Afternoons Podcast Options

1:40 PM.To mark 100 years on radio, listeners have been sharing their special memories with us. Anne Johnston speaks to Jesse about how radio has been an integral part of her life. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Genealogist and historian, Anna Purgar​, is on a mission to restore dignity to forgotten psychiatric patients buried in unmarked graves.  Read more Audio

1:20 PM.NZ Herald senior writer, Simon Wilson, speaks to Jesse ahead of the National Party caucus leadership vote. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Pamela Paul, the editor of the New York Times Book Review, tells us about the ways the Internet has changed us.  Read more Audio

2:50 PM.We're continuing with the lovely radio memories our listeners have been sending in as we celebrate 100 years of radio in New Zealand. Today Kay Harris shares her memory. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Cartographer Anton Thomas joins Jesse to talk about the history of maps and the work that goes into creating them. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Sydney based Brad Foster talks to Jesse about the response from Australia to the newest COVID variant arriving there, how busy malls have been over the Black Friday sales period and the latest in the… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Perlina reviews Yellowjackets, which tells the narrative of a team of wildly talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Great NZ Album: TEEKS Audio

1:40 PM.Sick of sandflies disrupting your summer holiday? Well, an app has been created to help identify sandfly hotspots. Read more Audio

1:31 PM.A Wellington jeweller has created a new diamond setting - that is said to be the first major innovation in diamond setting since 1886.  Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Urban design specialist Matthew Prasad tells Jesse why he is in favour of the housing amendment bill.  Read more Audio

3:35 PM.This week's critter is the Tailed Forest Spider. Also called scorpion-tailed spiders or drag-tailed spiders, the female Tailed Forest Spider, Arachnura feredayi, has a long body that looks like an… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Green-fingered guru Lynda Hallinan joins Jesse with her gardening tips. Read more Audio

3:16 PM.Charlotte Ryan, host of Music 101 on RNZ each Saturday afternoon, talks about what's happening on the music scene over the weekend. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Food stylist and writer Gretchen Lowe shares her very festive recipe for a rum n' raisin torte. Read more Audio

2:24 PM.We're continuing with the lovely radio memories our listeners have been sending in as we celebrate 100 years of radio in New Zealand. Today Peter Nicholson shares his memory. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Graeme gives his thoughts on Petite Maman and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Local resident Barbara Mulligan shares some of the stories from one of New Zealand's biggest cemeteries. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Hip hop industry legend Phil Bell aka DJ Sir-Vere tells Jesse about his pocast series: Aotearoa Hip Hop: The Music, The People, The History.  Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The Ōpuke Thermal Pools in the central Canterbury town of Methven is New Zealand's only solar-powered hot pools! Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Child health researcher Julie Spray tells Jesse why we need to be more inclusive of children in our Covid-19 response. Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Famous fictional historians: Are there any? Archaeologists have Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. Lawyers have Atticus Finch and Harvey Specter. But what about historians? Who are the fictional… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Today senior NZ Herald writer, Simon Wilson, looks at what he calls National and Labour's slum enabling act, by allow high density housing in areas without the need for resources consent. Read more Audio