Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.If friends keep cancelling on you, ignoring your success, or talking behind your back it might be time to ask, are they a bad friend, or are you? Loneliness is often called an epidemic, but it's not… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Lily Shanks runs the 'Music Video Showcase', an evening that celebrates locally made music videos of all styles, music genres and budgets putting them up on the big screen to be watched in full.  Read more Audio

2:12 PM.Waiheke island based Geneva Alexander-Marsters, known as Geneva AM, has just released her album Pikipiki. Music critic Sarah Thomson shares her thoughts, and also talks about James Dansey's new music… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Today we're jetting to Mexico! New spaces have become available for Cazador's 2025 Mexico Food Tour, which takes travellers on a culinary journey from Mexico City to Oaxaca in the south.  Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Judges sampled over 200 toasties up and down the country and today a supreme winner has been crowned from the 13 finalists.  Read more Audio

1:15 PM.As part of the Government's changes to the education system, it announced an initiative called 'Make It Write'. It includes updated handwriting resources for Primary and Intermediate Schools. But… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.This week marks the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album 'Born to Run' The album was a much-needed commercial success for the then 25 year old from New Jersey, the album raced up… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A chance to find out what's got people talking across the Tasman, from the Wallabies triumph on the rugby field to 1800 Qantas staff's big win in court. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Pip Adam has been reading and thinking a lot about how AI could affect writing. She shares books that offer insights to AI and that show how important human writers are. Empire of AI: Dreams and… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Today our tech expert discusses the worrying rise of AI chat bots and what you can do to stay safe from their dangers Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The latest attempt to finalise a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution fell apart on Friday. What now? Read more Audio

1:20 PM.People over sixty are wanted to hang out with a tiny robot called iRobi. University of Auckland Master of Robotics and Automation Engineering student Zahra Ally is developing a new game, and she needs… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.There's a deep fake of Gareth Morgan doing the rounds on social media, and it is so sophisticated, even Gareth Morgan was taken aback. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Friday is National Poetry Day, and we are delighted, thrilled, positively effervescent to announce that - after taking a hiatus last year - our poetry competition will return! Once more judging your… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.As regular listeners will know, we like a cold call here on Afternoons, we've been through all the isite centres around Aotearoa, so now we're turning our attention to iwi radio stations.  Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Fans of the 1979 film Alien and the show Fargo are in for a treat. Fargo writer and creator Noah Hawley has turned his attention to creating the first television series in the Alien franchise. Our TV… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.We're no strangers to endangered animals on this show, but today we're pleased to share a conservation success story. Tawaki, or Fiordland Crested Penguins are the third rarest of the world's 18… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.More than half of Asian New Zealanders are at risk of depression, with young adults, women, Koreans, and Indians disproportionately affected.  Read more Audio