Afternoons Podcast Options

1:35 PM.If you've ever wondered about your Irish ancestry - who they were, where they were from in Ireland, why they came to New Zealand - there's a series of seminars coming to Aotearoa that will help you… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.New Zealand is facing criticism after for going against convention over bottom trawling practices in the Pacific. Steve Little is a Port Chalmers fisherman and former Chief Skipper at the University… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington has been gifted 13 million dollars. The donation came from the late Dr Aola Richards, a trailblazing scientist and the first woman in New Zealand to… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.In May 1986, 16-year-old Charlotte Mensah went to work in the UK's first luxury Afro-Caribbean hair salon, Splinters. In London's glamorous Mayfair, Splinters had earned a world-class reputation and… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.KiwiSaver funds are moving away from investing in harmful products, the charity Mindful Money revealed last week. Their website is a good place to check out the kind of investments your own KiwiSaver… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Riki Ellison joins Jesse to discuss his Māori roots and fascinating family ties, plus what it's like to play in a Super Bowl. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Today Rachel Ashby talks to Jesse about music from Mokotron and Pony Baby. Audio

1:35 PM.For the first time since it launch in 1992, all 159 episodes of homegrown television soap Shortland Street will be on YouTube to see. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Associate Professor and registered dietician Dr Caryn Zinn has been leading a three-year project looking into non-pharmaceutical ways to reverse Type 2 Diabetes and says it's entirely possible. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Laura Gemmell is CEO of Eco Choice Aotearoa. She joins Jesse to help consumers better understand whether brand sustainability claims are bogus or legitimate.  Read more Audio

1:12 PM.Tess Brunton updates the situation at Bluecliffs in Southland Audio

3:35 PM.An ambitious ice coring expedition to the Ross Ice Shelf aims to figure out the possible futures of West Antarctica's ice. Veronika Meduna joins the team on the ice. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.2024 will be the Voldemort of years, the year that must not be named. Ian Bremmer, political scientist and president of the political risk advisory firm, Eurasia Group releases the top ten global… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Mainfreight trucks - the big blue beasts that wind their way up and down our roads - is the last place many people might think they'll find enlightenment and words of wisdom. But they are there. We… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The Moehau Man is also known as our very own New Zealand 'Bigfoot'. To discuss this mystery and legend of the Moehau Man, investigative and true crime author Scott Bainbridge talks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Canterbury salsa dancers Natasha Frost and Jorja Dann achieved surprise overseas success at the Summit Championship in Orlando, Florida, last month. Natasha joins Jesse to describe the trip and her… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Social scientist Brian Klaas finds it uplifting to recognise how much of his own life is the result of random chance. "It liberates me to say maybe there's no cosmic purpose to my life and what I'm… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Forget about the fashionable, flashy air fryer is the humble slow cooker or crock pot has outlasted many a kitchen gadget and has lasted the distance. Today we speak to Sally Wise, she's authored… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.For Made in NZ today we meet the team behind NZ Crayons and learn the history of the company which goes back to helping soldiers from world war II who returned home with disabilities caused through… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Tony Knight's come up with a unique way to combine dog training with comedy. He's tapped into talents as 'the dog listener' to create a unique show that he's bringing across from Australia to Auckland… Read more Audio