Afternoons Podcast Options

1:31 PM.In the largest ever return of ancestors, Te Papa will welcome 111 Moriori skeletal remains and two Maori ancestral remains from London's Natural History Museum. The remains include skulls, mandibles… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Some of Aotearoa's top innovators were celebrated last night at the annual Primary Industries New Zealand Awards. Among the winners, was Quinn Morgan, a dairy farmer for Pāmu who took home the… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.It's been revealed this morning that incumbent Wellington Mayor Andy Foster will stand again for the job at the upcoming local body elections. To discuss this move and his chances of netting a second… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.The Taiao programme, led by the University of Waikato, aims to create machine learning tools to help researchers wrangle with massive amounts of environmental data. Claire Concannon visits the team to… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.You don't have to be perfect to be a force for change. In the 7 years since Comedian and podcaster Deborah Frances White started her wildly popular podcast, The Guilty Feminist, that's been her… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Today on Bookmarks we're talking to a young filmmaker who's just getting his feet wet in the NZ screen industry. Te Waiarangi Ratana got his first professional job in the locations department for… Read more Audio

2:12 PM.Caitlin Cherry discusses two podcasts' Scamfluencers and Persona - the French Deception. Both dive into the world of scams and scammers - what makes them do what they do, how they manage to dupe… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.A New Zealand Horror film is set to be showcased on the global stage at the legendary Museum of Modern Art in New York. The 1993 film called 'Jack Be Nimble' will screen at the museums upcoming summer… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Some Adelie penguin colonies in Antarctica have been there for centuries. Which means there is a build up of thousands of years of penguin poo and carcasses. Warming temperatures will increase the… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Our next guest says that it's hard to find Pasifika students at Honours level with STEM backgrounds. Pasifika are under represented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. The Government has… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Displaying highway death tolls on message boards is common in the US. But a new study shows that this awareness campaign could actually lead to more crashes. Joshua Madsen is an Assistant Professor in… Read more Audio

1:07 PM.Award-winning singer-songwriter Ed Waaka has released his first-ever single written entirely in te reo Māori. He performs the stunning 'E Kura', which was inspired by the passing of his grandmother… Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.Dinosaur hunters are real. Not the sort who battle them in the flesh like in Jurassic Park. In the early 20th century, finding the greatest dinosaur of all, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, became the obsession… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.During our past few shows Jesse asked you to send us the song you chose to accompany your first dance at your wedding. We were overwhelmed with the amount of suggestions and wonderful stories we… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.After his lifestyle took a dive during Amsterdam's lockdown, Grant Caunter gave up alcohol. He's now back in New Zealand, running the zero-alcohol brewery State of Play. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.On Sunday afternoon The Warriors celebrated their first game on home soil in almost three years with a win. At the same time, New Zealand celebrated our first female NRL commentator taking the mic… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.First today, a ground-breaking agreement has been struck which will see both New Zealand's professional women's and men's cricketers receive the same pay for the same work on the same day.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Picture that famous scene from Jerry Maguire; A successful sports agent has a crisis of conscience and decides to shift his focus and deal with clients in a new way. Something similar happened to… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Many of us are feeling the squeeze from rising inflation. At times like these the weekly grocery bill is often the first area we cut back on. So today's expert is registered nutritionist Amanda Brien… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Sydney based correspondent Brad Foster has the latest on the deluges across the city, with many suburbs recording a month's worth of rain over a few days. He also talks about the Wallabies beating… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Today Guy Williams talks to Jesse about a youtube series called History OverSimplified, Drive to Survive on Netflix and his own show, New Zealand Today which is on Three and Three Now. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.We talk to a non-profit group sharing their knowledge and skills to help Whanau in hardship help themselves. SuperGrans Tairawhiti is a registered foodbank. Its General Manager, Linda Coulston talks… Read more Audio

1:25 PM. At the Big Screen Symposium in Tamaki Makarau this weekend, a panel of writers will compare and contrast working in ideas for games, film and television. Panellist Henry Feltham from Dunedin talks to… Read more Audio