Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.If a black swan is an unpredictable event, the Covid-19 pandemic is a grey rhino, says economic historian Adam Tooze. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.For today's music feature RNZer and Brad Warrington aka dj Sticky Fingaz has pulled together a playlist of the most memorable live performances of all time and will be playing us some tracks.  Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Clinical neuropsychologist Dr Hannah Korrel is vaccinated against Covid-19 and dating someone who isn't. Whether vaccination is a dealbreaker for your relationship comes down to the individuals, she… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Ōtara Kai Village is on a fundraising drive this month to help keep up the hard work they're doing for their community during Auckland's lockdown. Read more Video, Audio

1:20 PM.Curryfication is a documentary that explores Auckland's Indian food scene, and shares the stories of the people behind some treasured restaurants. Filmmaker Amit Tripuraneni talks to Jesse. Read more Audio

1:07 PM.A Masey University PhD student is working on a robotic capsule, which could take samples of microogranisms, or digestive fluids, from the full length of the gut.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Georgia Pritchett's memoir is called My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Stacey Gillies shares ways to mix and match items to create the wardrobe of your dreams.  Read more Audio

1:30 PM.New Zealand-farmed shellfish have a similar carbon footprint to tofu according to a just-released study, co-funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries and Aquaculture New Zealand. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.There's been plenty of talk about New Zealand living with Covid restrictions, while the rest of the world is 'back to normal'. Rosie Carnahan-Darby, living in Los Angeles is setting the record… Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Ngaokeoke, or walking worms are literally older than the hills. Today's critter is a velveteen national treasure with bizarre hunting behaviour-the Murihiku Walking Worm is the tiniest of our… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Today Ashia Ismail-Singer shares two recipes from her latest book, Saffron Swirls & Cardamom Dust.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A new documentary following Arab and Jewish chefs in Haifa, Israel as they collaborate in the kitchen is about to be released in New Zealand.  Read more Audio

1:50 PM.A Waikato couple has made headlines this week for growing a massive potato that may be the world's biggest. Donna and Colin Craig-Brown of Ngāhinapōuri have named their 7.9-kilogram potato 'Doug'. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:30 PM.When you buy plants or seedlings they often come in a little plastic pot. Most people then take the plants out of those pots and put them in something a little more sturdy or stylish. But what comes… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Government agency New Zealand Story has taken a look at how our key trading partners view New Zealand following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Join us to look back on a TV show that was no doubt formative for many young New Zealanders in the 90s...Ice TV. The three former presenters, Petra Bagust, Jon Bridges and Nathan Rarere, join Jesse… Read more Audio