Afternoons Podcast Options

1:32 PM.The Oscars coverage on TV and 'The Following'. Audio

1:28 PM.The Diagram Prize for the weirdest book title of the year has been awarded annually since the 1970s. Audio

1:22 PM.'Citadel' by Kate Mosse. Audio

1:07 PM.Dave Gourlay from Queenstown has chosen 'Concrete Jungle' by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Wool used to be New Zealand's most valuable and visible export. Up until recently it was the export equivalent of what dairying has become today. But now it's down to less than two percent of… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Does anyone understand how we can have a glut of electricity, with the lowest wholesale prices in years, while retail electricity prices remain high and there's no sign of them coming down… Read more Audio

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

3:36 PM.Wetlands are often referred to as the kidney of an ecosystem, acting as a buffer between the land and waterways. Aucklanders are invited to discover the wetlands of their region this month, as part of… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Napoleon Chagnon, one of the most famous and infamous anthropologist of our time, has written a memoir about his life and the controversy that has followed his career. Audio

2:19 PM.Roger Warren reckons he's the only New Zealander ever to have flown under his own steam in a human-powered aircraft - essentially, a plane where the pilot starts pedalling and doesn't stop till he's… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Our correspondent Brad Pomerance joins us from Hollywood to discuss the news from the Oscars so far, and give us a preview of what's to come. Audio

1:21 PM.The woman who has recently undergone a major transformation - from chain-smoking, hard-living matriarch to timid, frustrated, down on her luck, desperate solo mum. Cheryl West has become Anna… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Stephen Green of Auckland has chosen 'Fool on the Hill' by the Beatles. Audio

4:34 PM.Topics - Calling your dog "boo" is tame compared to some of the pet names that have turned up on a survey by the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in London. The leader of a group opposed to religious… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Prime Minster said today that Christchurch is nearly through the worst of it. Hundreds of jobs are to go at Telecom, according to the chief executive who today announced the company's… Read more Audio

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

3:35 PM.Organised by the British High Commission as part of Queen Elizabeth's jubilee celebrations, the rally involves a fleet of British cars travelling from Auckland to Christchurch. The British High… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.The Oscars, and the film 'Beautiful Creatures'. Audio

3:21 PM.Haha Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, Sea Level Home Block Nelson Pinot Gris and Palliser Martinborough Chardonnay. Audio

3:08 PM.Eggplant and chickpeas with mint yoghurt. Audio

2:27 PM.'Love at first sight' used to happen at dances, at the pub, at work but it's a bit more complicated now. These days there's online dating, speed-dating and even weed-dating (for single farmers, not… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.It's one of the most controversial episodes of New Zealand history during the Second World War - the shooting dead of nearly 50 Japanese prisoners by the guards at a military camp in Featherston in… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Manhattan Transfer are regular visitors to our shores. They've recorded 28 albums and have 10 Grammy awards, but its the first time we've managed to persuade them to come and sing on NZ Live. Audio

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