Afternoons Podcast Options

2:26 PM.It’s unwise to keep moving investments around in response to market surges or slumps, not least because by the time you act they're likely to have moved again, says Mary Holm. Read more Audio

2:16 PM.Our national chilli-eating champ says he's looking forward to braving the fire again at this year's competition.  Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

1:38 PM.What lurks in our seldom explored Fiordland waters? A Victoria University research team is on a mission to find out. They have spent ten days exploring the waters of Doubtful, Dusky and Breaksea… Read more Video, Audio

1:28 PM.Comedian and writer Eli Matthewson who's going to be performing his new show, An Inconvenient poof at the NZ International Comedy Festival Read more Audio

1:18 PM.When Wairoa early childhood teacher Susan Tipuna realised children with special needs in her community lacked support she decided to do something about it. She started Kura Precious Ones Special Needs… Read more Audio

3:11 PM.If you're checking out of an American supermarket with more than ten items in your cart, you're probably buying something adulterated or counterfeit, says food writer Larry Olmsted.  Read more Audio

2:27 PM.Jennifer Ward Lealand has had a successful multi-faceted career in theatre, film and television for over 35 years. Her latest role is in the George Bernard Shaw play Mrs Warren's Profession. She talks… Read more Audio

1:36 PM.In today's visit to the sound archives of Nga Taonga Sound & Vision we will hear about the sort of entertainment the troops were enjoying 100 years ago. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:26 PM.Power cuts are no problem for a West Coast farming couple. They are turning - literally - a stream on their property into power. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.An Australian rugby player's homophobic comments are equivalent to hate speech because he is targeting a marginalised group, says Craig Watson, an Auckland man who is Christian and gay. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.We got an email from a listener who had hired a great young band to perform at her party and was so impressed, she urged us to have them on the show. Read more Audio

3:15 PM.The Trump campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' makes no sense to Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker. He believes America – and the world – is better than it's ever been. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Jamie McAuley is a Masters student in the University of Otago's Zoology Department, who is studying the diets of alpine stoats to help conservation efforts.. Read more Audio, Gallery

2:19 PM.New Zealand country singer, Ashley Tipping joins us for a whirlwind tour of country music, both here and overseas. Ashley and her husband Michael make up the duo Cooper's Run and the pair have shared… Read more Audio

1:44 PM.South Canterbury Museum is locked in a bitter battle with five other New Zealand museums ... It's aiming to make to the finals of the International Museum Dance Off. Read more Video, Audio

1:35 PM.Benjamin Johnson runs a Wellington non-profit called The Free Store. They distribute surplus food each year from 65 eateries to people in need - around 100 people each day. Read more Audio

1:26 PM.A group of teenage boys head into the bush on a youth crime prevention programme in the new documentary Lost Boys of Taranaki. The film gives a voice to young people the media talks about more than… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:15 PM.PPTA president Jack Boyle talks to Jesse about the increasing number of schools not taking part in NCEA level one to reduce stress for pupils and teachers. Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Couples should be wary of Facebook as it's a breeding ground for infidelity, says New York divorce lawyer James Sexton. He's just published a guide to staying together – If You're In My Office, It's… Read more Audio