Afternoons Podcast Options

1:43 PM.Soul singer TEEKS will headline his first ever New Zealand show later this month when he joins the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the Auckland Town Hall.  Read more Video, Audio

1:34 PM.The 44th ASB Polyfest is underway at the Manukau Super Bowl. The students have been practising non-stop. And last year, an RNZ team followed one school as they prepared for the event. Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.Tomorrow, teenagers around the country will protest against climate change. So today we decided to talk to a couple of students who are deeply interested in the issues facing them and the country.  Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Our first Song today hails from Pennsylvania. Rock quartet Halestorm are touring in New Zealand at the moment and have popped in to give us a taste of what's happening at their gigs. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.For over a century, Niueans have been moving to New Zealand in search of a better life. Did they find it?  Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Addiction is complicated. Judith Grisel knows that too well. She started drinking and taking drugs at 13 and is now 30 years sober and a neuroscientist who studies addiction and the brain.  Read more Audio

2:17 PM.Camille O'Sullivan is with us for Bookmarks today. Camille is a singer and actress. She's said to "seduce audiences around the world with her sultry, spellbinding performances of statement-making… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The world's largest Polynesian Festival gets underway today at the Manukau Sports Bowl. The Auckland Secondary Schools Maori and Polynesian Performing Arts Festival began at Hillary College, Otara in… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:31 PM.From designers to comedians or copy editors, finding a job and making connections in the creative sector can be tough. Revolution Creative is a website giving creatives a place to market themselves -… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.The Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor has set up an internship programme in her office - hiring new PhD graduates with expertise in areas like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Our first song today has come all the way across the Pacific! Snail Mail, AKA Lindsey Jordan, is storming the world with her brand of indie folk.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.There's a whole industry built on easing the aches and pains that happen when you push your body in a workout. It's not just powders, nutrition bars and drinks, it's other things like ice baths and… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.How much do you notice the sounds that go on around you in a film or theatre production? Well, you might listen more intently after Laughton Kora explains all about sound design for us today.  Read more Audio

1:43 PM.Yesterday on the show Jesse made some disparaging comments suggesting that the German language was perhaps not the most beautiful sounding language in the world. Naturally a few German speakers felt… Read more Audio

1:28 PM.You may have seen the television series "Hoarders" but you probably haven't seen hoarding like this... Canadian Antique Collector Alexander Archbold has found a way to make someone else's hoarding a… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Great leaders are a rarity. They're lauded as heroes, inspiring their followers in work, business and life. Few bosses fit this description, though many think they do.  Read more Audio

3:07 PM.If you're working insane hours, stressed and exhausted, thank the tech industry. It changed work culture says Dan Lyons, tech journalist and former staff writer for Silicon Valley. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Our Monday expert is Howard Warner - president of NZ Association of Scrabble Players who tell us all about scrabble - how to play, how to win, and why you don't need to be an English scholar to be a… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Graeme Tuckett watched the full 4 hour Leaving Neverland documentary and gives us his verdict Read more Audio

1:41 PM.This weekend Jesse was in Canterbury and helped out a fundraiser for the local Rural Support Trust. If you're not sure what that is, they're there to help in an emergency, but they're also there to… Read more Audio