Afternoons Podcast Options

2:20 PM.This week on collectors corner we meet Marea Faigan who has a wonderful collection of ceramic bulldogs. She shares her story and passion for the canine collection with Jesse. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:45 PM.Maungataniwha range in northern Hawkes Bay is one of our most significant geological sites. Pete Shaw - Manager of the Forest Lifeforce Restoration has been keeping the fossil finding legacy alive. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Twenty two years ago avid traveller Fraser Alexander lost his sight aged just 37. Now when he travels a trip starts with endless planning and emails about accessibility. We speak to Fraser. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Recipe manager app 'Crouton' is a fave for many. It recently made a Wall Street Journal video, but it might surprise you that the app has very local roots and is just the side-hustle of Devin Davies… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Making connections on a romantic level in person has become increasingly harder for older people. Now a group of well known and connected NZers are looking to take on the challenge of making it easier… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Life delivers many challenges in your 40s and 50s but it's also when wisdom meets fresh opportunities for growth and change, says writer Chip Conley. He tells Jesse Mulligan how a period of… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Today for our Tuesday music feature we're celebrating one of the greatest names in jazz, Herbie Hancock. The pianist and composer emerged in the 1960s playing in Miles Davis's quintet. Later, as a… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Brad Foster reports on dangerous fire conditions in Victoria as the state enters its fourth day in a row of heatwave conditions, the discovery of asbestos in parks and gardens in and around Sydney… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Today Pip talks to Jesse about author Thomasin Sleigh, who Pip is talking to for the Aotearoa New Zealand Arts Festival. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Children's author and blogger James Russell is a children's author has noticed a trend of teenagers using phones as an escape from awkward conversations. James speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.On Sunday, Hampden - a small South Island town of 350 people - celebrated the opening of a new skate ramp.  Stuart Barnes explains how it happened and the community effort behind the structure. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.A very short time ago the University of Waikato signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a medical school in the Waikato region.The University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor, Professor Neil Quigley… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.For fans of the dulcet tones of Irish performer Daniel O'Donnell, some good news, he's back on our shores for the first time since 2017. The singing legend is armed with a show full of Irish standards… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.The music career of John Oates is legendary. He's in both the Songwriter and Rock and Roll hall of fame as a songwriter, guitarist and one half of the 70's and 80's hit music machine Hall and Oates… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.We've got a huge topic for our Monday Expert feature today, the man, the myth, the Bard, William Shakespeare. David Lawrence, Shakespeare scholar and artistic director of The Pop-up Globe - he's our… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.The late Ray Cooper needed a clever way of composting as his wife grew veggies in the back garden, and flowers in the front. Michael Smythe designed the prototype and continually redesigns the… Read more Audio

1:34 PM.It's nearly eel migration season which means short and long fin tuna start their migration from our freshwater streams. On this journey, they'll try swim through flood pumps in our rivers and streams… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Colourful kites of all shapes and sizes will be flying high at the Otaki Kite Festival this weekend. Festival director Kirsty Doyle joins Jesse to tell us what's happening at the annual event which is… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.An ageing population in general means an ageing population behind bars, bringing with it the same increased number of prisoners with dementia. Clinical and forensic psychologist Ella Kofoed speaks to… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Termites are tenacious critters - they never sleep and spend their waking lives chewing wood and renovating their extensive colonies. Luckily, we only have three native species of termite in Aotearoa… Read more Audio