Afternoons Podcast Options

1:15 PM.Today, a tiny riverside community in the South Island's Waitaki District. All though the Waitaki river has traditionally formed the boarder between Otago and Canterbury, the official line has recently… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Emma Mclean from Auckland chooses this song by the Dixie Chicks. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Great news for those of us who struggle to get eight hours sleep each night! Some new research suggests we all have our own sleep patterns that change according to how much shut-eye we get… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - temperatures on the east coast of New Zealand were predicted to reach 40 degrees today and tomorrow, by a climate scientist. With hot, dry weather looking set to stay for the rest of January… Read more Audio

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

3:30 PM.Next week marks 150 years since the sinking of the British Royal Navy corvette HMS Orpheus at the entrance to Auckland's Manukau Harbour. The Whatipu Orpheus Commemoration Committee has organised a… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Topics: MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses; Gangnam Style; and '50 Shades of Grey'. Audio

2:21 PM.Imagine facing a 100 foot wall of water and living to tell the tale. Legendary surfer Garrett McNamara may have broken his own world record for the largest wave ever surfed off the coast of Nazare… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Andrea Coutts never knew her father - he died when his plane was shot down over the North Atlantic in World War II. Thirty years ago her mother received a phone call from the German fighter pilot who… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:09 PM.Luke Hurley from Auckland has chosen 'I'm Your Captain' by Grand Funk Railroad. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Today we learned that the former All Black Norm Hewitt approached Zac Guildford to offer his help to overcome an alcohol problem. The minister responsible for sorting out the teachers' pay… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - appalling stories of Christchurch families living in garages and tents - even a couple renting a wash-house - are continuing to surface almost two years on from the February 2011 earthquake… Read more Audio

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

3:33 PM.Dr Sharad Paul provides thousands of free skin cancer checks at his Blockhouse Bay Clinic in Auckland, drawing criticism for his altruism from some quarters in the medical industry. Lynda speaks to… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.John Quiggin is an economics and political science professor at the University of Queensland and the author of 'Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us'. Audio

2:18 PM.Ray Murray from Newfield in Invercargill has built his own observatory so he can stargaze at leisure out the back of his house. Audio

2:09 PM.When Adele McMahon told her best friend's little boy she was sailing to New Zealand in her own boat, he believed her. And so she had to come up with the goods! Audio

1:53 PM.Topics - Twitter has bought a little video company and has released an iPhone app that lets you record and post six-second videos; Mega - has this been overdone? Audio

1:50 PM.Jim relays some research from the Alumni magazine at Yale. Audio

1:39 PM.Featuring the songs 'Bric-a-brac Shop' by Hello Sailor and 'Yesterday Is Here' by Bette LaVette. Audio

1:33 PM.'Moranthology' by Caitlin Moran. Audio

1:21 PM.'Seven Sharp' is late out of the blocks and a solid first week on 'Campbell Live'. Audio

1:08 PM.Bruce Gatward-Cook from Taranaki has chosen 'Walk on the Wild Side' by Lou Reed. Audio

4:35 PM.Topic 4 - WOF. Topic 5 - Australia's royal DJ pranksters sacked. Audio