Afternoons Podcast Options

3:28 PM.Pacific Rim; Epic; Monsters University. Audio

3:19 PM.Yvonne Lorkin's fine wine. Audio

3:08 PM.We setup your winter weekend with Jonny Schwass' fried chicken. Audio

2:45 PM.Our Feature Album is Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by English rock band The Kinks, released in 1969. Audio

2:20 PM.Today we meet Lynne Russell who lectures on indigenous mental health at Victoria University. She lost her husband to suicide five years ago. Audio

2:10 PM.There was a sense of achievement yesterday when Pete Langford arrived in Cape Reinga after spending 9 months horse riding up the country. Audio

1:22 PM.Carylann Martin, Anje Glinderman, Kirsten London and Dean Murray, collectively known as Hen Picked. Audio

1:09 PM.Laurie McCallum nominates 'Cinnamon Girl' by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - HSBC chief economist Stephen King claims rich Baby Boomers - that's people born between 1946 and 1964 - are behaving like the nobility in the Peasants' Revolt and risk an uprising by the… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - Facebook is seeking to exempt itself from a new spying law that could see its two million New Zealand users' messages subject to interception by the GCSB. The Ministry of Business, Innovation… Read more Audio

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

3:31 PM.Golden Bay is home to a wildlife spectacle that only a few early risers know about. Each day at dawn, especially in mid-winter, large numbers of spotted shags arrive at Tata Beach for a bit of bathing… Read more Audio

3:19 PM.Lang Masters is a doyen of Christchurch cinema and was recently recognised with a long service award from the New Zealand Motion Picture Industry Council. He talks to our Christchurch correspondent… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.With new theatres being built in Auckland, classical musicians have started asking where their special performance space is. The surprising answer seems to be Q Theatre. Built as a live theatre venue… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Have you ever seen a grand piano atop a hill or down on a river bank? Roxburgh-based musician and music teacher Alastair Monteath has come up with an interesting way to do just that. Over the last six… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Kawakawa resident Chloe Phillips-Harris loves horses so much that she is going to compete in the 1000km Mongol Derby horse race across Mongolia to raise money for two charities. Chloe will be racing… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Macraes Flat took its name from a shepherd who worked on a local high country station during the early Otago gold rush of the 1860s. The township is at the northern edge of a plateau, 500 metres above… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Cindy Baxter from Piha has chosen 'Born Slippy' by Underworld. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - Singing in a choir often gives individuals a feeling of harmony, both musically and spiritually. But new research suggests these feelings are more than psychological, as scientists from the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - An Auckland-based Queen's counsel says convicted murderer Scott Watson would need compelling new evidence for a fresh appeal to the governor General to succeed. Scott Watson's family have… Read more Audio

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

3:29 PM.Auckland University is looking for 300 overweight Aucklanders to take part in a three-year study on diabetes prevention. According to Marta Silvestra New Zealand is the seventh most obese country in… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.NetHui; an MIT project reveals what PRISM knows about you; how driverless cars could reshape cities; and hacking as a crime - but only if you're a press hack. Audio

2:19 PM.Palmerston North Boys High School teacher Justin Doolan loved the school canteen's burgers so much one was named after him. But a quiet word from a couple of students made him realise his endless… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.A possessed printer is up for auction. The current owner - New Zealand television and film writer Nick Ward - is hoping the new owner will allow him to smash it into tiny pieces. Audio