Afternoons Podcast Options

3:10 PM.We have an appalling, and ever growing suicide rate in New Zealand. Developmental psychologist and science writer Jesse Bering tries to make sense of the epidemic and why humans do this to themselves.

2:29 PM.There are 11 native species in New Zealand, but thousands more throughout the world. Margaret Stanley is a biologist at Auckland University and joins us to explain more about these tiny critters. Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Summer is just around the corner, and that means summer music festivals - and, whether you like it or not, summer music festivals mean some people are going to be taking drugs. Read more Audio

1:42 PM.Clarissa Mackay is the founder of advocacy group Eat Right Be Bright, which provides free lunches for two Auckland schools tomorrow. She joins us to talk about why school lunches should be funded for… Read more Audio

1:31 PM.New Zealanders who've experienced the criminal justice system tell their own stories in the Wellington exhibition Kōrero Pono (True Stories). Their statements are accompanied by portraits and… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:26 PM.Cycling New Zealand's high performance programme has been eviscerated in a new report. RNZ sports report Clay Wilson joins us to explain more Read more Audio

1:19 PM.National Party leader Simon Bridges says the inquiry into who leaked his expenses points to National MP Jami-Lee Ross. Read more Audio

1:12 PM.Today for first song we have Melbourne singer songwriter and rapper, Dylan Joel in the studio. He's here to talk about the new singles and his just finished tour. Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Slow-growing and slow-moving, long-lived and only found here; New Zealand's giant land snails have adapted over millions of years to exist only in very specific habitats - and that can be a problem… Read more Audio

3:20 PM.RNZ Concert's Clarissa Dunn is back to dazzle us with her music knowledge. Some listeners love classical music and can hum the pieces but can't name them - that's where Clarissa comes in. Read more Video, Audio

3:10 PM.Right now asparagus is as good as it's going to get, says Julie Buiso. She shares a recipe for a delicious, filling and cheap pasta and some other asparagusy tips. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Southern singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell is going from strength to strength. It's been a full-on couple of years for Jenny. She won a Golden Guitar award, toured in Ireland, Sweden and Australia, and… Read more Video, Audio

1:40 PM.Matt Fraser's been buying Popsicle Slushies for two decades. But lately, he's noticed the amount of slushy he's getting for his buck is slowly eroding ... so Matt wrote Tip-Top a Facebook comment -… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Earlier this week we had a chat with Sarah Wilson about how a person's diet can affect their mental health. Victoria University's Lisa Te Morenga didn't agree with everything she said, and joins us to… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The Human Element is a new film which explores climate change and its effect on the four classical elements of fire, air, water and land, produced by Kiwi-American filmmaker Olivia Ahnemann Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Natural funerals try to minimize the stress, cost, and environmental impact of death by holding secular, family-led, environmentally friendly funerals. Living Legacies director Lynda Hannah tells us… Read more Audio

1:10 PM."Politically minded' singer-songwriter Helen Corry has just released her debut EP Later For The Real Show. In May this year, the music video for one the EP's tracks La Femme shook up some controversy… Read more Video, Audio

9:07 PM.George Hobson is a teenager with a passion for birds - especially the banded dotterels that nest on Eastbourne's beach. Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Mei Peng is investigating whether we each have a 'sensory fingerprint' that determines how we react to food. Read more Audio