Afternoons Podcast Options

1:40 PM.Ecologist, Leanda Mason tells Jesse the story of trapdoor spider Number 16, the world's oldest documented spider. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:31 PM.Mark Potter, principal of Wellington's Berhampore primary school says social media is training kids a whole new way to bully each other. Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Shark cage diving around Stewart Island could soon be banned. Storm Stanley of PauaMAC5 and Shark Dive NZ director Peter Scott give both sides of the story. Read more Audio

3:09 PM.We project human values on to other animals because we want to see ourselves reflected in them, says British zoologist Lucy Cooke. She talks to Jesse Mulligan about drunk moose, stoner sloths, basic… Read more Video, Audio

2:22 PM.Scottish Author Damian Barr's memoir Maggie and Me was about growing up gay in a Britain ruled by Margaret Thatcher. He was recently in New Zealand on a writer's fellowship. A social media post showed… Read more Audio

1:36 PM.These days we have the hāngi burger and the hāngi pie. Travel back through the sound archives with Sarah Johnston of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, to hear recordings of hangi pit masters of the past. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:28 PM.Portland Island is a tiny speck of land opposite the Mahia Peninsula with a rich history. An exhibition at the Wairoa Museum celebrates the island's history. Jenny Roper explains why the island is so… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:23 PM.Susan Caird and her mum Pam Oxlade have found a new species of sunfish at Pareora, south of Timaru. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:14 PM.Could e-sports soon be played as an Olympic sport? Jan Kruse, a senior lecturer in Visual Effects and Game Design at AUT University talks to Jesse Mulligan. Read more Audio

3:09 PM.A cuddly black cat, a high-spirited white cat and a sweet, bedraggled tabby all turned up in writer Helen Brown's life at just the right time. Read more Audio

2:22 PM.Back in 1922 it was called Jass. And New Zealander's just began to notice it. Read more Audio

1:39 PM.It turns out dosing up on Vitamin C won't reduce the life of your cold. But taking it regularly will reduce your chances of getting one in the first place. Read more Audio

1:33 PM.Bikram yoga and the Bee Gees are Gilbert Enoka's go-tos for downtime. The All Blacks mental skills coach is promoting the benefits of taking time out for a new mental health campaign called Downtime… Read more Video, Audio

1:18 PM.Dunedin reels with the news the Fortune Theatre is being shut down with no plans to reopen. Its board chair Haley van Leeuwen, explains what went wrong. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Kicking off NZ music month, here is classically trained Wellington pianist, April Fish - aka Katie Morton with what she calls 'space odyssey chamber music'. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.Russia is once again the West's bogeyman. But what does this renewed hostility mean for Russians here in New Zealand? Produced by Lisa Thompson. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.We speak to Peggy Orenstein about her essays about women and girls and the challenges of teenagers growing up with the pressure to be sexy thanks to pornography and pop culture. Read more Audio

2:39 PM.A year ago things were extremely tense on the Korean peninsula. But now the war is apparently over. We talk to Dr Marc Lanteigne from Massey University's Centre for Defence and Security Studies about… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.Briar reviews the new season of Dancing with the Stars, which started last night, as well as Legion and Westworld season 2. Read more Audio