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Tauranga-based charity Live For More runs surf therapy programmes for disengaged young men. Its founder Krista Dixon tells Jesse about the benefits of 'surf therapy' and some of her favourite things!

Today US Gymnast Simone Biles dropped out of the Olympic team final, saying she needed to prioritise her mental health. Psychologist Gary Hermansson talks to Jesse about the pressures on athletes. Audio

Legendary Australian diver Valerie Taylor knows so many people are afraid of sharks because of her work. Her story is told in Playing With Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story. Audio

For this week's music feature, Claire Mabey, director of Verb Wellington and one of our regular book critics, deep dives into song lyrics as a form of poetry. Audio

For today's how to write Jesse's looking at the ins and outs of a pepeha, an introduction used in a Māori context, with RNZ's Māori Strategy Manager Shannon Haunui-Thompson. Audio

A new six-part documentary investigates the impact and future of the dairy farming boom in Aotearoa. It's called 'Milk and Money', it's streaming on TVNZ. The journalist behind the series, Baz… Video, Audio

Guardian Australia columnist Bridie Jabour calls millennials the miserable generation so set out to discover how 30 somethings can learn to be happy. She shares her roadmap for navigating a path away… Audio

Sam Low chats to Jesse Mulligan about New Zealand coffee-drinking habits. Video, Audio

Jesse speaks to Newsroom's LockerRoom Editor, Suzanne McFadden, about our prospects for medals today, including our youngest Olympian, Erika Fairweather in the swimming. Audio

Singer Georgia Lines has released a brand new single today, it's called Call Me By Name. She talks to Jesse about the new song and where she will be playing on tour. Audio

What is our national history of interest rate changes? Today historian, Dr Grant Morris looks at the period from 1934 to the present day. Audio

LockerRoom editor Suzanne McFadden, talks to Jesse about both the positives and negatives of the Olympics going ahead in Tokyo. Audio

NZ Herald Wellington issues reporter, Georgina Campbell, has written about her concerns that the capital is obsessive about heritage at the risk of hindering progress. She talks to Jesse about her… Audio

New Zealand Biologist Jonathan Balcombe tells Jesse how much we unexpectedly have in common with the common household fly. Audio, Gallery

New York-based, Grammy-winning Latin star Mireya Ramos came to New Zealand for WOMAD and stayed when lockdown closed the borders. She shares her favourite things with Jesse.  Audio

The 'Moon Wobble' made headlines this past week after a US study looked at it's impact on high tides and flooding. Climate scientist Professor David Noone explains it all to Jesse. Audio

Investigative journalist, blogger and documentary maker, David Farrier is trying desperately to book his return trip to New Zealand after travelling to the U.S for work. He talks to Jesse about the… Audio

As Jeff Bezos,the richest man in the world, prepares to blast off high into space, we'll go deep down into the workings of company Jesse talks to Bloomberg news executive editor Brad Stone about his… Audio

Last week was a big one for economists. Rising interest rates and a record increase to inflation. So what does it all mean? Bernard Hickey talks to Jesse about what's going on. Audio

A group of Dunedin students are getting some attention with a product they've created from wool, wood, and old bike tubes. Under the Door Enterprises chief executive, and Kavanagh College student… Audio

We have a look at the challenges of urban planning amidst a housing crisis and fears new government policy could create 'urban slums'. Dr Claire Dale at Auckland University's Retirement Policy and… Audio