Afternoons Podcast Options

1:08 PM.At just 8 years old, Max Earnshaw started busking on the streets of Christchurch (with parental supervision). He's now 21, living in Auckland, and releasing his own music. Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.With more than 100 species vanishing every day from the face of the planet, it's easy to let our hearts get in the way of our heads when it comes decisions about how to save precious species from… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.Lana Lopesi is an art curator, culture critic, PhD candidate, and also acts as editor-in-chief of arts and culture website The Pantograph Punch. Read more Audio

2:12 PM.John Smythe has picked 6 shows that give a good taste of quality Fringe fare. He says since Friday, many of the shows have found ways of expressing solidarity with the Muslim community.  Read more Audio

1:37 PM.JoinMyWedding.com was started by two Hungarian women, the company connects 'to-be-wed' couples to tourists, enabling the travellers to take part in authentic wedding experiences around the world.  Read more Audio, Gallery

1:26 PM.New Zealand's international indigenous film festival Māoriland is running now until Sunday in the town of Ōtaki. Earlier this week, festival organisers launched a new indigenous filmmakers residency –… Read more Video, Audio

1:17 PM.In the aftermath of Friday's shootings, there has been a lot of talk about our diversity here in New Zealand. Dr Wil Hoverd argues that we need to focus on religion in our healing following the… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Binary code has become more important than our genetic code argues media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. Our obsession with digital technology means we are allowing ourselves to defined by our data instead… Read more Audio

2:26 PM.Despite originating in Jamaica, New Zealanders took to reggae music when it arrived on our shores. Gareth Shute of the AudioCulture website is with us to talk about the genre and it's influence on New… Read more Audio

1:38 PM.Kate Sylvester is one of the many top Kiwi fashion designers who have already joined the collective Mindful Fashion New Zealand. She tells Jesse Mulligan that NZ has a very small clothing industry… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.New Zealand is one of the few countries that has set itself a goal of zero emissions. It's particularly bold given our huge agriculture sector. So how do we do it?  Read more Audio

1:17 PM."Don't read the comments" that's an oft-used phrase when it comes to controversial issues on news sites. Racist views, inaccurate claims, and hate speech can flourish in these spaces. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Last year we had young Wellington band Earth to Zena on New Zealand Live and we were super impressed. The group is about to record an EP of semi-unplugged versions of their songs and performs one of… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Mary Norris is one of those rare individuals who can tell you with complete authority when to use who and when to use whom. She is a copy editor for New Yorker Magazine and is known as The Comma… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Tech commentator Paul Brislen says social media is complicit in the massacre in Christchurch. A video allegedly posted by the gunman was shared many times, and it took a long time for Facebook and… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Graeme Tuckett has been watching and listening to the coverage of the Christchurch terror attacks over the weekend. He looks at how New Zealand's media dealt with such unprecedented situation. Read more Audio

1:38 PM.Media are reporting the accused gunman has dismissed his lawyer and plans to represent himself at trial. This has led to fears he may use the trial as a platform to broadcast hateful beliefs.  Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Invercargill is home to the world's southernmost mosque. Yesterday more than 1,000 locals attended a vigil to support the local Muslim community and pay tribute to the 50 people who died in the… Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Cabinet ministers will receive an interim briefing this afternoon on potential changes to gun laws as we struggle to come to terms with the horror of Friday's events.  Read more Audio