Afternoons Podcast Options

1:13 PM.There are fears that a sex offender recently jailed for serious sexual offending against teen girls was allowed to tutor children at a Wellington school. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.The first alphabetical element in the periodic table is actinium. It is a heavy radioactive element, as we discover in episode 1 of Elemental, with Professor Allan Blackman from AUT. Read more Audio

9:06 PM.NIWA freshwater scientist Amanda Valois is co-opting citizen scientists to work out where plastic rubbish in streams is coming from. Read more Audio

3:12 PM.Mary explains a bit about an online tool called Smart Investor, which has been created to give financial information to everyday New Zealanders Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Katherine Mansfield was New Zealand's first and most successful literary figure of note - a central figure in British modernism and short story-telling. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Dr Neal Barnard grew up on a cattle ranch in North Dakota, but after a traumatic experience at a hospital cafeteria he became a leading advocate for plant-based diets Read more Audio

1:19 PM.The Tax Working Group is recommending a Capital Gains Tax. Gyles Beckford joins us to explain what the Group's recommendations mean for ordinary New Zealanders. Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Wellington songwriter Jack Panther started writing music as a young teen and now – at 21 – he's about to release his debut EP Retrospect. He performs 'Club Bathroom Stall' (the second single from the… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.As a teenager, Will Hunt spent his days exploring an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house - and it's become a life long passion for him. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.There have been few entertainers in New Zealand who have been as BIG as today's Bookmarks guest. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.New comedy series Fresh Eggs kicked off on TV2 last night, and it stars Kiwi actress Danielle Cormack who has returned from Australia for the series. Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Several cases have cropped up recently of people posting comments on Facebook groups, and those comments being used by the media without permission Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Eating a high-fat diet may affect the type and amount of healthy gut bacteria you have, according to new international research. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Australian musician C.W. Stoneking plays a mixture of spoken word ambient music and traditional blues that has led him to work recently with Nick Cave and Josh Homme. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Less than two months in, and already The Economist has picked some global themes will take center stage in its 2019 special edition Read more Audio

2:26 PM. Who invented the great drumming styles and how do you tell the difference between drumming for funk, soul, hip hop and jazz? Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Author and critic Pip Adam goes on a journey into the world of new creative non-fiction being written in Aotearoa.  Read more Audio

1:42 PM.Introducing an innovative idea from Cambridge aimed at reducing the amount of building waste going to landfill - and raising money at the same time. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:32 PM.There's been a lot in the news lately about New Zealand's relationship with China and we thought it'd be useful to do a wrap of some of the issues at play. Read more Audio

1:24 PM.The pH levels of the world's oceans are starting to drop dramatically, affecting everything from shellfish to the amount of carbon the seas are absorbing. Read more Audio