Jesse Mulligan

Elizabeth Day prefers to think of 2020 as the year we got a lot of opportunities to learn about what to do when life doesn't go to plan. She's a writer and host of the podcast, How To Fail. She talks… Audio

Today's expert is all about the back.  David Kieser is a clinical senior lecturer and spine and orthopaedic surgeon. He talks to Jesse about having back pain.  Audio

Researchers have found that ensuring quality sleep for young people is more effective for their mental health and well being than restricting time on social media. Study co-author, Dr Damian Scarf… Audio

Cliff Goss has been training horses since the 1940's. He is now 89 and has shunned retirement, instead training 3 horses. Cliff talks to Jesse about his long career with horses and why he still loves… Audio

Need a hand to get your system reset after seasonal overindulgence?  Claus Christophersen is a senior lecturer in nutrition at Edith Cowan University in Perth, and has some advice on how to get your… Audio

Drama in the Prada Cup racing after American Magic capsized. Newsroom's Lockeroom Editor, Suzanne McFadden talks to Jesse about what's next for the New York Yacht Club campaign. Audio

Working in a school library keeps Catherine Ross in a steady supply of books It's her job to give recommendations so students at Diocesan School in Auckland to girls between the ages of 11 and 18. She… Audio

RNZ presenter Wallace Chapman is loving spending time with his whānau this summer, but he did come back limping from a family holiday in Waipu Cove. The reason? Three-year-old Wallace Junior's daily… Video, Audio

In a warehouse in Minneapolis back in 1983, legendary artist Prince asked his newly hired sound technician to set up to record Let's Go Crazy, a song that would become one of his greatest hits. In… Audio

Now to a rather unusual TradeMe auction that has created a bit of a stir online this week... The listing advertised "three left footed jandals looking for a match" and the auction closed this morning… Audio

In the 1930s deer that had been introduced into New Zealand were declared a noxious pest. Originally brought over by colonists for trophy hunting - the animals were believed to be responsible for soil… Audio, Gallery

The Huka Falls tui singing what sounds a lot like the opening lines of an Annie Lennox song has been a summer hit on RNZ. Massey University professor Dianne Brunton, who specialises in the… Audio

Dr Tom Mulholland has made it his mission to look after the heart health of farmers for most of the past decade. He has a 1988 retro V8 ambulance kitted out for doing blood pressure and cholesterol… Audio

For Bookmarks today, we're talking to someone who writes books for a living and often joins us on Afternoons as our book critic. Pip Adam joins us in the Wellington studio to share some of her… Audio

Andy Miller reads dead people. He reads books written by authors who have  slipped away or slipped off the radar or both.

Then he talks about them  with co-host John Mitchinson on a hugely popular… Audio

We go to Vienna - to an era - around 1800 - which is commonly considered 'Beethoven's Vienna' At that time women weren't really allowed to play music in public - and it was expensive to go to a… Audio

Councils have been downplaying the powers they have in enforcing healthy homes Renter advocacy group Renters United has found that across 68 councils only 14 repair orders have been issued by council… Audio

There are calls for legislation to be put in place to protect how the data collected by the Covid tracer app is used. Dr Andrew Chen from Auckland University has written to Health Minister Chris… Audio