Afternoons Podcast Options

2:18 PM.Songs that ended wars. Songs that sparked political coups. Songs that brought walls down and threw the closet doors open on celebrating gay culture. Yes, it's Eurovision. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:07 PM.Our book critic Elizabeth Heritage has been looking at gender in children's books. Read more Audio

1:29 PM.War historian Glyn Harper tells the story of a tiny canary who helped a band of tunnellers survive the First World War. The story is in the form of a children's book and is based on a real-life… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.When a cinema in the Taranaki town of Hawera banned patrons from wearing pyjamas, dressing gowns, dirty gumboots and onesies to their screenings it likely didn't expect to become a global story. Read more Audio

1:14 PM.Wellington wants to become the nation's Te Reo capital and encouraging street names to be in Te Reo Maori, is part of that push. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Canadian musician and author Jann Arden says caring for her mother Joan as her memory failed has given her an appreciation for each moment she could have learnt no other way. Read more Audio

2:32 PM.The octopus – an inquisitive escape artist with three hearts that can recognise itself on video – is one of the most intriguing of sea creatures. Dr Jean McKinnon knows more than most about the ways… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:44 PM.Carmel Cedro is doing a PhD on baking, nostalgia and femininity at the Auckland University of Technology. She has been looking at Anzac biscuits and some of the myths that surround them. Read more Audio

1:37 PM.Every year, 40 to 50 New Zealand babies die from Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI). Preschoolers educated about safe sleep through doll-play could help combat SUDI now and in the future, says… Read more Video, Audio

1:25 PM.With the days getting shorter, have we stored enough vitamin D from the summer sun to get us through the winter? Dr Pamela von Hurst explains how long our vitamin D stores last, and the best ways to… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.A once-neglected part of Invercargill has come to life in recent years thanks to a volunteer-led rejuvenation project. Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Teachers from Czech schools around the country have produced the bilingual book Annie and Johnny’s Diary: A Year in New Zealand to help Czech-Kiwi kids connect to their European heritage. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:28 PM.It's World Fish Migration Day on 21 April - a global bi-annual event that shines a light on migratory fish and their need for open river systems. Read more Audio

3:21 PM.Last week it was the Routeburn, this week we look at the Milford track in Fiordland. David Slack walked it late last year, and tells us about this incredible walk. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:22 PM.Nick Atkinson and Tim Stewart make up the duo of Hopetoun Brown and for today's NZ Live they're joined by regular contributors to their shows, Finn Scholes and Steve Abel. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.Fashion photographer Adam Bryce grew up in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa and he recently returned to document the people who live there. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.New Zealand's native fish need their roads to get around just as we do - but our roads are blocking theirs. Every time a road crosses a stream it creates a barrier to fish swimming up and down it. Read more Audio

1:13 PM.Significantly reducing what you eat on Monday and Tuesday and combining it with a low-carb, healthy-fat lifestyle will lead to better and longer life according to a new book. Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Myrtle rust is having a profound impact on native plants and ecosystems in Australia - what will its effect be on New Zealand forests? Read more Audio