Afternoons Podcast Options

1:09 PM.French for Rabbits perform live in our studio ahead of their New Zealand tour. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Geologists on board the JOIDES Resolution research ship are attempting to drill into the flanks of the submarine hydrothermal Brothers Volcano. Read more Audio

3:28 PM.David Bridson tell us about his masters thesis in education, which looked at how children cope with the stresses of chronic illness. He found that often the kids were more resilient than the parents.

3:15 PM.Today we feature two poems and discuss them with Dunedin poet, Louise Wallace. Read more Audio

2:37 PM.The 'trade fair' and 'agricultural show' are no longer major events on most New Zealander's social calendars but these events have played an important role in our historical development.  Read more Audio

2:23 PM.We continue our series on solving the world's problems one issue at a time, and farmer and farming commentator, Steve Wyn Harris talks to us from his farm in Hawkes Bay about a recent visit he had… Read more Audio

1:38 PM.If you're a Led Zeppelin fan, you'll be excited to hear about Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening. It's a live recreation of the band's sound featuring the son of original member John Bonham (aka… Read more Video, Audio

1:32 PM.Huge news for New Zealand Coronation Street fans - the beloved show will jump ahead 18 months in order to bring it in line with the UK broadcast.  Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Health education has been in the spotlight recently, over what to tell young people about drugs. It also often comes up when discussing sexual and mental health at school. So how much should kids be… Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Brothers Nainz and Viiz Tupai (aka Adeaze) took a long hiatus from music, but the recent death of their beloved mother inspired them to write music again. With the help of children's choir TONE6, they… Read more Video, Audio

3:07 PM.When Paula Stone Williams transitioned from male to female, she knew she would be treated differently. But what she didn't expect was the immediate assumption she was less intelligent. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.As well as being a talented small screen producer Nicole Hoey is passionate about Maori language and culture. She speaks to Jesse on today's bookmarks about her latest project for pre-schoolers Tākaro… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:32 PM.It's New Zealand Music Month and in our visit to the sound archives today with Sarah Johnston of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we'll hear from some of Kiwi artists reflecting on their first international… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:16 PM.For National Privacy Week this week, a scientist is speaking to parliament to warn them of the dangers of the coming quantum age, and to offer some solutions.  Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Sophie Morris is a singer and performer who specialises in musical theatre and contemporary classical music and on Saturday kicks off her month-long tour with the Australian ensemble, The Ten Tenors.

3:07 PM.For most of us, it's hard to come up with a list of things to love about flies, they're annoying, they bite, they spread disease. But for Dr Erica McAlister flies are endlessly fascinating and… Read more Audio

2:19 PM.Simon Sweetman talks about the use of whistling in popular music - and plays us some of the songs that make use of this sound in unique ways. Read more Audio

1:38 PM.They began in 1968 as the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards, and are now the Ockhams. We look back on the past 50 years with author, Paula Morris. Read more Audio