Afternoons Podcast Options

3:48 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:37 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle checks out an exhibition featuring 12 international and local artists with artwork inspired by their Chinese zodiac signs, as part of the 2012 New Zealand International Arts… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Author Adele Nozedar has written a guide to what those strange images may be trying to say. 'Freaky Dreams: an A-Z of the Weirdest and Wackiest Dreams and What They Really Mean' is a compendium of… Read more Audio

2:17 PM.The number of gum leaf skeletonisers in Northland is growing, prompting a warning to parents to keep curious kids away from the hairy little caterpillars. Touching their spines can cause a painful… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The Christchurch earthquake last February forced many circus performers to flee the city in search of work. Their base - the Circo Arts school - was damaged in the quake and is likely to be… Read more Audio

1:55 PM.'Examining his own body, Stanford geneticist stops diabetes in its tracks' and 'Public resignation blogs are all the rage'. Audio

1:49 PM.'Realisation' by Nathan Haines and 'Locked Down' by Dr John. Audio

1:38 PM.'Fifty Shades of Grey' and 'Fifty Shades Darker' by the author E. L. James. Audio

1:35 PM.The origins of hundreds of everyday words and phrases are in a new guide called 'The Etymologicon', which makes the interesting point that an influx of words into English often occurs at times of… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Celebrity endorsment, the show 'Homeland' and last night's story about Marmite. Audio

1:09 PM.Brad McLeay has chosen 'The River' by Bruce Springsteen. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - People whose minds wander might actually have sharper brains. A pair of well-known Auckland event organisers who felt they were unfairly targetted by the council's dog bylaw enforcement… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - in Tonga, we're told, there is a sombre atmosphere as people digest the news of the death of King George Tupou the fifth. The Labour Party is calling for an inquiry into a breach of the… Read more Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:33 PM.Join palaeontologists at a Central Otago fossil site that reaches back 16 to 19 million years to prehistoric Zealandia. Audio

3:10 PM.Thomas Edsall is a former Washington Post political editor. He's a columnist for The New York Times and a professor of journalisim at Columbia University. His book, 'The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Final preparations for the inaugural Cycle Tour of New Zealand have started. The eight-day event will see teams of cyclists pedal their way from Cape Reinga to Masterton, or from Bluff to Blenheim… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A rat trap invented by two New Zealand men is now the weapon of choice in about 20 countries. David Wells of Rotorua and his brother-in-law, Waiheke Islander Luc Desbonnets, invented the Nooski Trap… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Her nationwide TV debut was on the series 'A Week of It'. Over the years she's done it all within the entertainment industry; she had a pop music career, a TV career as a comedian and as a gardener. Audio

1:09 PM.Rosemary Parbotton from Dunedin has chosen 'And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda' by the Pogues. Audio

4:35 PM.Typewriters are making a comeback among collectors and users. New drivers are struggling with a tough new practical driving test - fewer than half now pass the test. The Government will review the… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, has described as "underwhelming" David Shearer's first major speech since taking over as Labour leader. Auckland's landlords stand accused of taking advantage of the… Read more Audio

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

3:40 PM.As luck would have it, Saint Patrick's Day falls on a Saturday this year. So the Invercargill Irish Society is dusting off the shamrocks and Guinness glasses for a big Emerald Ball. Audio

3:33 PM.Sarah reviews the acclaimed Spanish thriller, The Skin I Live In. Audio