Afternoons Podcast Options

1:36 PM.To mark Transgender Awareness Week we've got stand-up comedian Julia Clement in to talk about how it feels to spend decades questioning your identity, and the show she's kicking off later this week… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Tight immigration laws are leaving restaurateurs with chronic staff problems, an Auckland business owner says, but a hospitality worker says poor wages are the reason businesses can't retain staff. Read more Audio

1:18 PM.The legendary comic book writer and creator Stan Lee has died aged 95. Stein Dando is an Auckland-based comic book enthusiast and joins us to chat about Stan Lee's life and times. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.You'll likely know Suzy Cato from the tele, either from her kids show Suzy's World or her recent turn on Dancing With The Stars, but she's here to perform a track from her new album, The Totally… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Marion Nestle has made it her mission to shine a light on food politics and questionable dietary science. She calls out the food industry for manipulating research and educates us about how to fight… Read more Audio

2:39 PM.Alison Campbell is an expert in black swans who decided to she raise a clutch of cygnets (the young of swans) to help study their behaviour. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:44 PM.This Thursday marks the opening day of New Zealand's inaugural Irishfest - a four-day celebration of Irish music, film, culture and sport. And who better to talk to about Irishness than the first… Read more Audio

1:38 PM.Pātaka kai are community pantries, set up for neighbours, by neighbours. Swanie Nelson is the founder of this initiative and joins us to explain a bit more. Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Looking at freshwater as a silo rather than part of an interconnected and complex environment is preventing us from tackling the grave degradation of our environment form an industrial farming model… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Monty Bevins has spent the last 6 years travelling and performing with his trusty guitar - and his latest way of touring is via train. He joins us in our Auckland studio before boarding the Northern… Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Most species of fungi live as independent organisms, but some are 'lichenised' and most of these cannot survive independently of a partner, such as an alga or blue/green alga (cyanobacterium).  Read more Audio, Gallery

3:19 PM.We explore the southeastern corner of the South Island in talk the walk today - the Catlins. It spans from Balclutha and Invercargill, straddling the boundary between the Otago and Southland regions. 

3:09 PM.If you're looking for simple, good-quality Italian food in Wanaka, Francesca's Italian Kitchen is the place. Co-owner James Stapley shares with us a recipe for his "ideal" tiramisu from their new… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Earth to Zena are a four piece from Wellington that describe their music as "shoegazey tunes of lucid dream pop melodies and reverb heavy rhythms for those earthlings who like to daydream to good… Read more Audio

1:39 PM.In November 2016, one of the biggest earthquakes in our recorded history struck the coastal South Island town of Kaikōura. Two people died, buildings were destroyed and huge landslides on to State… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:32 PM.Transport is responsible for a huge chunk of New Zealand's overall greenhouse gas emissions. If we change the way we do things, we could reduce that carbon footprint by up to 90 percent by 2050.  Read more Audio

1:21 PM.There is research being done in New Zealand to create medicines that could reduce the need for surgery and improve treatments for diseases like cancer and depression.  Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The heavy rain that drenched the West Coast has continued today. We get an update of the situation from Westland Mayor Bruce Smith. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Yoram Barak says there are some simple ways of maintaining a healthy brain into old age. Good social relationships are key. Read more Audio