Afternoons Podcast Options

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

3:27 PM.On new movie releases; the Nick Cave documentary 20 000 days and the French science fiction film Lucy. Audio

3:17 PM.Wine writer and TV presenter, Yvonne Lorkin joins us now and has a wine match for Phillip Kraal's dish. Audio

3:10 PM.The food today with Christchurch chef, Phillip Kraal from Bamboozle Oriental Fusion; creating a spicy crab Larb gai. Audio

2:45 PM.Our Feature Album is '...But Seriously' - the fourth solo album by Phil Collins, released in 1989. It's just been announced that the former Genesis man is coming out of retirement to play his first… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Nerd Nites take place in more than 80 cities worldwide and the Wellington event run by Aimee Whitcroft has seen past talks ranging from trapdoors, Angry Birds, ninja's and medical words; if you will… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.A team of researchers has discovered an ecosystem hundreds of metres beneath the Antarctic pack ice. And that's intensified the discussion of how life can exist in extreme environments, even, perhaps… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.New Zealand's Georgia and Caleb Nott have positioned themselves as one of the fastest rising new acts to emerge during the second half of 2013. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Barry Read of Auckland nominated 'Let the Day Begin' by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Audio

9:46 PM.Sugar is linked to a number of health issues, from diabetes to heart disease, and is found in large quantities in many kinds of foods Read more Audio

9:06 PM.Researchers are using brain activity to control robots and the technology may one day help patients with stroke or spinal injury Read more Audio

3:44 PM.What the world's talking about today, Julie Moffett with that. Two ingredients for a happy marriage, one involving some expense. Retired Husband Syndrome, which sounds like the opposite of a happy… Read more Audio

2:46 PM.Our feature album is one of Frank Sinatra's best albums, 'September of My Years' came out in 1965 and critics say it consolidated his strengths while moving him into new territory, primarily in terms… Read more Audio

2:23 PM.It can take years of study, it involves detailed research, original interviews, and you often end up with a book. So how to summarise a PhD thesis and present it to an audience in just three minutes… Read more Audio

2:08 PM.David Thorpe's song 'Coalface' is original music dedicated to the miners who died in the Huntly mine disaster 100 years ago. It will be performed next month when the tragedy is commemorated… Read more Audio

1:21 PM.The whitebait season has begun in most parts of Aotearoa but if you live on the South Island's West Coast, you'll have to wait another week and a half before you can legally fish for the delicacy… Read more Audio

1:08 PM.Jim Halligan from Christchurch has chosen 'April Come She Will' by Simon and Garfunkel. Audio

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

3:30 PM.Jerome Cvitanovich looks at the phenomenon of car sales from public roads including the risks and moves by local councils to ban or regulate it. Audio

3:09 PM.The anti-Facebook: one in four American neighborhoods are now using this private social network; Ignore No More: the app that forces wayward teenagers to call you back; reading from a screen not as… Read more Audio

2:44 PM.Our feature album is the Dennis Wilson solo LP from 1977, 'Pacific Ocean Blue', sometimes called a 'lost' classic. Audio

2:08 PM.She's 84 years old and still capable of the odd high kick. Irene Holland, or as she was known on stage, 'Irene Starr', was part of one of the most famous dance troupes of last century. They were the… Read more Audio

1:23 PM.Three songs with a certain peculiarity they all share - can you guess what it is? Audio

1:07 PM.Matthew Smith from Waiheke Island has chosen 'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite' by REM. Audio

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