Afternoons Podcast Options

3:46 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:30 PM.Wellington-based Jessie Larsen says the most important factor for her in finding the right Au Pair really came down to whether or not the person loved children. They now have their second Au Pair… Read more Audio

3:11 PM.Mobile ad growth helps Facebook revenue rise 59%, Bing now lets you search by Emoji, half of YouTube's views now come from phones and tablets, should we be concerned about Placemeter - an app which… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.The police are just starting a news conference about the so-called Roastbusters case. They've been investigating a group of 17- and 18-year-old males who said they'd had sex with drunk girls, some of… Read more Audio

2:48 PM.The only studio album by Joe Jackson to reach the Top 5 in both the UK and US selling over one million copies, earning gold disc status. Joe Jackson initially learned to play the violin but soon… Read more Audio

2:22 PM.A Porirua man has been reconnected with a unique part of his Cook Island heritage. Tengaepu o te Rangi Tararo is originally from the island of Mauke in the Cook Islands. He's a father of six… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.A team of international scientists has resurrected an ancient virus from a 700-year-old frozen Canadian caribou dropping. And they say it shows environmental changes like global warming, could mean… Read more Audio

1:22 PM.Three songs with one thing common to them all. What do you think it could be? Audio

1:08 PM.Pauline Goetzlof from Palmerston North has chosen 'At seventeen' by Janis Ian. Audio

3:43 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:09 PM.The words on menus at restaurants reveal more than just what's for dinner. Stanford University linguist Professor Dan Jurafsky has studied almost a million menus and restaurant reviews. He says he can… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our Feature Album is just out - called '1989' by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. Her 5th album, and also named after the year she was born. 1989 is drastically different, as she indulges on… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.New research shows some Cook Strait faults may be less stressed and may now be further away from rupturing. A team of scientists studied the 2013 Cook Strait and Lake Grassmere earthquakes. And found… Read more Audio

2:07 PM.Wellington's ladies of the sea will sail out of Wellington Harbour for good next month. The red tugboat sisters, Toia and Ngahue, have been on duty in the harbour for more than 40 years. And now, the… Read more Audio

1:54 PM.The domestic-executive, Sarah the Gardener and 10 mistakes we all make when interpreting research. Audio

1:41 PM.Bellowhead and Lucinda Williams. Audio

1:34 PM.'Reach' by Laurence Fearnley. Audio

1:22 PM.'Downton Abbey', 'Madam Secretary' and 'A Place to Call Home'. Audio

1:08 PM.Allan Davis from Palmerston North has chosen 'Every Woman Has A Name' by Alice Cooper. Audio

3:45 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

3:40 PM.Sarah McMullan reviews the jazz drama film, 'Whiplash' - and the American World War Two movie, 'Fury' starring Brad Pitt. Audio

3:22 PM.Belinda Jackson selects Villa Maria Private Bin Hawkes Bay Merlot 2013, The Sisters Sauvignon Blanc 2013, and Mud House Central Otago Pinot Noir 2013. Audio

3:10 PM.Award winning food writer, Julie Biuso with real hamburgers and a Spicy Tomato Chutney to go with it. Audio

2:50 PM.'Post Tropical' was released this year by 30 year old Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow, and is being described as one of the year's surprises. Audio

2:22 PM.Michael and Lucy Law opened The Village Meats in Raumati Beach six months ago with the goal in mind to fill what they saw as a gap in the market. They talk with Amelia Nurse. Audio