Afternoons Podcast Options

3:09 PM.Talking to boys is pretty easy until they hit a certain age, around adolescence, and then the wall of silence often goes up. Chalking it up to 'boys being boys' is not good enough for clinical… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today's expert is Ian Hermans. Ian is the head of Cancer Immunology at the Malaghan Institute. He tells us about cancer and cancer research from the immunology perspective. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:17 PM.Many of compostable products are innovative and could help reduce the amount we send to landfill. But say you've bought a coffee that comes in a compostable cup - where do you then put it? In the bin?

1:38 PM.Series 4 of the New Zealand TV show Westside starts tonight. We speak with the star of the show, Antonia Prebble. Read more Audio

1:29 PM.Procrastination can creep up when inspiration is running dry, other times creativity suffers when the demands of daily life take over. This weekend there's a place for writers feeling like this to go… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Transport continues to be a major discussion in most of the country. It's not just Auckland's fuel tax or light rail, Wellington is also looking at how it can improve as part of the 'Let's Get… Read more Audio

1:11 PM.Auckland's Matariki Festival begins this Wednesday, and includes performances from performing arts students from Te Wananga o Aotearoa. One of the young performers involved is Reuben Naera. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.From Beijing with no English, to working as WETA's Art Director's and China Business Development Manager, Sam Gao is taking Wellywood to China - and a sneak preview into China's first major science… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

4:00 PM.We've created some limited edition critter of the week t-shirts! Read more

3:28 PM.Hagfish have been around for 300 million years, changing very little. They release slime as a defence mechanism, and if you put one in a bucket, it fills up with snot!  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

3:17 PM.Regular tramper Linda Cole tells us about walking the Old Ghost Road, an 85 kilometre former miners road connecting the old dray road in the Lyell (Upper Buller Gorge) to the Mokihinui River in the… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Everybody loves a fritter, says food writer Lauraine Jacobs. She shares a recipe for beetroot and carrot fritters with mint, lime and yoghurt dressing. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Auckland four-piece Openside treat us to a full-force, energetic set of emo-pop. Read more Video, Audio

1:42 PM.If you've ever been overseas, to Asia or Europe, you'll notice many sidewalk and parks filled with people, often elderly talking and laughing or even playing games. "Third places" are a public place… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.The Are We There Yet exhibition pays tribute to women who've advanced women's equality in Aotearoa during that century and a quarter. One of the first Maori suffragists Meri Te Tai Mangakahia is… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:21 PM.Participation trophies and constant praise of children's natural talents do not help children, or the adults they become, in the long run, says Professor Jill Klein from the University of Melbourne. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.The second of the highly commended acts in our Battle of the Cover Bands competition perform live from our Wellington Studio. They are the Uncools, a group of veteran musicians who play many songs… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Researchers at Scion hope that thousands of tiny kauri seedlings might include some that are resistant to kauri dieback disease. Read more Audio

2:34 PM.Welsh immigrants have played an important role in NZ's history but it has been largely overshadowed by the story of English, Scottish and Irish immigrants.  Read more Audio