Afternoons Podcast Options

1:08 PM.Peter from Auckland nominates 'Strawberry Fields' by The Beatles. Audio

4:37 PM.Topics - An increasing number of students in the United Kingdom are turning to prostitution to pay for their tuition, according to a new paper by a British medical student. Will constant access to the… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - might Otago Rugby be merely the first of the country's provincial unions to face a solvency crisis? Internet millionaire Kim Dotcom is talking a good fight, promising to beat the United… Read more Audio

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

3:27 PM.Thirty five years ago University of Otago palaeontologist Ewan Fordyce collected some bones from a 25-million year old giant fossil penguin which has now been reconstructed and named Kairuku. Alison… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Katy Gosset visits a local business that's got the world talking - in more ways than one. Rocket Languages offers on-line courses in everything from French to Hindi. And, despite a year of upheaval… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Festival Review discusses the play Henry V, the musical shows Bon Iver and Tubular Bells for Two, the NZ premiere of the dance theatre work Birds with Skymirrors. Audio

2:21 PM.Neil Silverwood is part of a group of cavers who are tantalisingly close to linking two cave systems in Mt Arthur, creating what could be New Zealand's deepest cave. Audio

2:09 PM.Davy Jones got his first big break when he was 11 years old playing Ena Sharples's grandson on Coronation Street. But the world will always remember him as the lead singer of the 1960s made-for-tv… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The little Taranaki township that calls itself the Gateway to Dawson Falls. Settlement began in 1882, with many of the early pioneers coming from Switzerland. Audio

1:09 PM.Richard Middleton from Wellington has chosen 'Kite' by U2. Audio

4:36 PM.Topics - We're waiting for word from the High court about whether or not it will overturn the decision to allow Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom out on bail. The executive director of the SPCA is calling… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - A ministerial inquiry is underway to determine how a 41 year old man convicted of indecent assault on a boy was able to get work in as many as 8 schools over the past four years. Prime… Read more Audio

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

3:36 PM.Sixteen-year-old Albany school boy Mark Glover is one of six finalists world-wide chosen in an international Virtual Robot competition. He's planning to be in the US in April to pick up his prize! Audio

3:10 PM.Four digital age problems solved, a digital age myth and collateral damage from change. Audio

2:29 PM.Festival Review discusses the NZ plays Peninsula and Michael James Manaia, the Topp Twins, and the concert by I Musici di Roma. Audio

2:20 PM.At Whatarangi in south Wairarapa they're sadly bidding farewell to a piece of the quintessential Kiwi summer. Audio

2:09 PM.In four countries on the other side of the world, a number of ambitious authors plan to spend their 29th of February collectively writing an entire novel, from start to finish. Audio

1:20 PM.Can you spot the connection in our music quiz? Audio

1:08 PM.Tony Wood from Auckland has chosen 'I've Dreamed a Dream' from Les Miserables as sung by Patti Lapone. Audio

4:38 PM.Topics - The Green Party is questioning the supposed economic benefits of the Sky City casino extension, in exchange for a deal with the government over a National Conference Centre. There's just a… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The first stage of the Government's big welfare shake-up is targeting teenage beneficiaries, and those who have left school and aren't in training or work. The chairman of the Otago Rugby… Read more Audio

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

3:36 PM.Lynda Chanwai-Earle checks out the annual Chinese New year Festival celebrations at Wellington's TSB Arena where a spectacular opening performance brings together over 40 performers, five community… Read more Audio