Afternoons Podcast Options

2:47 PM.Our feature album is 'Halcyon' - the second studio album by English singer/songwriter, Ellie Goulding, from two years ago. Audio

2:22 PM.They lived a long time ago but experts are still discovering new dinosaurs. The latest is one dubbed Pinocchio rex. The almost complete tyrannosaur skeleton was discovered in China this year… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.Ron Cooke on Taumarunui's history; Ian Balme on the Forgotten World Adventure; and Jamie Downes, who bought the pub and turned it into a gym. Audio

1:07 PM.Craig Jackson from Auckland has chosen 'This Is the Day' by The The. Audio

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

3:30 PM.How Middlemore, one of New Zealand's largest hospitals, is preparing for Ebola. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Russian hackers used Windows bug to target Nato, Google targets Amazon with new delivery service, Game of Thrones spawns an app, and ultra-fast charging batteries that can be 70% recharged in just two… Read more Audio

3:06 PM.One of our listeners has lived in the small settlement on the remote island on the northern coast of Alaska that we were discussing in our earlier story about a polar bear. What are the odds that this… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our Feature Album is 'So Long, See You Tomorrow', the fourth studio album by London group Bombay Bicycle Club. It is a nominee for the prestigous Mercury Prize, which is handed out in the UK at the… Read more Audio

2:19 PM.The job of patrolling for polar bears is not one that many New Zealanders would know about. But for Alaskan Mike Pederson, close encounters with the predators is just part of his day. Mike… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.He suffered an 11,000 volt electric shock and he's more than a little lucky to be alive to tell the tale. Thirty-eight-year-old yachtie, Riki Te Tau, had a brush with death when he brought a four… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Three songs with one thing common to them all. What do you think it could be? Audio

1:07 PM.Ann Brower from Lincoln, South West Christchurch has chosen 'Bach concerto for two violins in D minor, 2nd movement'. Audio

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

3:09 PM.Just before Elvis Presley died, he proposed to former beauty queen Ginger Alden. She was the last person to see The King alive. For 37 years, Ginger Alden said little about their relationship, and her… Read more Audio

2:45 PM.Our feature album is by one of Australia's major music success stories - Air Supply - the soft rock outfit, based round the duo of Graham Russell (chief songwriter) and Russell Hitchcock (lead singer… Read more Audio

2:18 PM.A Bay of Islands GP, Dr. Chris Reid, has photographed virtually every patient that walked into his surgery during the past two years. He has just published a book of his work. Read more Audio

2:09 PM.A historic waka unearthed from Papanui Inlet on the Otago Peninsula is a significant find, says Otakou runanga kaumautua Edward Ellison. Audio

1:56 PM.Ello and Sgrouples. Audio

1:42 PM.Delaney Davidson and Hopetoun Brown. Audio

1:34 PM.'Dried Fig' by Helen Jacobs. Audio

1:24 PM.'True Blood' and 'Blacklist'. Audio

1:07 PM.Mark Manson of Takaka has chosen 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' by the Rolling Stones. Audio

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