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People living with rare health disorders are being asked to take part in a nationwide survey. Jesse speaks to Lisa Foster, the chief executive of Rare Disorders NZ. Audio

If a black swan is an unpredictable event, the Covid-19 pandemic is a grey rhino, says economic historian Adam Tooze. Audio

Ōtara Kai Village is on a fundraising drive this month to help keep up the hard work they're doing for their community during Auckland's lockdown. Video, Audio

Georgia Pritchett's memoir is called My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety. Audio

Stacey Gillies shares ways to mix and match items to create the wardrobe of your dreams.  Audio

There's been plenty of talk about New Zealand living with Covid restrictions, while the rest of the world is 'back to normal'. Rosie Carnahan-Darby, living in Los Angeles is setting the record… Audio

Ngaokeoke, or walking worms are literally older than the hills. Today's critter is a velveteen national treasure with bizarre hunting behaviour-the Murihiku Walking Worm is the tiniest of our… Audio

Today Ashia Ismail-Singer shares two recipes from her latest book, Saffron Swirls & Cardamom Dust.  Audio

A Waikato couple has made headlines this week for growing a massive potato that may be the world's biggest. Donna and Colin Craig-Brown of Ngāhinapōuri have named their 7.9-kilogram potato 'Doug'. Audio, Gallery

When you buy plants or seedlings they often come in a little plastic pot. Most people then take the plants out of those pots and put them in something a little more sturdy or stylish. But what comes… Audio

The New Zealand International Film Festival opens today! One of the films showing this year is a local documentary - 'Science in Dark Times' - by filmmaker Shirley Horrocks. She speaks to Jesse about… Audio

A "really gnarly school camp that's filmed" is how comedian Chris Parker describes his experience on Celebrity Treasure Island NZ. Chris beat out 20 other competitors to win the show - and $100,000… Video, Audio

Even the first man of Fishing, Clarke Gayford, will tell you angling is an addictive, real life puzzle no one can ever solve. He and his film making friend Mike Bhana have just written a new book all… Audio

Our Bookmarks guest today will be a familiar face to many New Zealanders. It's Covid-19 modeller and physics professor Shaun Hendy.  Video, Audio

Afternoons Producer Alix Higby has been listening to a real life mobster tell his version of events in Our Thing with Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano. Audio

It may still be November, but we could all use a bit of Christmas cheer right now. For three years Aucklander Sonya Wilson has been making sure that brand new books make their way into deserving… Audio

Afternoons regular gardening contributor, Lynda Hallinan has a new book just released, The Joy of Gardening. Jesse talks to Lynda about writing the book and why gardening and nature are so good for… Audio

Jesse talks to Lindsay Wood, the director of independent climate change consultancy Resilienz about how to green up our construction industry. Audio

Today's music feature guest is the author and musician Sam George-Allen. She'll be Zooming into Verb Readers & Writers Festival from Tasmania this week to talk about her book Witches: What Women Do… Audio

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT services talks about the importance of two step identity authentication as well as the useful tools you might not know are on Windows 11. Audio

Linde Olivier Louwe - a former office manager - has turned to snail farming into a full time job and she's putting together a snail farmers' handbook so others can join her. Audio