Afternoons Podcast Options

3:25 PM.Sage Forest visits one of the country's 19 Teen Parent Units - Kimihia Learning Centre in Linwood, and speaks to some extraordinary mums. Audio

2:12 PM.No other homegrown band from this part of the world had ever before broken majorly into the American market - let alone have 13 US Top 40 hits, and sell 25 million records. Audio

1:20 PM.It's a fast growing coastal settlement in the Western Bay of Plenty, where the storms of last week washed up yet more debris from the wreck of the Rena, which is 40 kilometres away. Audio

1:09 PM.David Southwick from Hamilton has chosen 'Cape Turnagain' by the The Warratahs. Audio

4:39 PM.Topics - Does power makes people feel taller? Maritime New Zealand is trying track down a couple of Norwegians whose journey to Antarctica last year ended in the death of three people. Audio

4:07 PM.Topics - The lawyer for the founder of the Megaupload website says his client will appeal the decision to deny him bail. Aucklanders are being invited to have their say on the Council's proposal to… Read more Audio

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

3:33 PM.Thirteen South Auckland beneficiaries are ready for the work force after finishing a back-to-work course run by Manurewa's Parenting Hub. Audio

3:10 PM.Topics - On (& Off)-Line Protests - 'Boycott SOPA' (an Android app); Why are we getting ripped off for wi-fi; and are our brains being boggled by Google? A Study says humans now use the internet as… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords has been nominated for his song 'Man or Muppet' in the film The Muppets. Audio

2:10 PM.A new rock fence may be just the ticket to pull the red sticker off the Port Hills home of columnist and author Joe Bennett. Ever since the Christchurch City Council issued an order to evacuate his… Read more Audio

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

1:10 PM.Glenda Buschl from the Nelson area has chosen 'Sailing' performed by Rod Stewart. Audio

4:32 PM.Topics - Academic staff at the University of Canterbury are reportedly furious over timetable changes, which are forcing lecturers to work longer hours and, sometimes, through their lunchbreaks and… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Topics - The Auckland Council's crackdown on the protestors camping in Aotea Square would appear to have yielded more protestors in Aotea Square. An Auckland mother has pleaded guilty to a charge of… Read more Audio

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

3:35 PM.The Peace Foundation have implemented the Cool Schools programme at schools around the country, used to counter the wide-spread problem of bullying. Mount Roskill Grammar is one such high school… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.On December 21st, 2012 an ancient Mayan calendar ends and according to some doomsday sayers and Hollywood, that date may trigger a worldwide cataclysm and bring an end to the world as we know it. Dr… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.For more than 20 years the old light from the lighthouse that stands proudly on Centre Island off the coast of Riverton in the notorious Foveaux Strait, has been sitting in storage. Now volunteers are… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Greg Hussey doesn't have your ordinary 9-5 job. The South Canterbury father of four has been going back and forth to Afghanistan since 2008 to help establish the first wind farms in the the country. Audio

1:52 PM.Topics 'An Apostrolapse at Waterstones', 'The logical necessity of the Oxford comma', 'How poetry can change lives' and 'Do hugs really make us happier'. Audio

1:44 PM.'Do You Know What I Know' by Batucada Sound Machine and 'Out In The Woods' by Leon Russell. Audio

1:35 PM.'Food Rules: An Eater's Manual' by Michael Pollan and 'As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child & Avis Devoto' edited by Joan Reardon. Audio

1:21 PM.Featuring the shows 'Mistresses', 'Hell on Wheels' and 'The Model Agency'. Audio

1:07 PM.John Gregory from Fielding has chosen 'A Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promises' by the Avett Brothers. Audio