Afternoons Podcast Options

2:11 PM.It has been over 60 years since trams operated in Whanganui, but soon the clickety-clack sound of a tram will be making a comeback in the North Island town. Jim Auker and the Tramways Wanganui Trust… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Port Underwood was a cluster of populated settlements in a sheltered harbour at the north-east end of Cloudy Bay. Europeans first arrived in the mid-1830s and within a decade the population had grown… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Ned Nicely from Tauranga has chosen 'Imagine' by John Lennon. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - We live immersed in artificial light. And we are just beginning to learn the true cost of all this light. Studies increasingly link our overuse of light at night with health concerns such as… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Property Council says plans to strengthen buildings against earthquakes could lead owners to board up their properties and walk away from them. Coca-Cola says it will take steps to… Read more Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:30 PM.It was military training but not as we knew it. Now two young Aucklanders want adults to rediscover their inner child, get back on their feet, and learn to move again. Audio

3:11 PM.UK government to ask households to 'opt-in' to online porn, require ISPs to install filter. Royal baby scams could lead to royal headaches. NSA: Search our own emails? Sorry, no can do. Wallets… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.A "warts and all" true story about life has clinched a major American writing award over the weekend for a New Zealand journalist. Naomi Arnold who writes for the Nelson Mail, attended the three-day… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Many of you will have played with Meccano sets growing up, a model construction system for children invented in England, which has been around since the turn of last century. Mike Howse is a member of… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:09 PM.Nicole Jackson from Ashburton has chosen Dreamers Dream by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - Jackie Thomas has become the first champion of The X Factor NZ. Arthritis Australia is calling on the federal government to evaluate the health and safety impact of packaging that is hard to… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - A 21-gun salute has been fired in Wellington today, to mark the birth of a baby boy to Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge. The new prince, who is third in line to the throne… Read more Audio

3:43 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:27 PM.Imagine a childhood growing up with bodgies, widgies, gambling and opium dens? Lynda Chanwai-Earle gets a personalised tour around the darker side of the last vestiges of Auckland's China Town of the… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford Centers for Automotive Research and Internet and Society, looks at developments in driverless car technology. Audio

2:20 PM.Historian and author Dave Veart is writing a history of toys in New Zealand, and needs your help. Audio

2:10 PM.Imagine spending an evening up the top of a remote mountain in Fiordland overlooking the Tasman Sea that's shimmering like a plate of silver, and having the deep green bush below you, enjoying a view… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.Elon Musk plans a mission to Mars; Doping in Sports: The Athlete's Dilemma. Audio

1:43 PM.'From The Sun' by Unknown Mortal Orchestra and 'Beth' by the Buzz Moller, Mac MacGaskill and Danny Manetto. Audio

1:39 PM.'Cross Fingers' by Paddy Richardson. Audio

1:27 PM.'X Factor' final on Monday, 'The Almighty Johnsons' and 'Mr Selfridge'. Audio

1:08 PM.Nigel Roberts from Wellington has chosen ' Exsultate Jubilate' sung by Kiri Te Kanawa Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - Are we becoming mentally obese? Alarming new research suggests 25 per cent of Australians aged between 16 and 34 spend more than 21 hours online every day. A police inspector has admitted to… Read more Audio