Afternoons Podcast Options

1:27 PM.Dr Robert Wood from the University of New South Wales pops in to talk a bit about what unconscious bias actually is, and shares some tips for how people and workplaces can get past it.

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3:08 PM.What makes humans genuinely happy? We ask the science director at The University of California Berkeley's Greater Good Science Centre, Dr Emiliana Simon-Thomas. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Journalist and documentary filmmaker David Farrier drops in to chat about his new series, Dark Tourist, and to let us in on some of his favourite books, songs and movies. Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:42 PM.Sarah Johnston from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision takes us back to the UFO sightings of the 1970s. Read more Video, Audio

1:30 PM.A young Wairarapa mum is tackling the problem of elder loneliness with lively intergenerational playdates at local rest homes. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:22 PM.Yesterday we spoke to Professor Ralph Sims about rising global meat consumption and the harm it could be doing both to the environment and to the humans who're eating it.

Today beef farmer Colin… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Workplace agony aunt Alison Green hands out advice about everything from working with your best friend to how to alert a co-worker that deodorant is a good thing. Read more Audio

2:25 PM.Musician and author Gareth Shute talks to Jesse about the pivotal points in the evolution of hip hop in Aotearoa. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:10 PM.Laura Caygill from Auckland libraries takes us through some of the out of print gems you can still find at your local library, from old cookbooks to classic New Zealand novels of the past and even a… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:38 PM.Jamie Tahana from RNZ International jumps into the studio to give us a brief history of nearly everything to do with New Zealand parliament's boozy past. Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Space lawyer Maria Pozza has a practice in New Plymouth, and answers burning questions like does anyone own the moon, who has jurisdiction over space crimes, and whether Donald Trump's idea for a… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Global meat consumption is increasing dramatically but the health and environmental effects can be nasty ... Professor Ralph Sims joins us to discuss how much meat is too much, and how harnessing… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.If you want to minimise waste, first learn is how to refuse what you don't need, says Béa Johnson, a French-American who pioneered a 'zero waste' family lifestyle over ten years ago. Read more Video, Audio

2:33 PM.People are now migrating between countries on a level not seen since World War II. Jesse Mulligan asks demographer professor Paul Spoonley about the implications. Read more Audio

2:24 PM.English literature lecturer Hannah August joins the programme to offer an academic perspective on the Auckland pop-up Globe's plan to stage all-male performances of Shakespeare plays later this year.

1:44 PM.Peacock spiders are tiny, booty-shaking spiders from Australia, and despite their incredible colouring and patterns the man who’s spent years studying them says his colourblindness could be an… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:31 PM.With a bit of Kiwi ingenuity, two Northlanders with a cold, drafty home turned some old cans into a nearly free-of-charge heating solution: a "beerhorse".  Read more Audio

1:19 PM.Businesses are increasingly trying to mix turning a profit with affecting positive social change - but does that increase the pressure on the business to be more transparent about exactly where and… Read more Audio