Afternoons Podcast Options

2:10 PM.Today, Brooks Alexander reviews The Crown, Mrs Davis, What We Do in the Shadows and Gravity Falls. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.50 years ago the first commercial wine grapes were planted in Marlborough. Local journalist and wine writer Tessa Anderson has written a historical account of the Marlborough wine region. She speaks… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Veteran Maori activist and author Te Ringa Mangu Mihaka, known to many as Dun Mihaka, died last week.  One man who knew him, is award-winning cartoonist and political columnist, Tom Scott. He speaks… Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Two years ago, China instituted a strict three-hour-per-week limit for children playing video games. Michelle Dickinson, AKA Nanogirl asks if we should be looking to China when it comes to kids on… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.The Manaia pygmy pipehorse, Cylix tupareomanaia, is a tiny candy cane critter unique to the coastal waters of Te Tai Tokerau Northland. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.What do you get if you cross a muffin with a scroll? A delicious sweet treat called a scruffin. Today chef and author Sam Parish shares her recipe for this decadent breakfast treat, or any time of the… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.For NZ Live today Dunedin born band Summer Thieves is in to play. The band came together during their high school days making a name for themselves playing at local parties. Read more Video, Audio

1:35 PM.It might sound odd, but it's true, our stomachs have an amount of electrical activity going on! Dr Tim Angeli-Gordon is a biomedical engineer, he speaks to Jesse about what's happening in our tums. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Today is National Poetry day and continuing the Afternoons tradition - we'll be holding our annual audience poetry slam competition. To judge again this year we have Dr Tracey Slaughter along in the… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.We're not far away from kicking off this year's Rugby World Cup. For the event Sky Sport is offering Te Reo commentary, as well as English. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Today's NZ Sporting History is with legendary sports broadcaster John McBeth, a stalwart of NZ sport with a career spanning 50 years in the business. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Singer, composer, front man and euphonium player Don McGlashan will be inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.  Russell Baillie, the Entertainment Editor for the NZ Listener speaks to Jesse.

1:25 PM.With crops in different conditions across the East Coast, the ongoing challenge is how to salvage what may be left and planning for next season. Grower Hugh Findlay speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Students at the Unitec vet school are heading to Tonga to de-sex hundreds of dogs and provide care to the animal population on the island. Laura Harvey, Head of Environmental and Animal Sciences at… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.We know exercise can help our body, but what does it do to the brain? Dr Kate Thomas is an exercise physiologist researching how exercise changes chemicals produced in the brain. Claire Concannon… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Professor Dave Snowden is one of the world's leading experts in the science of common sense, otherwise known as the science of complexity.  Professor Dave Snowden speaks to Jesse. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.For Bookmarks today we're joined by the 13th Poet Laureate of Aotearoa. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.We've been asking our audience to tell us about their collections as well as our producers going out looking for people around the motu who passionately collect something. This week we meet Martin… Read more Audio