Afternoons Podcast Options

1:08 PM.Andy Maloney of Wellington has chosen 'Will You' by Hazel O'Connor. Audio

9:47 PM.Soil scientists warn that we'll need to produce more than 50 per cent more food by 2050, while large areas of fertile land disappear under cities. Read more Audio

9:20 PM.Self setting traps that only need to be checked every few months are another tool in the fight against introduced predators such as rats and stoats Read more Audio

3:44 PM.Your feedback, and a preview of the guests and topics on The Panel. Audio

2:47 PM.Today's feature album is American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp's 1987 release 'The Lonesome Jubilee'. The album was one of Mellencamp's most successful worldwide, charting in ten countries. Audio

2:09 PM.It's been more than 50 years since the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers was formed. The band has sold more than 60 million records, and was the first group ever, to reach number one on… Read more Audio

1:27 PM.New Zealand is blessed with a myriad of fine places to pitch a tent, tow a caravan, or drive a motorhome. Through the 20th century most New Zealanders' summer vacations involved a camping holiday… Read more Audio

1:09 PM.Lott Larsson from Oparau has chosen 'Every Time We Say Goodbye' by Dinah Washington. Audio

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