Afternoons Podcast Options

1:44 PM.The songs 'Patient Love' by Passenger and 'Gal From Kitchen's Field' by Wayne Hancock. Audio

1:39 PM.Vanda Symon has read around 160 books as a judge for this year's NZ Post Book Awards. Audio

1:26 PM.The shows 'Top of the Lake', 'The New Normal' and 'Bunheads'. Audio

1:22 PM.The Atlantic Monthly report this week on the new phenomenon of word lengthening. Audio

1:07 PM.Angela Gordon from Wellington has chosen 'The Frozen Man' by James Taylor. Audio

4:31 PM.Topics - Carlos Santana says Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Kurt Cobain were killed by their egos. Corrections Department figures show that some of the worst criminals sentenced to preventive… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Mayor of Auckland was hoping to convince Housing Minister Nick Smith to get the ball rolling sooner on his council's plan to solve the city's housing problems. Would you be alarmed to… Read more Audio

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

3:34 PM.Three summers ago, a massive iceberg broke off the tongue of the Mertz Glacier in Antarctica, triggering changes to sea ice conditions in the region. This area is one of three important places around… Read more Audio

3:06 PM.In 1982, a 176-page children's book was published with little fanfare and moderate sales. 'War Horse', a tale about a young farm boy and his horse during World War I, didn't become a best-seller until… Read more Audio

2:11 PM.A project that stops food from going to waste every day in Wellington has won the supreme accolade at the 2012 Trustpower Community Awards this year. Kaibosh is a network of volunteers who pick up… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.A woman who's just turned 21 and is already stellar... fast becoming one of the more recognised faces in New Zealand, through television and her live shows. Her professional choices would have been… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Lila Richards from Auckland has chosen 'St Louis Blues' by LaVern Baker Audio

4:35 PM.The use of words with emotional content in books has steadily decreased throughout the last century, according to new research from the Universities of Bristol, Sheffield, and Durham. Is it time New… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.The pressure on Christchurch's housing market is expected to ease within the next three years as around thirty thousand sections come on the market. An inquiry is underway after human tissue… Read more Audio

3:38 PM.You can count on more than one Elvis sighting this weekend in the Coromandel as the 13th Annual Beach Hop event rolls into Whangamata. The Festival attracts thousands of people from all over the the… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Sarah McMullan's list of movies to review are the fantasy adventure, 'Jack The Giant Slayer' and 'The Whale'. Audio

3:19 PM.Waiheke Island wines. Audio

3:10 PM.Julie has been in the Hawke's Bay region. Audio

2:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

2:34 PM.In today's Festival Review slot; a major dance theatre show opens, we wrap-up the dance and theatre programmes and give our overall assessment of the Auckland Arts Festival. Audio

2:28 PM.Every day and every year tens of thousands of New Zealanders pull on their shoes and step out the front door. Some do it for fun, some do it to win and as the first part of this four part New Zealand… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.When Elise Gagnon and Frank Catton first set off in their 9 point 8 metre yacht from Vancouver Canada, Robert Muldoon was the Prime Minister, East German troops patrolled the Berlin Wall no one had… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Today in our Auckland studio is a fresh and exciting new talent on the local music scene, with a unique outlook on life. She is yet to release her first album, but one is on the way following her… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Angela Humphrey of Wellington chooses this song by The Dave Mathews Band. Audio