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2:30 PM.City-pop is a mix of American/UK influenced pop music that emerged in Japan in the late 1970s eventually giving way to J-Pop and the idol groups of the 90s. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Our Aussie correspondent looks at the fallout from the social media ban and there's an update in the Molly the Magpie saga. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Anna Rankin reviews Caroline Crampton's new book, a fascinating mix of memoir, history and literary criticism.  Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Vertech managing director Dan Watson has had enough of rubbish Christmas gifts. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Jesse chats to Tourism Ireland Executive Vice President Alison Metcalfe about Ireland as a travel destination. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Global sales have slowed, and recently prices for new EVs have been slashed again and again after sales fell off a cliff at the start of the year. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.It's been a dream start for Auckland FC. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.There is real art in capturing a life in one thousand words. For more than 20 years, that's what Ann Wroe has done for The Economist magazine as the obituary editor. Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Kathryn Burnett is an award-winning screen writer based in Tamaki Makaurau. She answers audience questions about screen writing. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Every week we call a random Information center in New Zealand Aotearoa. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Brooks Alexander joins Jesse to discuss and review the latest TV out there. He also talks about Silo and Arcane. Read more Audio

1:35 PM.A survey conducted by Public Trust has found that 57% of Kiwis are uncomfortable, fearful, or reluctant to talk about death. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.The University of Auckland and two Chinese universities have begun a three-year collaboration on caring for coastal wetlands as sea levels rise. Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The celebrated photographer has a new book called Woolsheds. Read more Audio

3:35 PM.This week's critter is one of the most intelligent animals in the ocean. Te whai rahi, the giant oceanic manta ray, has a brain to body mass ratio similar to our own and is one of the only fish that… Read more Audio

3:25 PM.Are you looking at the garden and thinking 'I need to get stuck into that'? And is it so daunting a task, that you don;t know where to start? Well, relax. Gardening expert Lynda Hallinan is here to… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.This delicious salad is straight from Nic's new restaurant, Canting in Commercial Bay, Auckland. It's a fresh, modern Chinese inspired salad. Get the recipe here. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Today Jesse is joined by Tamaki Makaurau five- piece indie-pop-rock band Marmalade. A couple of weeks ago they celebrated the release of their debut EP - Sober. But today they're in the Auckland… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.The Queen of Hollywood is in to review satirical Italian film There's Still Tomorrow and the sequel to Disney's mega hit Moana. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Spooky stories from our listeners. Have you seen a ghost? Seen a UFO? Or experience the supernatural? Let just know either via text on 2101 or by email on afternoons@rnz.co.nz and your tale of terror… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.A TikTok clip has garnered millions of views. It features a woman, claiming to have bought a curse from an online witch. The online witchcraft industry is booming. A quick glance at one online… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.As summer approaches, the strawberries are starting the ripen, blueberries are on the way soon. Even the first flush of cherries are here. Soon these early pickings will spill over into an… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.It might not have been what Jonny Cash had in mind, but walking the like has become something of an internet craze. It involves walking across the country in a totally straight line. On Monday three… Read more Audio