Afternoons Podcast Options

1:17 PM.What's being touted as the biggest game yet at the Rugby League World cup is this weekend - it's Tonga vs Samoa. But the rivalry between the two teams has led to chaos in the buildup to the game. Read more Audio

3:09 PM.Helen Pearson talks about her book on the 70,000 children in the longest running study of human development in the world. Read more Audio

2:17 PM.Pete Rainey has been nurturing teenage music talent for nearly 30 years with fellow school teacher Glenn Common. They rescued Rockquest in 1990 as it was about to be dumped by a radio station. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.20 years ago musician Bic Runga released her breakthrough album, Drive - her first of many multi-platinum records. Read more Audio

1:34 PM.The Pramazons were one of the country's grassroots protests that helped end nuclear testing in the Pacific. Their story has been crafted into a book this year, He Mihi ki te Tai Rawhiti. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:27 PM.Laurie Winkless is an Irish born physicist-turned-science-writer looking at how cities are built and the interesting ways around the world of keeping up with population growth. Read more Audio

1:19 PM.The Labour-led Government says it will repeal the three strikes law by the end of next year. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Lord Echo is the solo project of Wellington producer and musician, Mike Fabulous. He's about to perform live in Wellington and Auckland. Read more Video, Audio

2:22 PM.Joyce Yang is performing Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.Author Paula Morris did a Little House on the Praire pilgrimage, and found out many of the secrets behind the Laura Ingalls Wilder books. Read more Video, Audio

1:38 PM.Lisa Johnston is immersed in the science of permaculture, which includes composting toilets and she reckons they don't have to be smelly at all. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:28 PM.Kate de Goldi and Susan Paris published their first contemporary Annual a year ago and they've just released Annual 2. Read more Audio, Gallery

1:20 PM.The second season of the Wireless Docs kicks off tomorrow with the fly-on-the-wall documentary, Kwitchatown. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.New York based double bass player, Nathan Brown is about to tour the country and performs one of his jazz pieces. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.What did Latino American and award winning entrepreneur Lili Gil Valletta have to say when she met with President Donald Trump? And what does the "Brown Elephant - Latino market" have to do with New… Read more Audio, Gallery

3:10 PM.Nina Mitchell was just 26 years old when she had a massive stroke. Read more Audio

2:28 PM.Dr Kate Taylor is a sexual health doctor who works in schools helping teenagers deal with a range of personal issues they are facing. Read more Audio

2:19 PM.An unlikely egg for an elderly takahē couple. Read more Audio