Afternoons Podcast Options

3:22 PM.Cheap and Cheerful Villa del Vento Reggiano Lambrusco Rosso Secco. Mid Price Magic Shooting Star Methode Traditionnelle Sauvignon Blanc. Treat Yourself William Murdoch 'The Guardsman' 2009. Audio

3:08 PM.Julie shares a recipe for Pasta alla Norma. Audio

2:45 PM.Our Feature Album is a Rolling Stones classic - Let It Bleed - from 1969. Audio

2:10 PM.One hundred years since the hull of the TSS Earnslaw – also known as the Lady of the Lake – was launched in Kingston. Audio

1:07 PM.Alan Roddick from Dunedin chooses this song from the musical Hair. Audio

4:39 PM.Topics - Plastic surgery will likely make you look nine years younger than you really are, a new study suggests. In Britain, an inquest has heard that firemen and police left a man floating face down… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The American lawyer for Kim Dotcom says he's confident the New Zealand courts won't hand over his client to US authorities. Australia's fascinating political soap opera has taken another… Read more Audio

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

3:31 PM.Last week on Afternoons, Justin Gregory signed up with Project Jonah to become a marine mammal medic and learn how to rescue stranded whales and dolphins. With the theoretical stage out of the way… Read more Audio

3:21 PM.Bought as a houseboat, the 'Physalie' is now a successful cafe moored at Port Tarakohe. Seahorses and stingrays like to visit as well as tourists, and the boat has an interesting history as South… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.A krumper, a flipper, and a Samoan jazz/ballet dancer are just some of the members of Lima Dance in Auckland who hit the stage at Mangere Arts Centre last week. Sonia Sly was recently in Auckland and… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Circus Ronaldo is coming here for the 2012 New Zealand International Arts Festival. They're known for their traditional circus appeal and razor sharp wit. Audio

2:10 PM.John Cox made the sheep that talk in the movie 'Babe' and the giant crocodile that bit Captain Hook in 'Peter Pan'. John won an academy award for his animatronics work on 'Babe' with his… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.A big, little town in the southern Kaipara district of Northland. Big in the sense that it has plenty of industry, a bustling business centre and four schools. Little, because at the last official… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Paul Marshall from Timaru has chosen 'Racing In The Street' by Bruce Springsteen. Audio

4:38 PM.DB Breweries has refused to drop a Tui beer television advertisement despite pressure from a feminist group; and an animal rights group is calling on Hamilton City Council to ban rodeos from its… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Remembering the Christchurch February 2011 earthquake; the Crown is considering an appeal after bail was granted to Kim Dotcom; and Murray McCully's emails appear to demonstrate a desire to resist… Read more Audio

3:50 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:38 PM.In a time when people are spoilt for entertainment choice, theatres are having to fight harder to attract audiences through their doors. However, one community theatre in Auckland has proven it can… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.What companies are finding out about you and a look at how hidden untraceable searches are. Audio

2:50 PM.On October 23, 2010 Christchurch's Hagley Park hosted one of the biggest ever free concerts in New Zealand, following the first big earthquake to shake the city a month earlier. Audio

2:23 PM.Spud Hilton knows what it's like to feel the fear of a large scale earthquake. As the Travel Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper, he lives in a city on a fault line. Spud Hilton has just… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Martin van Beynen is an award-winning journalist with the Christchurch newspaper The Press. His book, 'Trapped: Remarkable Stories of Survival from the 2011 Canterbury Earthquake' documents the… Read more Audio

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

1:10 PM.Poet and broadcaster Gary McCormick chooses 'Alleluia' by Gin Wigmore. Audio