Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.Christchurch-based musician David Thorpe often tours as a multi-instrumentalist and one man band, but his greatest love affair has been with the humble harmonica. Audio

2:10 PM.Fifty years ago The Seekers quartet performed every Monday night at the Treble Clef Coffee Lounge in Melbourne. They were all talented but the singer was something else, gifted with a perfect pitch… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Mahia Beach, located in Northern Hawke's Bay at the place where the picturesque Mahia Peninsula is joined to the rest of the North Island. As well as a beach store and and lotto shop, there is also a… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Sara Russell of Leeston has chosen "When Smokey Sings" by ABC. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Danish scientists who set out to measure the benefits of breakfast and lunch among children found diet helped, but the way pupils travelled to school was far more significant. A government… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - MPs are set to receive a salary increase and a lovely wee extra bonus in time for the summer holidays, when the Remuneration Authority releases its review of their salaries tomorrow. A Temuka… Read more Audio

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

3:34 PM.New Zealand's only fully fledged mandolin orchestra has been playing to the Christmas crowds this week raising funds for the Auckland City Mission down at the Britomart Railway Station. The… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Topics - The McAfee melodrama; should you quit university to go out and earn your fortune?; HP strikes again and again; do paywalls work?; Newspapers: the old model is broken - and so is the new one. Audio

2:17 PM.Cantabrian Siobhan Grimshaw, whose own home is badly damaged from the earthquakes, has created a board game called 'Quakes and Ladders: the Game of Earthquake Recovery' because sometimes she says if… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.A study in the British Medical Journal has found that most of us would be better off buying frozen or ready-made meals at the supermarket rather than cook something at home from some of the recipes… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Michael Szabo from Wellington has chosen 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' by Manic Street Preachers. Audio

4:38 PM.Topics - The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the USA has led the nation to launch into an increasingly bitter argument over gun control laws. The Tertiary Education Union says it's a bad idea… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - About 8000 people are sheltering in evacuation centres across Fiji, as authorities investigate the scale of the disaster and count the number of homes that have been ruined. Power bills have… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.Acclaimed children's theatre director Peter Wilson performs for a Japanese preschool in Wellington and talks about judging puppetry at the International Arts Festival in Shanghai this year. Audio

3:07 PM.A study by Chicago's Nick Epley, a professor of behavioral science, reveals most people just want the gift that's on the top of their wish list. Audio

2:26 PM.Two Christchurch engineers have come up with what they hope will be the next generation of caravan. It's called the Romotow and it looks like a space-age room on wheels. They say besides looking smart… Read more Audio

2:06 PM.Richard Bowles is an adventurer and running machine - he's just run the length of New Zealand in 62 days and he didn't take State Highway One either. He went the hard way - over mountain ranges… Read more Audio

1:56 PM.Topics - social media scams; malicious mobile apps; travel scams, holiday spam/phishing; and other Christmas scams. Audio

1:45 PM.'Dayglo Reflection' by Bobby Womack and 'Whatever You've Got' by The Proclaimers. Audio

1:35 PM.'Grace:A Memoir' by Grace Coddington and 'Travels With Epicurus' by Daniel Kline. Audio

1:23 PM.A review of the year's TV shows and a look to changes particularly with news and current affairs. Audio

1:09 PM.Donald Buglass from Christchurch has chosen 'The Mercy Seat' by Nick Cave. Audio