Afternoons Podcast Options

1:35 PM.There's been a bit of new movement in the community housing space.Founder and Chief Executive of Community Finance, James Palmer talks to Jesse about the community housing providers and how it works.

1:15 PM.Te Putea Rangahau a Marsden has allocated $83.59 million dollars to 123 research projects across Aotearoa New Zealand. Dr Andrea Teng from the Department of Health at the University of Otago is one of… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.How do meteorologists predict what's coming? As we head into an El Niño summer. climate change is making weather forecasting tough. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Life is good for British Malaysian stand up comedian Phil Wang. We talk to Phil Wang ahead of his show in Auckland, Wang In There, Baby!. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.For Bookmarks today we have an award winning artist who has been helping youth in West Auckland for 10 years through art. She's the person behind the eel footbridge in Piha, and the recipient of a… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.For this week's Collectors Corner we meet Martin James, a collector of recipe books from Edwardian, and sometimes, Victorian times. He shares his passion with Jesse and why he's chose Edwardian times… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:45 PM.Roshit Bothara has applied his humble beginnings in Nepal to create opportunities for others in the medical world and been recognised with a number of awards, including the most recent one from… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Almost 300,000 New Zealanders live with diabetes, and for kids who get diagnosed with type one diabetes - new research shows they have poorer educational outcomes. Professor Ben Wheeler speaks to… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.For her second book, Zookeeper Danni Rae's gone very small, in fact tiny! Danni talks to Jesse about Harry the Hermit Crab. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.“Hilarious, shocking and profound” is how Vogue describes new film Bad Behaviour, which opens in New Zealand this week. Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.If you've ever caught yourself before expressing an opinion about politics, good parenting or even your favourite place to eat, you'll know that censoring is humankind's natural inclination says Greg… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.For our music feature this week, we're talking about the music of Aimee Mann. She's an American singer/songwriter who's been tackling mental health issues in her lyrics long before it became a common… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.There are around 406 golf courses in New Zealand and young golfer Peter Troake had a dream to play on every single one of them to raise money for Cure Kids. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Spring - a time of year when we cast our eyes around, and contemplate overhauling our living spaces - a bit of a clean perhaps, but fore Wellington architect, artist, and furniture maker - Gerard… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Chances are you know Tom Sainsbury for his comedy - be it on stage, television, or social media platforms. But his latest offering takes a decidely sinister turn. Loop Track - his directorial debut -… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Our attention spans and emotions are not the only thing impacted by our digital 21st century life and evolution is having a hard time keeping up. Manoush Zomorodi is the host of the TED Radio Hour on… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today's expert is about a skill all of us should have, but many find hard to perfect. It's knife sharpening. Our expert guest is Hayden Scott, who was a chef for 25 years before getting into the art… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:35 PM.The Sargeson Prize. secondary schools division winner this year  was won by Otepoti/Dunedin writer Tunmise Adebowale and her story 'The Catastrophe of Swimming'. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Te Papa curator and ornithologist Colin Miskelly is heading out of the museum and walking the length of Aotearoa to document and count every single bird he sees and hears along the way! Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Homegrown singer-songwriter Kaylee Bell has just exploded onto the U.S country music scene. Her song 'Keith' is  sitting at Number 12 on the US Billboard Charts, and has put Kaylee at number 41 on the… Read more Video, Audio