Afternoons Podcast Options

2:21 PM.Josh and Zac Lyon are two brothers with a taste for adventure. They want to become the first New Zealanders and the youngest pair ever to compelte the 2260 km round trip from the Antarctic coast to… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Historians have called the Cuban Missile Crisis the most dangerous moment in modern history. Alice George, is the author of 'Awaiting Armageddon: How Americans Faced the Cuban Missile Crisis' and her… Read more Audio

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

1:08 PM.Brian Kerr from Marlborough has chosen 'Everything is never quite enough' by Wasis Diop. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - a man who was rejected by the Auckland University medical programme in 2010 allegedly pretended to be a student. The Pukekohe race track is going to get a longer track, three new corners, and… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - Air Force safety processes have come under heavy criticism in an internal report following the fatal 2010 Anzac Day helicopter crash. The report says an unspecified Air New Zealand flight… Read more Audio

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

3:35 PM.There are around 36,000 followers of the Islamic faith living in New Zealand, from both the Sunni and Shi'ite sects. Lynda Chanwai-Earle travels to Auckland to find out more about the little heard… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.David K. Randall, is a senior reporter at Reuters and an adjunct professor at New York University. His best selling book is called 'Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep'. Audio

2:21 PM.Fixing even a child's smile can cost anywhere up to ten thousand dollars, a cost out of the reach of many families. Which is why the New Zealand Association of Orthodontists has started a new scheme… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Chris Northover is a qualified lawyer but these days spends a good part of his day being a bloke in a shed. He's converting his house to solar power and has just built himself an electric car. Audio

1:57 PM.Are live-streamed events the future of advertising? Audio

1:45 PM.Featuring the songs 'Tides' and 'Chrysalis' by New Way Home and 'Only On Fire' by the Delaney Davidson & Marlon Williams. Audio

1:40 PM.Featuring the books 'Easy' by Bill Granger and '240 Years of New Zealand Painting' by art historian, writer and lecturer Edward Hanfling. Audio

1:24 PM.Featuring the TV shows 'Fair Go', 'Wallander', 'Beauty and the Geeks', and the movie 'Mary Poppins'. Audio

1:08 PM.Phil Mackie from Wellington has chosen 'Turn of the Century' by Beat Rhythm Fashion. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - the extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has landed after a jump from some 24-plus miles above the Earth. One of the women who was convicted of abusing the murdered Rotorua toddler Nia Glassie… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - the Ministry of Social Development says a private company was hired to look into the security of its self-service kiosks but failed to spot a security breach. Is the provision of food for… Read more Audio

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

3:36 PM.New Zealand's proposal to place parts of the Ross Sea under protection has sparked a debate. Is this about conservation versus fishing, or with fishing? Audio

3:06 PM.The story of Mt Aspiring high country station and the Aspinall family, who've farmed the isolated, mountainous landscape for four generations. Sue Aspinall's been on the station longer than any other… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.David and Harry, two young students in Dunedin studying law and commerce, have come up with a great little business idea - delivering good quality meat to their fellow students. Audio

2:09 PM.For years Paul Quinn worked as a mechanic in the automotive trade in Christchurch. These days he drives water taxis and lives in Picton. There's a link between the two, the cost of fuel, which led… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.A very fine writer of New Zealand television drama - her skills are very much in demand as the networks scramble to get more local content on. It seems that New Zealanders actually like seeing… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Glen Bennett from New Plymouth has chosen "Forever Autumn" performed by Justin Hayward. Audio