Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.Author Corey Olsen is an Assistant Professor of English at Washington College in Maryland. His new book reveals secrets and insights into 'The Hobbit', which he hopes everyone will fall in love with… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.It's 50 years since George Jetson and his cartoon family, complete with flying car and robotic maid, made their first appearance on US television. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Today's traveller to Mars is a journalist, author and entrepreneur. He has had a glimpse of fame too, through a couple of books he has penned. He's also an Englishman who has live all over the world… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Ged Taylor from Wellington has chosen "Another Girl, Another Planet" by The Only Ones. Audio

4:35 PM.Topic 3: Slogans Topic 4: Churches. Audio

4:10 PM.Topic 1: Building and Housing. Topic 2: Auckland rates. Audio

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

3:40 PM.Tomorrow night respected QC Stuart Grieve will be rocking out on stage with TMG (too many guitars) in a battle of the bands to raise money for the Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre. Singer songwriter… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Sarah MacMullan reviews 'The Intouchables'. Audio

3:20 PM.Belinda Jackson's choices today include: Villa Maria Private Bin Viognier 2010. $13 on special - $17ish day to day. Montes Cabernet Sauvignon Carmenere (from Chile) 2010 $18. Nautilus Marlborough Brut… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Chef Jacob Brown brings us the Friday food, a Pecan Pie. Audio

2:45 PM.The new Taylor Swift album, 'Red' - hot off the press. Audio

2:30 PM.Amelia Nurse talks to Otolaryngologist Simon Robinson about the causes and treatment for loss of smell. Audio

2:20 PM.Amelia Nurse talks to people about things they might be missing, things that aren't immediately obvious - like colour blindness and tone deafness. Jack Perkins has lost his sense of smell, after… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Jeremy Star from Dunedin has finished the Pacific Crest trail, walking 4,265 kilometres from Mexico's border with the United States up to the Canadian border. That's equivalent to walking the length… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand Live with folk singer Matthew Pickering. Audio

1:08 PM.Paul from Nelson nominates 'Lara's Theme' from the film Dr Zhivago. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - Women confess they hate spontaneity from their partner - especially if they spring a weekend away. A building industry publisher thinks we should be paying closer attention to what's going on… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics -Business NZ says extending paid parental leave to six months may lead to employers discriminating against women of child-bearing age. The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has accused… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.A team at Victoria University finds that a few minutes of training each day can prevent the blues. Audio

3:18 PM.Finding somewhere to live in Christchurch has become a challenge - not just for workers helping with the rebuild - but also for some of the city's youth who have limited prospects. Audio

2:29 PM.Daniel Joseph Tohill, apparently a fur necklet thief, cut a dashing figure in 1908: young, handsome and sporting a perfectly groomed mustache. A mugshot that's more than 100 years old has stolen the… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.Tucked inside the University of Otago Library, there is a room dedicated to keeping history, and a process that dates back to the 15th century, alive. The Otakou Press Room was established more than… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.When 'The Hobbit' makes its journey into theatres in December, Peter Jackson doesn't want it to just look like Middle Earth, he wants it to sound like Middle Earth too. 'The Hobbit - An Unexpected… Read more Audio