Afternoons Podcast Options

1:35 PM.On Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 80th birthday, RNZ Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn joins Jesse to share magical moments from Dame Kiri's career including recordings of the young star on the rise and… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.The Hamilton County Bluegrass Band is about to play its last concert. The band has been around since the 1960s when it was founded by Paul Trenwith and Alan Rhodes. The lineup has changed over the… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.What does the future of food look like? What will we be eating in the future? Quinault Childs is research director in the Food Futures Lab at the Silicon Valley based Institute for the Future. His… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.There was a time when logic and evidence were all you needed to win an argument. Aristotle would hardly recognize what we describe as a debate today says strategist and author Michael McQueen. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Once upon a time they were known as 'Big Fat Noises', then they were 'Starfish' but the name they went on to sell over 100 million albums worldwide with is Coldplay.  Marty Jones joins Jesse to talk… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Brad Foster reports on the success of the NRL season opener in Las Vegas, the high tech plans for the new Western Sydney Airport including a remotely operated control tower, new house approvals at a… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A new public artwork installation is coming to the southern end of Federal Street in Auckland, just a stone's from the RNZ studio.  The artist, Joe Sheehan, speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:25 PM.Ten years ago, tired of the "negativity" on social media, Invercargill woman Mary Gilbert launched the Facebook group Southland Random Acts of Kindness. "The community here in Invercargill is… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The nominees for the Taite Music Prize were announced today. John Taite is the son of legendary Kiwi music journalist and the prize's namesake Dylan Taite, and is a highly influential entertainment… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Boredom is one of our defining features as human beings.Harvard law Professor Cass Sunstein and neuroscientist Tali Sharot say there is a way to regain sensitivity that helps us identify the bad and… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Blocked pipes, toilets, drainage, fittings, dripping taps - this week's expert feature is all about plumbing. Our expert is a Senior Lecturer at the Unitec Trades and Services School, in plumbing, gas… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.For Made in NZ this week we head to sunny Nelson where woodworker and artist Katrine Kaarsemaker makes Flap! toys, These are simply handmade toys which flap, anything such as native birds, bats and… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.To highlight the value of their service, this month the CAB have teamed with Trademe to run a series of auctions representing the cost of the free advice given out throughout February. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The Hearing House is an Auckland-based charity which provides health and counselling services for people with cochlear implants. We speak to Hearing House CEO Dr Claire Green about the charity and the… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.It might be the first official day of Autumn, but there's still plenty of summer fruit around to use or preserve. Today Jess Daniell, of Jess's Underground Kitchen, has a great recipe for a salad… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Geneva Alexander-Marsters is a singer and beatmaker based on Waiheke Island. Formerly the lead singer for the electronic act SoccerPractise, Geneva (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa) is now producing… Read more Video, Audio

1:35 PM.17-year-old Cormac Buchanan is busy today at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in Waikato. After this weekend's race he is heading to Europe to compete in the Junior GP World Championship. He talks to… Read more Audio