Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.In his book, 'Theories of International Politics and Zombies', professor Daniel Drezner poses a serious question: what do different theories of foreign relations predict would happen if the dead began… Read more Audio

2:31 PM.Festival Review discusses the play The Wild Bride; the NZSQ concert Beethoven! Age of Enlightenment; and The Barons of Tang. Audio

2:18 PM.About a month ago a listener emailed Afternoons wondering where all the cicadas are this season. Audio

2:10 PM.The 52nd Golden Shears kicks off in Masterton tomorrow - the event, which turned sheep shearing into a world-wide sport, is a part of Kiwi culture. Audio

1:55 PM.Nevada creates special license plates for robot drivers; Canadian digs out his basement using radio control scale earthmoving equipment; and what happens to the cocaine in Coca Cola? Audio

1:47 PM.'City of Atlantis' by Myele Manzanza and featuring and Ladi 6; and 'A Long Time' by Mayer Hawthorne. Audio

1:37 PM.Reviewing 'In The Absence of Heroes' by Anthony McCarten and 'The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories' edited by Michael Sims. Audio

1:33 PM.The awesome people at Lake Superior State University have once again published thir iconic annual list of banished words, possibly the most famous such compendium of irascible opinion in the world. Audio

1:19 PM.The Oscars, Mark Crysell's Sunday piece 'Cherry Blossom Tragedy' and 'The Green, Green Grass'. Audio

1:09 PM.Owen Mann from Wellington has chosen 'She Bangs the Drums' by The Stone Roses.. Audio

4:33 PM.Topics - Is there any such thing as a free education? The police in New Plymouth have arrested six Greenpeace protesters - including the actress Lucy Lawless - who boarded an oil exploration ship four… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - A campaign's been launched in Auckland today to hold judges accountable for bailing violent offenders who go on to commit serious crimes. Kevin Rudd's bid to roll Julia Gillard and return as… Read more Audio

3:49 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:38 PM.The Kermadec Trench, north of New Zealand, is one of the deepest places on Earth, with under-water pressures equivalent to more than a thousand elephants standing on a Mini. Audio

3:09 PM.Irish music writer David Burke has written a book, 'Heart of Darkness: Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska'. Audio

2:31 PM.A critical look at the New Zealand International Arts Festival begins with First Contact, Arcane, The Rehearsal - Playing the Dane, Parabelo/Onqoto, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms. Audio

2:18 PM.A book about Whanganui's antique Krupp artillery gun - the only one of its kind in New Zealand - will be hot off the press tomorrow. Audio

2:08 PM.The film industry's most prestigious awards are about to begin in Los Angeles. Audio

1:21 PM.Dr Graeme Downes is the Head of the Music department at Otago University and the front man and songwriter for the Dunedin band The Verlaines. Audio

1:08 PM.Hamish Walsh from Auckland has chosen 'Higher Trails' by John Hanlon. Audio

4:35 PM.Here's an explanation for all of those people who jump on a chair because of a tiny spider in the corner. The British actor Rowan Atkinson has waded into a row about ageism on TV. It's been revealed… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Some Investors in the failed Lombard Finance company are calling for Sir Douglas Graham to be stripped of his knighthood following his conviction today. Concerns about "cultural safety" have burst the… Read more Audio

3:53 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:50 PM.The American dream is alive and well in the streets of Taranaki right now with the USA's best cars rolling round in the 2012 AmeriCARna event. We speak with American, Estagh Dungan. Audio

3:35 PM.Moneyball with Brad Pitt, the British drama Shame - and also the remake of an 2008 Icelandic film - now called Contraband. Audio