Afternoons Podcast Options

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

1:40 PM.The New Zealand International Film Festival opens today! One of the films showing this year is a local documentary - 'Science in Dark Times' - by filmmaker Shirley Horrocks. She speaks to Jesse about… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Community groups are calling for local action to support their campaign to close the notorious leaching Levin Landfill at Hokio Beach this year. Jesse speaks to David Moore about their concerns and… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.A "really gnarly school camp that's filmed" is how comedian Chris Parker describes his experience on Celebrity Treasure Island NZ. Chris beat out 20 other competitors to win the show - and $100,000… Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.Even the first man of Fishing, Clarke Gayford, will tell you angling is an addictive, real life puzzle no one can ever solve. He and his film making friend Mike Bhana have just written a new book all… Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Our Bookmarks guest today will be a familiar face to many New Zealanders. It's Covid-19 modeller and physics professor Shaun Hendy.  Read more Video, Audio

2:12 PM.Afternoons Producer Alix Higby has been listening to a real life mobster tell his version of events in Our Thing with Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.It may still be November, but we could all use a bit of Christmas cheer right now. For three years Aucklander Sonya Wilson has been making sure that brand new books make their way into deserving… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Afternoons regular gardening contributor, Lynda Hallinan has a new book just released, The Joy of Gardening. Jesse talks to Lynda about writing the book and why gardening and nature are so good for… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Jesse talks to Lindsay Wood, the director of independent climate change consultancy Resilienz about how to green up our construction industry. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Behind every house, every building or manmade creation of bricks or stones is the story of someone who built it and the people who lived in or around them. Nicola McCloy has written a book about those… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:20 PM.Today's music feature guest is the author and musician Sam George-Allen. She'll be Zooming into Verb Readers & Writers Festival from Tasmania this week to talk about her book Witches: What Women Do… Read more Audio

1:52 PM.Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT services talks about the importance of two step identity authentication as well as the useful tools you might not know are on Windows 11. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.As we all know Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions have been really tough on affected businesses But charities, too, are feeling the pinch this year. Hamilton's True Colours charity has had to… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Linde Olivier Louwe - a former office manager - has turned to snail farming into a full time job and she's putting together a snail farmers' handbook so others can join her. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.A Samoan medicinal plant called matalafi is just as good as ibuprofen at treating inflammation, according to new research. Two Pasifika women - Dr Seei Molimau-Samasoni (who is indigenous Samoan) and… Read more Audio