Afternoons Podcast Options

2:20 PM.In the final episode of our series exploring New Zealanders' love for walking, producer Lisa Thompson speaks to people who walk for charity. Audio

2:08 PM.The theatre is in Russ Standing's blood. He first got the bug as a boy in Wimbledon London, watching pantomime. After attending art school in Auckland and struggling to find his audience, Russ made a… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.After a promising start in music Aaradhna gave the whole thing away for almost three years. It was her partner and a trip to Europe that changed her mind. In November 2012 she released her critically… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Yael Shochat from Auckland has chosen Creep by Radiohead. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - The popular fad of paying dearly for a fancy cupcake might be fading at last, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Labour Party is proposing to set up a single buyer of electricity to… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Topics - The Attorney General says he worries a new website set up to critique the performance of individual judges could lead to violence against them. The Ministry of Education has begun legal… Read more Audio

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

3:21 PM.A wooden cabin destined for Captain Scott's expedition was sent home and used by his wife and others involved with his party while they awaited the explorer's return. Katy Gosset found that after the… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Justin Gregory reports on a zombie invasion in Auckland's Aotea Square. It's part of a new immersive, interactive theatre experience, called Apocalypse Z. Its writers wanted to find out what… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.It's a long way from the posh corporate offices of London and Melbourne, to a dairy farm in Northland, but that is where Kyle and Sarah Imeson have chosen to be. They've chucked in the city life and… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Rob Hastie and his dog Jack have won the Broadwood Sheep Dog Trial Club's short head and yard competition. He's been trialling since 1968 with various dogs over the years. Jack is the one who came… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Rarangi, in Cloudy Bay, is a seaside settlement just an 18 kilometre drive from Blenheim. This residential coastal strip has around 250 dwellings spread along a four kilometre stretch of mostly stoney… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Mary-Jane Mumford from Amberley has chosen 'Pearl's a Singer' by Elkie Brooks. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber continues to draw ire after his visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Thirty-three health workers have been disciplined for sneakily peeking at x-rays… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - New Zealand's politicians look as though they'll make history with gay marriage likely to become legal in Parliament tonight. Yesterday's attack on the Boston Marathon killed an 8-year-old… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.One of Auckland's oldest ferry companies wants to bring back car ferries between the city's North Shore and downtown. Sealink also proposes dramatically expanding Auckland's passenger ferry network to… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Topics - The best use of cell phones in emergencies, like the Boston bombings; the limited use of looking for jobs online or bothering about an online presence; more annoying additions coming to… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Eva Lavi was just eight years old when Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved 1200 Jews during the Holocaust, put her family's names on the list. She calls herself a Child of Miracles… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Since 1964 Keith Johnston has called the harness racing trials at Forbury Park in Dunedin. But now, after 49 years, he is handing over the reins to a new caller. It's never been his only day job -… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Peter Grant from Waipu has chosen 'Not Given Lightly' by Chris Knox. Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - we now know that a teenager was sending and receiving regular text messages shortly before the van he was driving slid off a rain-drenched highway and rolled - fatally injuring one of 11… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - at least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, has… Read more Audio

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