Afternoons Podcast Options

1:09 PM.Josh Burgess from Brooklyn in the USA has chosen 'Naive Melody' by Talking Heads. Audio

4:31 PM.Topics - A study by researchers at Cambridge found that clicking Facebook's "like" buttons may reveal more about you than you realize. The NZ First "party" is reported to be upset, after the Greens… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The government has stepped in to stop debt collectors chasing overpayments made through the school payroll system, Novopay. A mortician's embalmer who found herself in the position of having… Read more Audio

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

3:31 PM.Suicide rates amongst Maori in New Zealand are one-and-a-half times higher than for non-Maori. In an attempt to spread the suicide prevention message to Maori across the whole country, a series of… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The fifth annual Snowcial, algorithms and 'predictive analytics', and digital kids. Audio

2:29 PM.Festival Review critiques the Auckland Arts Festival's visual art programme, Sounds Aotearoa and Hou 2013. Audio

2:12 PM.As frontman for legendary prog-rockers Yes, Jon Anderson's written himself into the annals of rock, and he continues to make music with a huge range of collaborators all over the world. Audio

1:20 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Susan Brocker from the Tauranga area has chosen "Wildfire" by Michael Murphy. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - Almost the whole of the North Island could be declared to be in a state of drought by the end of this week. A public health expert is calling on the Government to regulate the amount of salt… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Prime Minister, John Key, says he thinks a bill allowing a holiday when ANZAC and Waitangi days fall on the weekend will become law. A man whose parenting style led his teenage… Read more Audio

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

3:31 PM.It's the Year of the Water Snake in 2013 and performers at celebrations in Wellington include local children from the Yau Yi Yun (Chinese Kindergarten), their teachers and a hard working army of… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Charles Landry travels the world helping cities adapt to the rapidly changing social and economic realities of urban living. He's an authority on using imagination and creativity in urban change. He… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Festival Review critiques The Kronos Quartet, Chinese instrumentalist Wu Man, and the play Rhinoceros in Love. Audio

2:20 PM.Knowing how to make a million is one thing, it's quite another to be able to show your children how to do the same. That's the finding of a new study in Massey University, which shows that rich people… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Britain's certainly taking it seriously - they're sending Bonnie Tyler to Malmo this year. What's it really like backstage at one of the biggest shows in the world? Dominic Smith knows the answer… Read more Audio

1:52 PM.Topics - a computer storage product in Iceland running on 100% renewable energy, and the South By Southwest interactive trade show. Audio

1:43 PM.The songs 'Northwest' and 'Ikarus' by Ladi6. Audio

1:37 PM.Reviewing 'Simon Gault - Homemade', 'Preserving with Aunt Daisy' and 'At My Table' by Chelsea Winter. Audio

1:25 PM.The shows '3rd Degree', 'Elementary', and 'Behind The Brush'. Audio

1:08 PM.Mike Reeves from Wellington has chosen 'The Crowd' by The Cat Empire. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - Three law firms have launched a call for New Zealanders to sign up to participate in class actions to claim back excessive bank default fees. A million-dollar sculpture by artist Michael… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - A "specialist" team of 100 staff began work today to combat the backlog of problems with the beleaguered school payroll system. Is it ok to want a dialogue about the future ethnic composition… Read more Audio