Afternoons Podcast Options

2:26 PM.Simon Wilson from the NZ Herald joins us to talk about a damning report into road safety in Auckland and what needs to be done to improve things. Read more Audio

1:39 PM.More evidence on the benefits of exercise as we age. It's never too early to start! Read more Audio

1:32 PM.Otago University Press has digitised the first 20 years of Landfall - that's 80 issues and the work of 540 authors including some of our greatest writers such as Janet Frame and Frank Sargeson. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:24 PM.Supermarkets are reducing their use of plastic shopping bags and people are starting to realise just how much damage plastic is causing our oceans - but what about the impact on our soils? Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Zulu Love from South Africa is made up of some of Soweto's best musicians. The group is touring New Zealand with the show, South African Harmonies and perform live for us in our Wellington studio. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.They say you are what you eat but there is growing evidence that you are what you say. Language can colour the way we look at the world according to Dr Lera Boroditsky.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Matt Nippert was named business journalist of the year at the Voyager Media awards and was also the winner of the supreme individual prize on offer, the 10 week scholarship at Wolfson College at… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.American archaeologist Professor Patrick Kirch studies Polynesian pre-history and tonight in Auckland The Polynesian Society is awarding him the Nayacakalou Medal, for outstanding contributions for… Read more Audio

1:33 PM.This Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the eviction of Maori land protestors from Bastion Point at Orakei in Auckland. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:21 PM.New research suggests it was no accident that the Aboriginal people found Australia. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.South Auckland underground artist Razé, otherwise known as Ezra Williams, has only been creating music for around a year but she's already picked up a nominated for Best Pacific Female Artist. Read more Video, Audio

3:34 PM.Aladdin the Broadway musical will be coming to Auckland next year. It's a huge production that's toured all over the world and the New Zealand show will feature a kiwi actor, George Henare, in a… Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Dr Lucy Jones is a world renowned seismologist. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis are going to happen, she says, but disasters don't have to if we prepare.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Award winning composer and musician Victoria Kelly talks about some of the pioneering female musical artists both here and internationally and play some of their music for us too. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.We're honoured to have our regular book critic, Pip Adam in. Today Pip is talking about the 'monstrous feminine' - an idea that challenges the idea of women as victims.  Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Celebrity chef Matty Matheson is known as somewhat of a bad boy in the food world - his TV shows average about 150 expletives per episode.  Read more Audio

1:26 PM.The kilogram is getting an overhaul. 'The Big K' is a lump of metal kept away under glass in Paris that has defined the measurement for more than a hundred years.  Read more Audio

1:16 PM.Five days before her birthday last year, Bec Fisher decided she wanted to try something new. So she thought the best way to find her next passion was to do 40 jobs during her 40th year.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.In our every day lives, surprises are not always welcome; the bill that comes out of the blue, 19 lollies in a package that was supposed to have 20. But we love surprises in the books we read and the… Read more Video, Audio

2:30 PM.Have you seen the new thong or seam jeans? Would you wear them? It got us thinking about strange fashion trends in history - there have been plenty of strange short and long lived trends.  Read more Audio, Gallery