Afternoons Podcast Options

1:50 PM.Words and phrases Time Magazine wants deleted from the vocabulary in 2013. Audio

1:43 PM.Featuring the songs 'Ma Wai Ra' by Mara TK; and 'Pencils In The Wind' by Flight of the Conchords. Audio

1:35 PM.Reviewing 'The Rosie Project' by Graeme Simsion. Audio

1:24 PM.Reviewing 'The Radio', 'The Blue Rose', 'Sunny Skies'; and 'Campbell Live' vs 'Seven Sharp'. Audio

1:08 PM.Jim Kettlewell from Whangarei has chosen 'And The Band Played Waltzing Maltilda' - performed by the Pogues. Audio

4:40 PM.Topics - Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete was charged on Friday with the premeditated murder of 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead at his luxury Pretoria… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced in an interim decision, today, that seven Christchurch schools are to close, 12 will remain open and 12 will merge. Is Telecom doing too… Read more Audio

3:43 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:32 PM.Matt Kavermann at Lincoln University became intrigued by the idea that noise might attract animals, and he plays Alison Ballance the sounds he came up with. Audio

3:09 PM.Will Storr's new book introduces readers to an entertaining clutch of people who hold opinions that go against what is generally accepted as truth. Audio

2:21 PM.Grant Hinchcliff was the very last lighthouse keeper at the small Wairarapa beach town of Castlepoint. He manned the lighthouse there from 1972 to 1988, when it became automated. He's since moved to… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Great white sharks are regarded as the ocean's most dangerous and deadly predators. Honolulu-based shark conservationist and diver, Ocean Ramsey, wants to show a different side to the shark. Audio

1:20 PM.His career began at a small Auckland animation company. He created the opening titles for TV3's launch, and one of his commercials won the Fair Go award for the worst TV ad of the year. Today, like… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Andre Manella from his motorhome in Kaikoura has chosen 'Calgary' performed by Bon Iver. Audio

4:32 PM.The ABC's Mediawatch programme has highlighted the vulnerability of online news polls to manipulation by hackers. The iwi that owns Lake Taupo wants to charge Ironman New Zealand competitors about… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The Accident Compensation Corporation has given its former chief executive, Ralph Stewart, a "performance bonus" of $100,000. Shane Jones is expected to return to Labour's front bench… Read more Audio

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

3:38 PM.This weekend the Order of the Boar is hosting an international jousting competition at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt. Jousters from all over the world have come to New Zealand prepared to do battle. Audio

3:29 PM.Reviewing 'Safe Haven' and 'A Good Day to Die Hard'. Audio

3:21 PM.Thousand-pound Burgundies in £3m UK government cellar; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's wine; and Belinda's picks of the week. Audio

3:07 PM.Wild venison liver with forest mushrooms, roasted beets and sour cream. Audio

2:21 PM.He's known as one of Auckland's founding fathers, and Cornwall Park is his largest legacy. But that entire legacy was the result of his own personal tragedy. David Steemson finds out how John Logan… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Kathleen Scott sailed to New Zealand with her husband Captain Robert Falcon Scott, to see him off on his expedition to the South Pole. Now Kathleen's granddaughter Zoe Young is making the same journey… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Wellington-based singer-songwriter Louis Baker performs 'Even in the Darkness', 'Not Afraid Anymore' and 'Get Back'. Audio

1:08 PM.Jim Scott from Wellington has chosen 'Ritual Union' by Little Dragon. Audio