Afternoons Podcast Options

2:10 PM.The one and only Linda Burgess reviews the new season of Black Mirror, the Agatha Christie style murder mystery The Residence, Ted Danson comedy A Man on the Inside and, maybe the Tv event of the year… Read more Audio

1:35 PM.Exhibiting at this year's Aotearoa Art Fair is Nikau Hinden. Through years of research and hands-on practice, she has re-established aute-making in Aotearoa, using traditional techniques to create… Read more Audio

1:20 PM.There's been a lot of news in the EV space recently: over the weekend the government announced they are replacing grant for EV charging infrastructure with 0% loans instead. New company Slate Auto… Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Did you know there's a sporting world championship taking place here in Aotearoa right now? Dunedin is currently hosting the Ice Hockey World Championship. The women's championship finished last week… Read more Audio

3:15 PM.Today Mary accesses the wisdom of the crowd! Read more Audio

2:30 PM.As we are about to launch into long weekend, we thought we'd replay one of our classic NZ Sporting History interviews. Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Our podcast reviewer for this week is Elliott Childs and he has two recommendations for your long weekend listening. Read more Audio

1:45 PM.In place of our great album today we've got something a bit different. Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Hamilton's Braemar hospital in the Waikato is about to take delivery of the region's first surgical robot. Read more Audio

1:25 PM.Have you seen the film Tina yet? It features a teacher who starts a choir and some amazing choral music. Read more Audio

1:10 PM.In northern France, the small town of Le Quesnoy holds an important piece of New Zealand history.  Read more Audio

3:35 PM.Our Changing World joins a group of botanists during their first ever attempt to reintroduce our rarest and most elusive native orchid back to the wild.

New Zealand’s native orchids are much more… Read more Audio

3:10 PM.You may not know her name, but chances are Carol Leifer has made you laugh.  Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Today for bookmarks Jesse is joined by novelist, essayist, curator and short fiction writer Tina Makereti.  Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Kelly Gibney says curried sausages are a delicious, nostalgic cool-weather dish and who are we to disagree. Read more Audio

2:12 PM.Matthew Crawley has brought two new tracks in his music bag to play for you.  Read more Audio

1:45 PM.There has been a 42% increase in solo travel over that last couple of years and of those solo travelers around 8 out of 10 are woman.  Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The Hawke's Bay Indian Cultural Centre is celebrating their 10th birthday with a brand-new show, 'Wairua Paani'. Read more Audio

1:20 PM.Get ready for a story with a bit of grassroots hustle and ingenuity.  Read more Audio

1:10 PM.Wastebusters is a waste minimisation project. Read more Audio

3:30 PM.How much do we spend on cleaning products? And could we do it cheaper ourselves ? Katy Gosset gets a crash course in making her own home cleaners. Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Witches are having a moment. Beyond the hit musical Wicked, there TikTok Hashtags and millions of posts celebrating witches as icons of empowerment, mystery, and resistance. It's far from the dark… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.We haven't done this one since the end of 2023, but It's time to revive a bit of a classic music feature concept. I'm joined by Author and our sometimes book critic Claire Mabey. As well as critiquing… Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Brad updates us on Australia's reaction to the death of the Pope. He also describes something of a horror weekend with seven people reported as drowned; an appeal in the case of a former police… Read more Audio

2:10 PM.Anna Rankin reviews Murdoch Stephen's Visas Now! And she looks at Lucinda Williams' memoir Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You. Read more Audio