Afternoons Podcast Options

1:24 PM.'The Life and Times of Temuera Morrison' and 'Family Secrets'. Audio

1:11 PM.Trevor Brownie from Christchurch has chosen 'Copperhead Road' performed by Steve Earle. Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - Radio hosts John Tamihere and Willie Jackson will be off the air for the rest of the year after a controversial interview with a young woman about a teenage sex ring. The pair made the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The death toll is mounting in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan tore across the country on Friday. Among the worst hit areas is eastern Leyte island and the city of Tacloban where the… Read more Audio

3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:32 PM.It's spring and all around the country birds and animals are busy doing the 'wild thing' - and a relatively new population of kakariki, or red-crowned parakeets, in central Wellington are no… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Playwright and Tolkien scholar Noble Smith believes everything you need to know about how to live a good life can be learned from hobbits. Cherish good food, a warm bed, a good night's sleep, and… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.A New Zealand woman is gearing up for the trip of a lifetime. Sacha Moreland and a couple of friends will travel from Jaisalmer near the Indian-Pakistani border to Cochin in the south of India in a… Read more Audio

2:06 PM.When the company was set up - on the Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown - the Department of Conservation only gave it permission to operate for 30 days. No one thought the fad off leaping off a bridge… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.When Australian performer Jemma Rix evolves on stage in the musical Wicked from the gangly girl to the uber-witch, the Wicked Witch Of The West, it is such a powerful performance that you can hear the… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Hikaru Freeman from Auckland has chosen 'E Depois do Adeus' performed by Paulo de Carvalho. Audio

4:40 PM.Panelists discuss: the Twitter float; faith healing; affordable housing, and; indoor felines. Audio

4:10 PM.Panelists discuss: the Roastbusters; the Aratere, and; the Lombard Four. Audio

3:50 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:40 PM.Antony 'Screwball' Burness talks about the upcoming soapbox trolley race down The Domain scheduled for this weekend. Audio

3:26 PM.Sarah McMullan's been to see: The Butler, the White House biopic about the long serving African-American gentleman's gentleman; Thanks for Sharing - American dramedy directed by Stuart Blumberg, and… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Belinda's looking pretty in pink with this week's wine selections for spring and sprung and there's rose on the tongue. Audio

3:10 PM.Marlborough chef Chris Fortune brings us Feilding Lamb Patties a la Holly. Audio

2:50 PM.Donald Fagen's 1982 classic The Nightfly is today's feature album. Audio

2:25 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets Roly Parsons, New Zealand's most accomplished aeronaut and the only balloonist to cross the Cook Strait and to traverse Aoraki/Mt Cook - he's known to balloon enthusiasts as… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Jill McKenzie's father, Sir Gilbert Archey, was one of The Monuments Men - a member of that group of people who worked to protect art and other cultural treasures from the destruction of World War II.

1:20 PM.New Zealand born boogie-woogie pianist Jan Preston is on NZ Live today. Audio

1:08 PM.And for Alan Cole of Papakura it's You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - Coffee is most effective if consumed between 9.30am and 11.30am. This is because levels of the hormone cortisol drop at this time, after peaking between 8am and 9am - and caffeine interacts… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Topics - Would you like a pay rise of $10,000 a year? That's what the lowest paid Auckland Council staff will get if a plan to implement a minimum wage of $18.40 an hour goes through. The Insurance… Read more Audio