Afternoons Podcast Options

3:35 PM.This week's critter is a true vagabond - it lives its life blowing around in hot, dry lands, going wherever the wind takes it. Famous (amongst lichenologists) for its powers of resurrection, the… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Today chef and founder of My Shared Kitchen, Julie Biuso shares a lovely winter recipe for Roast Leg of Lamb and Easy Oven potatoes. She's suggesting this might make a nice meal to share with family… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Beloved Wellington reggae band The Black Seeds play a live session in celebration of their new album Love & Fire. Next week they set off on a national tour for the first time in five years. Read more Video, Audio

1:50 PM.The public has voted. New Zealand's home in Antarctica will be painted kakariki green. Irwyn Smith was down there in the sixties as Post Master and radio operator, and helped paint the original Scott… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.The Other Fellow is a documentary which chronicles the stories of real people around the world with the name James Bond, and what it's really like to live in the shadow of the fictitious 007. Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.After years of experimentation, Picton couple Mike and Antonia Radon have perfected the cultivation of paua 'pearls'. The round blue pearls – which take 3 or 4 years to form within a paua shell – sell… Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Dr Nic Rawlence is on a mission to side line the kiwi and silver ferns as our national emblems and instead have a fossil flying on flags around the country.  Read more Audio

3:15 PM.This week Mary Holm is tackling the issue of whether or not Kiwisaver Funds are good value for money and what you can do about it if they're not. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Today on NZ Sport History were going all the way back to Melbourne in 1983 when legendary jockey Jim "pumper" Cassidy rode 'Kiwi' from dead last to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup. Later that same year… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Years of research conducted in Otago has lead to a medical innovation that could revolutionise the treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and brain cancer. Biomedical scientists have found a way… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.If you've been looking for ways to bring te reo Maori into the home, you'll like this. A new book for tamariki is out now, "Ko wai kei te papa takaro?" Who is at the playground? by Te Ataakura… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Instead of burning coal to make milk powder, one New Zealand company is using geothermal steam. Miraka emits 94% less carbon compared to similar dairy driers in New Zealand. Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Toxicology PhD student Lucy Thomsen is looking at why certain synthetic cannabinoids are so dangerous. First created by scientists with the intent of making medicines, they have now been co-opted by… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.It is the king of instruments. Nothing is louder, bigger or more complicated than the pipe organ. And one of the most accomplished players in the world is Kiwi Thomas Gaynor from Wellington.  Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Today's bookmarks guest was born in Crimea but moved to the US as a teenager. Now Tatyana Kulida calls New Zealand home and has established herself as on of the country's top realist artists.  Read more Audio

1:52 PM.The New Zealand film Nude Tuesday is standing out, not because of the nudity, but the fact the language spoken in throughout is made up gibberish! Vocal coach Perry Piercy worked with the filmmakers… Read more Audio

1:43 PM.Under New Zealand law, medical cannabis is supposed to be available to those who need it. But overly stringent regulations and high prices have failed to make this a reality, says Victoria University… Read more Audio

1:31 PM.A new documentary "All In" on equality for New Zealand female snow boarders and skiers is out now.  Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Dope Lemon AKA Angus Stone is heading across to New Zealand next month for two performances, one at the Elemental Nights in Auckland. He speaks to Jesse about his tour and latest album release. Read more Audio