Afternoons Podcast Options

2:37 PM.In November 1868 Te Kooti was unjustly imprisoned on the Chatham Islands. He escaped and the attack on Matawhero has been described as his utu for his treatment at the hands of the colonial forces. Read more Audio

2:14 PM.Katy reviews El Chapo from Vice News and Gladiator: The Aaron Hernandez story by the Boston Globe's Spotlight team. Read more Audio

1:39 PM.Cirque de Soliel is returning to New Zealand next year, the new show is called Kooza, and its a bit of a throw back to the days of the old circus big top tent. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.This weekend crafters will gather in Christchurch for the inaugural Necessary Traditions festival. One of the demonstrators will be Alex Yerks, a professional wood carver, who specialises in spoons. 

1:17 PM.Alcohol, unhealthy food, and tobacco have been pinpointed as major causes of New Zealanders health problems. A new expert group has been created, The Health Coalition Aotearoa, to tackle the harm… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Do you feel like your job is making the world a better place? If not, you might be in what anthropologist David Graeber defines as a 'bullshit job' – "pointless but you have to pretend that it's… Read more Video, Audio

2:26 PM.Sarah Farrar on preserving and presenting art and some of her favourite things. Sarah has put together some of Te Papa's biggest exhibitions and now she is joining the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.At 11am this Sunday people around the world will mark 100 years since the end of World War I, with a two-minute silence to acknowledge the immense loss and hardship endured throughout the war.  Read more Audio, Gallery

1:28 PM.This weekend educators, conservationists and parents are gathering for the 9th annual Outdoor in Nature Conference - to discuss ways to get kids more connected with nature, particularly through the… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Most polls have closed in the United States mid-terms, with early results trickling in. Before today at least 36 million people had cast an early vote in the election. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The 1977 song ‘Whole Wide World’ by English singer Wreckless Eric is regarded as one of the best punk rock singles of all time. Wreckless Eric, aka Eric Goulden, is still making music at 64 and… Read more Video, Audio

3:08 PM.Name just about any animated Disney movie your kids demand to watch over and over again and chances are Thomas Schumacher had a hand in it - The Lion King, Mulan, Hercules; he's produced them all.  Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Reggae is well entrenched in our music culture. Jamaica is still the spiritual home of it but reggae has created new musical traditions all over the world, including in Aotearoa.  Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Rob Doyle is an Irish novelist who's book Here Are The Young Men is being made into a film. The novel tells the tale of three young men, navigating their post-school lives in Dublin.  Read more Audio

1:39 PM.Long time kiwi racing commentator and broadcaster, Des Coppins is at Flemington racecourse ahead of this afternoon's Melbourne Cup, he tell us about the weather, track conditions and which horses he… Read more Audio

1:29 PM.The United States mid-term election is just a day away, and immigration has become a key issue leading up to the vote, particularly the fate of what's known as the "migrant caravan".  Read more Audio

1:19 PM.South Australia is taking cues from Te Papa, using its bicultural model as a guide in turning the region's museum into a national Aboriginal art gallery.  Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Wellington 3 piece band Guavo have just released their first single - they sent it to us, we had a listen and thought this is pretty good, so invited the band on the show to perform it. Read more Audio