekly travel segment . This week we're not roving too far - we're off to Noosa on Queenland's Sunshine Coast. Gwen McClure, from RNZ's The Detail, has recently returned… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A Northland SPCA shelter is crying out for help, as it struggles to take care of an influx of dumped and abandoned puppies. Jo Harbison is an animal attendant at the Kerikeri shelter and told Jesse… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.This week is TechWeek, which is Aotearoa's biggest celebration of technology and innovation. Events are being held across the country to explore the rapidly changing tech sector, Mario Wynands started… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The Come Together: Live Rust tour kicks off next month, bringing together the raw energy of Neil Young's iconic Live Rust album. Jon Toogood and Dianne Swann are joining a group of New Zealand's… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Brad Foster joins Jesse to discuss NSW Police's blitz on domestic violence offenders and the ultramarathon runner who completed a 35-day record-breaking run from Perth to Sydney. Plus, he provides an… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Catherine Robertson joined Jesse to chat about some books that she's been really looking forward to reading. Wonderland by Tracy Farr (The Cuba Press) Returning To My Father's Kitchen by Monica… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Daniel Watson, managing director for Vertech.co.nz joined Jesse to share his tips on dealing with sextortion emails, alterative search engines for greater privacy and the latest on Rocket Lab's… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.It's been a clean sweep for kiwi in a trans-Tasman battle to be the top auctioneer. The Australasian Auctioneering Championships were held in Adelaide last week, with two New Zealanders taking out the… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.A Christchurch restaurant has decided to stop serving most fish from its menu. Gatherings have made the move, over concerns about the impacts of bottom trawling on our ocean environment. Gatherings… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Next week, judges will be lining up, glasses in front of them, tastebuds at the ready to rate the nation's best tap water. Municipal water suppliers from across the country have submitted their finest… Read more Audio

2:32 PM.Gregor Campbell is the man behind Darkest Dunedin, a regular tour illuminating some of the grittier parts of the city's past. He has vast knowledge of Dunedin;s history and a phalanx of stories… Read more Audio

2:27 PM.Live from the Dunedin iSite! How are the brochures? What's the biggest selling item in the gift shop? This and many more questions will be asked and answered. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Pat Brittenden is a long-standing broadcaster with a popular daily news podcast called BHM (Big Hairy News) and Dunedin local, he joins us on TV reviewer duties. Today he's looking at The Last of Us… Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Otago Uni Phd Student Kieran Demonte is in his final year of uni studying chemistry and his Phd aims to use chemistry to capture CO2 and transform it into green fuels. Read more Audio

1:46 PM.Will be visiting the iSite to chat to Jesse about the work they do rescuing and mending injured animals. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Hadleigh McPherson is owner of one of Dunedin's oldest business - The NZ Brush Company has bene around for 140 years and Hadliegh will sweep away any notion that it's not a 'sexy' industry'. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Super Rugby Highlanders wing Jona Nareki joins Jesse for a chat about what it's like playing for the mighty Otago Highlanders and how they plan to improve their fortunes this season. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Dunedin Destination Manager Sian Sutton Read more Audio

3:35 PM.This week's critter is a tiny wasp that looks a lot like an ant. It lives in and around healthy native forest gullies where there are plenty of glowworms. But these wasps aren't looking for a romantic… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Rachael Quinn is a professional housekeeper, cleaner and organiser. Last week we had so many questions from listeners, we couldn't get to all of them. So, we've invited her back to this week to pick… Read more Audio