Afternoons Podcast Options

1:55 PM.Will googling backpacks and pressure cookers get you a visit from the FBI?; and portraits of the 'Bearded Men' in an Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. Audio

1:45 PM.Bloodnut and James Blake. Audio

1:37 PM.'The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes' by Catherine Robertson. Audio

1:25 PM.'The Best Bits' and 'Mr Selfridge'. Audio

1:08 PM.Deb Richardson from Hawkes Bay has chosen 'The Weight' by the Band. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - Do you get annoyed when people feel completely free to consult their mobile phones during conversations? This snubbing using a phone is called phubbing, and now a Stop Phubbing campaign group… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The biggest news of the day is the Fonterra food contamination scandal. Fonterra knew on Wednesday that their formula could be tainted, and on Saturday the formula was still stocked on the… Read more Audio

3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:31 PM.Could the negative health effects reported by people living around wind farms be all in the mind? Recent studies at the University of Auckland show that symptoms from wind turbine noise can be… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Norfolk Island's story has been one of darkness, pain, rage and horror. Author Robert Macklin tells the vivid, bewitching story of how a unique lifestyle and culture evolved amongst the almost two… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Fiordland man Boyd Peacock was out cycling one day when he rode past a big cliff. The thought struck Boyd that he wouldn't want to go off that cliff, and then came another thought: who would know if… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.They climbed aboard their Harley's in Colorado, and have ridden across the great expanse of America, through New Mexico, Nevada and Utah with a brief stop in Las Vegas along the way. Tonight they've… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Going to Mars with us is a circus entertainer with her own company blending carnival and theatre, called The Dust Palace. We find out at about that and the rest of her multi-talented life. Audio

1:08 PM.Johannes Schmidt of Auckland has chosen 'Going out West' by Tom Waits. Audio

4:35 PM.Male mammals don't stay monogamous to produce fitter offspring, instead they do it for love and to protect their partner; Edward Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia; Parking companies in… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.The release of a journalist's phone and swipecard records has been called a threat to democracy. It's caused formal apologies and a resignation - but is this just beginning of the saga? Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:28 PM.Sarah McMullan looks at the super-hero film, Wolverine. And also her verdict on the controversial Festival only movie, Maniac. Audio

3:18 PM.on the Bollinger tasting and misleading claims about 'normal' wine prices. Audio

3:09 PM.Sachie Nomura from Sachie's Kitchen, The Asian Cooking School in Parnell, Auckland, shares a recipe for 'Daigaku' University Sweet Potato. Audio

2:45 PM.The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released in August 2010. Audio

2:20 PM.Amelia Nurse talks and tastes cheese with Annie and Phil Armstrong of Whangaripo Buffalo Cheese Co. Audio

2:09 PM.Ivan Sentch is putting together a 1961 Aston Martin DB4 replica by 3D printing the components. Audio

1:26 PM.Swamp Thing are Michael Barker on drums, Grant Haua on guitar, and Eddie Raynor on keyboards. Audio

1:08 PM.Jonathon Harrison of Otaki picks 'Into the Night' by Benny Mardones. Audio