Afternoons Podcast Options

1:21 PM.How can we make New Zealand a more innovative place?  Dr Benjamin Fath from Auckland University's Graduate School of Management thinks is in to talk R&D.  Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Northland musician and actor Troy Kingi is a finalist for New Zealand's top songwriting award, the Silver Scroll, which is being presented at a ceremony in Auckland tonight. Troy joins us in the… Read more Video, Audio

3:08 PM.Safe spaces and trigger warnings are becoming just as much a feature of University as late night cramming sessions and ramen noodles for dinner.  Read more Audio

2:27 PM.Leimomi Oakes is a Wellingtonian fashion and textile historian, sewing teacher, writer and part-time university lecturer. She hails from Hawaii, where she lived on the remote island of Molokai. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:08 PM.Marty reviews Woman by Cat Power featuring Lana Del Ray and Prince's Mary Don't You Weep Read more Audio

1:39 PM.For homesick Māori in the UK, they are whanau when you're 12,000 kilometres from home. For Kiwis of all backgrounds, they are the face of New Zealand in Britain, Europe and beyond.  Read more Audio, Gallery

1:27 PM.How do you improve someone's well-being? Especially if they're a child.  Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The Queenstown airport has decided not to go ahead with expansion after the public had their say.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.A new book recounts the transformation of Derek Black, the infamous young white nationalist leader in the US who renounced his beliefs and family after gaining acceptance with fellow students. Read more Audio

2:21 PM.The director of Victoria University's Media Studies program Geoff Stahl joins Jesse to talk about the tech innovations that changed the face of music and how we engage with it forever. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.New Zealand has a lot to offer tourists - beautiful scenery, adventure sports, wineries...but what about our food? Lauraine Jacobs investigates. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.A hundred years ago a ship left Auckland harbour heading for Fiji. The SS Talune was carrying influenza and it wreaked havoc across the pacific.  Read more Audio

1:22 PM.The Smith family has combined their working farm with a holiday park and pest eradication programme, and are going all-out on conservation with a native wildlife breeding centre. Read more Audio

1:12 PM.Today we have a Christchurch musician in for first song, Chris William.  Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Termites' abilities to turn timber into food and build towering mounds might help us develop biofuels, construction robots, housing design hacks and microbe technology, author Lisa Margonelli says… Read more Audio

2:33 PM.Today we're talking about one of the most enduring and valuable animals humans have ever had the pleasure to cross paths with...the Camel!  Read more Audio

2:25 PM.A Fijian election has been announced for November the 14th. RNZ Pacific Senior Journalist Sally Round was at that 2014 election and joins Jesse to talk about what might be in store. Read more Audio

2:16 PM.The public is getting the chance to see an incredible performance put together by an award winning dance choreographer, Moss Patterson, who's been working with students to explore the whakapapa of… Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Briar reviews Maniac (Netflix), The Good Place (Netflix), and Anika Moa Unleashed (TVNZ on demand) Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The Government's decided not to cap subsidies for our film industry, after concerns taxpayers were forking out millions without much benefit. Economic Development Minister David Parker reckons… Read more Audio