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2:29 PM.Paul Scoones schools Jesse on everything Dr Who! Read more Audio, Gallery

2:21 PM.Hamish Spencer reminds us of a dark time in popular opinion in New Zealand Read more Audio

1:38 PM.Sparrows at the University of Waikato are stealing sugar from a local cafe Read more Audio

1:32 PM.A thank you to the landline phone and the service it has provided Read more Audio

1:24 PM.Mindfulness is not an uncommon word nowadays but back in the 70s the movement was pretty much unheard of. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The AA is extending its call-out service from cars to now include emergency maintenance jobs around your home Read more Audio

8:00 AM.Why do we need a second language in our lives? New Zealand is still lagging behind on the international stage, as far as second language learning in school goes. That could be about to change. Read more Audio, Gallery

3:26 PM.This week we look at Pterodroma inexpectata, Korure or Mottled Petrel! Read more Audio

3:19 PM.Gardening guru Lynda Hallinan talks apples! Which are easiest to grow, which are the best to eat and how to preserve them. Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Julie Biuso on pan drippings and roast chicken Read more Audio

2:23 PM.New Zealand's answer to Ed Sheeran: Mitch James performs our NZ Live gig this week. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.Ken's change of diet over the summer holiday seems to have made him a little more moderate and accepting. Or has it?

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Voices - Toni Potter and Paul Casserly

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1:38 PM.The 'wrong' kind of smile could stress you out Read more Audio

1:28 PM.Anywhere from the forest, up a hill or at the beach is where children should be spending a lot of their time, says Celia Hogan. Read more Audio

1:23 PM.University of Waikato biologists will give a free lesson in dissection and shark anatomy this weekend Read more Audio

1:17 PM.Christchurch entrepreneur given huge financial boost in his battle to reduce waste from hospitals. Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Jed Parsons performs the first song in our Auckland studio. Read more Video, Audio

9:06 PM.Waikato University researchers are training pet dogs to sniff out pest fish such as koi carp. Read more Video, Audio

3:16 PM.Today we discuss Dog Farm, Food Game by Eamonn Mara. Email us your thoughts to be in to win the latest issue of the short story collection, Sport. Jesse@radionz.co.nz Read more Audio

2:40 PM.The recent school shooting tragedy in Florida has once again sparked the gun debate in the US. But what about NZ? Why have we generally avoided the carnage that we regularly see in the US? Read more Audio