Afternoons Podcast Options

1:10 PM.Auckland based Indie Rock band, Mecuzine are about to release their debut album, Cutting Strings - but they are far from new to the music scene.  Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Australian writer and feminist thinker Clementine Ford's new book Boys Will Be Boys targets toxic masculinity, and explains it's not a condemnation of men, but of society. Read more Audio

2:15 PM.A few weeks ago we talked about the Irish pop music explosion of the 80's and 90's. Around the same time Latin music also took the world by storm.  Read more Audio

1:44 PM.We trust photographers to capture the most important days of lives. Weddings! But what do they deal with? It's not just bad lighting and unruly ring-bearers. It's drunken uncles, tears from the mother… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.We're constantly bombarded by information on screens. Texts, news alerts, social media updates. It may not be great for our minds and mindfulness is often pitched as a solution to the overload. But… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.This World Cup hasn't disappointed when it comes to penalty shootouts - most of the upsets of the series have happened in those crucial extra minutes after the game.  Read more Audio

1:14 PM.The UK government is in disarray after British foreign secretary Boris Johnson quit, accusing the Prime Minister of suffocating the the Brexit dream. What does this mean for the deal and for the… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Talking to boys is pretty easy until they hit a certain age, around adolescence, and then the wall of silence often goes up. Chalking it up to 'boys being boys' is not good enough for clinical… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today's expert is Ian Hermans. Ian is the head of Cancer Immunology at the Malaghan Institute. He tells us about cancer and cancer research from the immunology perspective. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:17 PM.Many of compostable products are innovative and could help reduce the amount we send to landfill. But say you've bought a coffee that comes in a compostable cup - where do you then put it? In the bin?

1:38 PM.Series 4 of the New Zealand TV show Westside starts tonight. We speak with the star of the show, Antonia Prebble. Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Procrastination can creep up when inspiration is running dry, other times creativity suffers when the demands of daily life take over. This weekend there's a place for writers feeling like this to go… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Transport continues to be a major discussion in most of the country. It's not just Auckland's fuel tax or light rail, Wellington is also looking at how it can improve as part of the 'Let's Get… Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Auckland's Matariki Festival begins this Wednesday, and includes performances from performing arts students from Te Wananga o Aotearoa. One of the young performers involved is Reuben Naera. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.From Beijing with no English, to working as WETA's Art Director's and China Business Development Manager, Sam Gao is taking Wellywood to China - and a sneak preview into China's first major science… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

4:00 PM.We've created some limited edition critter of the week t-shirts! Read more

3:28 PM.Hagfish have been around for 300 million years, changing very little. They release slime as a defence mechanism, and if you put one in a bucket, it fills up with snot!  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

3:17 PM.Regular tramper Linda Cole tells us about walking the Old Ghost Road, an 85 kilometre former miners road connecting the old dray road in the Lyell (Upper Buller Gorge) to the Mokihinui River in the… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Everybody loves a fritter, says food writer Lauraine Jacobs. She shares a recipe for beetroot and carrot fritters with mint, lime and yoghurt dressing. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Auckland four-piece Openside treat us to a full-force, energetic set of emo-pop. Read more Video, Audio