Afternoons Podcast Options

1:10 PM.24 year old jazz pianist and singer songwriter, Nick Dow has been working on his first album for 5 years, and is about to release the first single, He performs it live for us in our Auckland studio. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.A New Zealand company recruiting seasonal workers from the Solomon Islands has faced threats and extortion while there. What impact could this have on New Zealand businesses and the migrant workers… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:08 PM.Melbourne based journalist Kate Cole-Adams' research reveals what's happening in the brain under anesthesia and recounts stories of patients who remember details of their own surgeries when they are… Read more Audio

2:31 PM.The hot weather has brought swarms of jellyfish to many beaches. We wondered what sort of jellyfish populate our waters, why they sometimes all descend on our beaches and which ones we should be… Read more Audio, Gallery

2:23 PM.Depression and suicide in rural New Zealand has been at the forefront of the country's mental health discussion. There are many debates on how to address the problem but one community in the Manawatu… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.We're in the middle of what weather forecasters predict could be one of the hottest January's on-record. Australian geoscientist Lucinda Coates tells us why we need to take heatwaves as seriously as… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.The word "heaps" is distinctly kiwi. It's gone from being used to describe an amount of things or objects, to being used interchangeably with "very" or "really".  Read more Audio

1:18 PM.There are still a lot of unanswered questions about the sulphuric petrol that left hundreds of road users with empty tanks.  Read more Audio

1:10 PM.She plays the harp like you've never heard it!  Read more Audio

3:27 PM.The genius of the cabbage tree moth Read more Audio

3:20 PM.Dog behaviour explained with Dr Claire Browne Read more Audio, Gallery

3:09 PM.Kelda Hains of Wellington restaurants Rita and Nikau shares a dessert recipe suitable for this warm weather - it's for Plums, basil, almond milk jelly, and watermelon. Read more Audio

2:23 PM.Jeremy Eade (Garageland), Rick McShane (Chainsaw Masochist) and Sean Reid (Psychodaisies) are Galveston. This afternoon they deliver a "rambunctious blend of classic Flying Nun, mixed with a generous… Read more Video, Audio

1:41 PM.The one day in the year where it's kind of okay to strip down at the beach Read more Audio

1:27 PM.Mosquitoes are flourishing in this summer's heat wave. Medical entomologist Cameron Webb shares some tips on repelling mozzies – and busts a myth or two.

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1:19 PM.Greater Auckland transport blog on the draft plan released by Auckland Transport Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Once briefly called Beatlegrass (as a Beatles cover band), The Lonely Heartstring Band perform a just-recorded song called The Other Side. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.How do dogs think? Do they experience emotions such as jealousy? The Clever Canine Lab at the University of Auckland is investigating. Read more Audio

3:24 PM.Young men talk about the rules of (hetero)romantic relationships. Read more Audio

3:08 PM.Today we discuss the short story How Women Behave When Men are Losing their Wives by Sue Orr. Next week we will talk about Marae Shuffle by Apirana Taylor. Read more Audio

2:26 PM.Is a young person better to go into an apprenticeship, or an undergraduate degree?  Read more Audio