Afternoons Podcast Options

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

3:35 PM.Summer is on its way and that means our cicadas are crawling their way out of the ground to sing up a storm. Did you know Aotearoa is home to the world's only alpine cicadas? It's the Canterbury scree… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Today's recipe is straight out of Kelly Gibney's brand new cookbook. To celebrate the book finally being available Kelly shares a fabulous recipe called Everything Soup which is great for using up any… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Last year Erny Belle's debut album Venus is Home was nominated for both the Taite Music Prize and Best Independent Debut. In the coming fortnight, the Ngāpuhi alt-folk musician will follow that up… Read more Video, Audio

1:45 PM.A firm weekly favourite, Freaky Friday, is back again with spooky tales of coincidence and unexplained encounters! This week we hear two stories with family connections, both very different. One is… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Kobie Dee is a 25-year-old indigenous Aboriginal Australian rapper, and he's just released a really powerful new single featuring Aotearoa's own Stan Walker. Read more Video, Audio

1:15 PM.Like many things in life -there's a big disparity between men and women - even when it comes to reproductive ageing! Researchers at Otago University have just been given a grant to look at whether… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Today's first song is from a new album filled with well known tracks from Shayne Carter. It was recorded and produced by RNZ and our very talented Andre Upston over three nights in Auckland at the… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.This week Mary talk to Jesse about getting smarter with Kiwisaver choices and overall trends for funds. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Keith Turner was 21 when he went over for his first European season, and slept in his tent in snow and ice.He won second in the world in 1971. Keith is our guest for NZ Sporting History this week. Read more Audio