Afternoons Podcast Options

1:24 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Richard Arlidge from Punakaiki has chosen 'Hey Joe' by Jimi Hendrix . Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - with the "spending season" decending upon us, HS Dent, an economic forecasting firm, reported in the Atlantic Monthly, if you want to find this, has compiled Census data on spending behavior… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - is John Key right about New Zealand's 100 percent pure marketing strapline? A Massey University study has found that the use of pictures by four national newspapers during the election… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:32 PM.A project that sees pre-loved and expensive designer dresses resold at bargain rates for all our penniless students out there. Audio

3:08 PM.When it comes to road trips, they don't get much bigger than this one. Stephen "Tig" Hogg and Tim Munro are travelling along the longest road in the world. It's actually a series of connected highways… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Not many husbands would ever think of photographing their wife from a bird's eye vantage point, thousands of feet in the air. Aucklander John Crawford has spent years hanging out of a helicopter… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Marine Sergeant Winston Fiore from Bloomington Indiana has spent the last year trekking through the forests, fields and rice paddies of South East Asia, with only a Google maps app for company. Audio

1:53 PM.Topics - 'Cyber Monday', 'Made in America Christmas' and 'Givealittle'. Audio

1:43 PM.The songs 'Introduction' by Mala and 'Royals' by Lorde. Audio

1:35 PM.'Gorse is not People' by Janet Frame and 'Standing In Another Man's Grave' by Ian Rankin. Audio

1:25 PM.A preview of future TV shows being promomoted on the different TV networks. Audio

1:07 PM.Marg Forde from Tamahere has chosen 'Old Friend' by Fly My Pretties. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - The wealthiest woman in the world, and Australia's most successful entrepreneur, Gina Rinehardt is currently on a tour of Australia promoting her new book. A Wellington home support worker… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Are we seeing a growth of trial-by-media in New Zealand? All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore has been cited by the IRB's independent Citing Commissioner for allegedly striking Welsh lock Bradley… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.The Curiosity Rover and its successful landing on Mars have triggered a wave of enthusiasm for space exploration. The KiwiSpace Foundation hopes to capitalise on that with the inaugural New Zealand… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.John D'Agata, an innovative essayist, who along with his fact-checker Jim Fingal, do battle about the use of truth and the definition of nonfiction in the book 'The Lifespan of a Fact'. Audio

2:22 PM.Christmas lights in Prebbleton will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience this year, thanks to the efforts of one husband and wife team. Carl and Maureen Seaward's Christmas display now takes about six… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Beekeepers in Northland are having a hard time keeping hold of their hives this weather, thanks to the predations of vandals and thieves. The rising price of manuka honey means thieves are now eyeing… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.William Roache is about to enter his 53rd year playing Coro Street's Ken Barlow, a feat that is recognised by the Guinness Book of world records. Next year he is coming to New Zealand as the narrator… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Dave Berry from Raumati Beach has chosen 'Long Distance Love' by the band Little Feat. Audio

4:35 PM.Debrett's have launched a new guide to eating with one's fingers. Kim Dotcom's lawyers have asked the High Court to make the Government Communications Security Bureau a co-defendant in its legal… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The police will launch a national blitz targeting drivers using cellphones next week. A leaked report on alternatives to Auckland's proposed downtown rail tunnel proves the 2-point-four billion dollar… Read more Audio