Afternoons Podcast Options

1:09 PM.Kat Csengo from Auckland has chosen 'Another Night In' by the Tindersticks. Audio

4:35 PM.Topics - The New York Times reports that a college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job. Are we… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - One of New Zealand's most famous philanthropists, the economist Gareth Morgan, has accused the SPCA of being morally disoriented. The Chief Executive of Drug Free Sport New Zealand says a… Read more Audio

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

3:34 PM.To see a real-life CSI lab, Ruth Beran met with Steve from Environmental Science and Research who took her on a tour. Audio

3:22 PM.Christchurch prepares for a challenging anniversary - two years on from the devastating earthquake that killed 185 people. Our correspondent there, Katy Gosset, hears the stories of local baristas who… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Justin Gregory talks to male models about anonymity, holding the pose and getting their gear off. Audio

2:19 PM.Two years ago New Zealand teachers Anna and John Young were forced to escape from Tripoli during the Feburary 2011 Libyan revolution. Now John has taken on a new challenge as the principal in a very… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.One hundred years ago a shipment of celluloid dolls from Japan arrived in Sydney in bad shape. Rubber bands holding the dolls together had perished on the journey. Harold Chapman found a way to fix… Read more Audio

1:24 PM.We head deep into the heart of Central Otago's Maniototo district to an old gold mining town originally called Dunstan Creek. At the height of the gold rush 2000 miners lived here, today the permanent… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Mark de Lacy from the Kapiti Coast has chosen ' Rainy Night in Soho' by Damien Dempsey. Audio

4:35 PM.A new study shows a gargantuan asteroid which struck Australia more than 300million years ago changed the face of the Earth forever. Murder accused Oscar Pistorius is described as appearing… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.With Denise L'Estrange-Corbet and Simon Pound. Fairfax media is predicting the next election could be a cliffhanger. A man had every bone in his face broken, spent three weeks in a coma and suffered… Read more Audio

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

3:28 PM.The original Tony's Restaurant on Wellesley Street in the central city has just celebrated its golden jubilee over the weekend. Audio

3:10 PM.Email Doesn't Have to Suck. It's P.Q. and C.Q. as Much as I.Q. Mega launch to Mega fade: Dotcom's new site falls in global rankings. Tech Predictions for 2013: It's All About Mobile. Audio

2:22 PM.On the eastern coast of Stewart Island... in a large natural harbour called Paterson Inlet, Norwegian whalers set up shop in the early 1920's. In just a few weeks, the first ever archeological survey… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.With petrol prices going higher and higher, we all dream of a car that runs on water. Audio

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

1:10 PM.Michael Edge-Perkins from Wellington chooses this Leonard Cohen song. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - Nutritional experts say food manufacturers and government agencies have consistently misled consumers over many years about the number of calories contained in food. Today we learned of the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - John Key says a report out today into the deal with SkyCity for a 350 million dollar international convention centre in Auckland "totally vindicates" his government. A comparison of local… Read more Audio

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

3:32 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle meets Nikki, Natalie and their daughter Juno, an Asian New Zealand couple who just happen to be a 'two mum' family. Audio

3:10 PM.After years of keeping it a secret, in 2007 Dr Elyn Saks wrote a successful memoir about her struggle with schizophrenia called 'The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness.' Recently, she's… Read more Audio