Afternoons Podcast Options

1:15 PM.Understanding what makes soil thrive can dramatically reduce the need for fertiliser on farms, says NZ-born soil expert Nicole Masters. "There's this real big push in New Zealand to say 'this isn't… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Meet a musician revitalising Moriori culture through music, including traditional bone flutes brought back to life through modern technology. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Dropping perfectionism and focusing on connection can help take the pressure off verbal communication, says Stanford lecturer Matt Abrahams. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.This week's bookmarks guest has been a housing developer in Auckland for the last 25 years, and is known for doing things differently. Mark Todd, co-founder and Development Manager of Ockham… Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Every Wednesday on Afternoons we invite a guest for our collectors corner segment to talk about their amazing collections. This week we meet Wil Wright. He collects, restores and sells film posters. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:45 PM.Research shows it is the kids who are being driven to school that breathe in in the highest levels of noxious fumes per minute, instead of those walking or cycling next to traffic. New Zealand… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Tracking down music rights holders to get the money to the right place can be a challenge, in New Zealand there is a particular challenge with older Maori songs. APRA Head of NZ Operations Anthony… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Ryan Carville & his business partner Simon Cooke run Froth Tech in Lowe Hutt, the business supplies yeast to breweries across the country. Ryan Carville speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Maori are disproportionately affected by brain tumours. Dr Thomas Park  using AI to scan a huge library of tumours collected from Maori and Pasifika patients to understand why. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.For 30 years, the closest Justine and Geoff Ross had come to cows was two cowhide chairs in their Auckland living room. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.It's not quite summer, but if there's one band that gets you feeling like you're settling into a long summer evening, it's Fat Freddy's Drop. Coming together on the brink of the new millennium, their… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A New documentary Every Word Counts sheds a light on the intensity of competitive Scrabble and is out today on The Spinoff. Director and competitive Scrabble player Alexander Gander speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Bob Mehrtens is our twelve-time national ploughing champion - and he isn't even a farmer. He's a truck driver with a love of ploughing, and has also been competing in the Ploughing World Championships… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The New Zealand curling team adopted by a Canadian retirement home has managed to qualify for the the world championships. Team skipper Anton Hood speaks to Jesse.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Loneliness is a health issue that must be addressed urgently say the former director and deputy director of The Helen Clark Foundation, Kathy Errington and Dr Holly Walker. They speak to Jesse about… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.For this week's expert we're investigating beauty treatments, or appearance medicine, with Botox probably one of the best known treatments. We Dr Dani Waxman from 'Central CosMedic'. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Each week we're talking to a manufacturing company founded in New Zealand making it big globally. This week we talk to Mike Williams of Holsim, a company which makes animal mannequins for vet and vet… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.After 30 years living in France author nature and wildlife artist Desmond Bovey had a strong pull to reconnect with home and the landscapes of his youth. Desmond speaks to Jesse about the book he's… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.We all like to think we'll be the one to step up in an emergency, Fanni Fazakas has created an award winning narrative experience using extended reality to educate people. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.In 2019 the Wellington based Malaghan Institute of Medical Research began trialing a ground breaking treatment, a locally developed CAR T-Cell therapy. Author and comedian David Downs is an ambassador… Read more Audio