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3:20 PM.One of the enduring New Zealand myths is that West Coast miners drank beer instead of water, pretty wild idea, but is it actually true? As historian Dr Grant Morris explains to Jesse, the truth is… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.It's time to solve some of the world's problems and this week Steve Wyn-Harris wants to talk about the art of shepherding, and how a good one can save sheep's lives especially when it comes to lambing… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Amelia plays cricket for Wellington, and internationally for New Zealand. Her achievements include: being the youngest person to score a double century in a One Day International. More recently she… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.This week our office chat has been dominated by two stories, the demise of late night shows after the axeing of Stephen Colbert's show 'The Late Show' and whether the reaction to that Coldplay kiss… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Last month the University Of Auckland launched it's own satellite TPA1. About the size of a loaf of bread it's now whizzing around the globe 500Km up - 15 times a day. The satellite will be available… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.The Meke Academy in Napier provides an alternative education to rangatahi who have stopped attending school. Levi Armstrong, the man running the Academy, says students who used to attend traditional… Read more Audio

1:06 PM.A rural mum and nurse has launched a collective to support rural mothers with newborn babies in the Wairarapa region Rural Mama Collective is the brainchild of mum of four Sarah Tatham, who struggled… Read more Audio

On Our Changing World, Claire Concannon speaks to Victoria University of Wellington’s Professor Jeff Shima about a small deep-sea fish that could play a massive role in both the oceanic food web, and… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The Airforce Museum in Christchurch regularly receives donations of WW2 memorabilia. But a recent donation stood out, a log book belonging to Sargent Charles Kronk. It had a big gash in the top… Read more Audio

1:25 PM.General advice is to never judge a book by its cover, but our next guests' job is literally to do that. Chloe Blades is one of the judges for the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards, she tells Jesse what… Read more Audio

1:12 PM.Paul Martin, from the alternative metal band Devilskin, joins Jesse to talk about Ozzy Osbourne's influence and what the Black Sabbath rocker was like when he met him. Audio

3:10 PM.Grammarian Ellen Jovin discovered that when she set up a table outside a subway station in New York with a sign encouraging people to ask their grammar questions, it was a huge hit. She and her… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Many of you will already be familiar with AudioCulture - it's an ever-evolving online archive of New Zealand's music history. Well last month they dropped 'The Pacific Music Collection', which… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian Human Resources Institute says that people over 50 are considered as "older" and that many employers are reluctant to hire… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Book reviewer Anna Rankin talks to Jesse about her recommendations, Some Helpful Models of Grief, from Compound Press, by Aotearoa writer and artist Hana Pera Aoake and Notes to John by Joan Didion. Read more Audio

1:50 PM.Tim Batt joins Jesse to discuss the security breach affecting Microsoft's SharePoint, and also the company's plan to offset carbon emissions with a new deal with Vaulted Deep (via Tom's Hardware)… Read more Audio