Afternoons Podcast Options

1:50 PM.Today's Heading Off is with NZ Herald Travel Editor Stephanie Holmes. During her time she's been a few different styles of cruises in different parts of the world.  Read more Audio

1:35 PM.The New Zealand comedy festival is up and running, a chance to showcase some of the best comedians from here and further afield.  Read more Audio

1:28 PM.It's that cooler time of year when, for the carnivorous amongst us at least), enjoying a tasty roast meal seems pretty appealing.  Read more Audio

1:20 PM.In just over two months time 10,00 athletes will march into the Trocadero Plaza, kicking of the 2024 Paris Olympics.  Read more Audio

3:10 PM.Once you start noticing, you can see it everywhere; the 'sameness' of style, music, art and even food. New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka blames algorithms that direct our attention to what works… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.Get ready to dive deep into music history with a special guest on this week's music feature. Revolver, the groundbreaking album released in 1966, marked the inception of The Beatles' psychedelic era… Read more Audio

2:21 PM.Brad Foster provides an update on the two Australian brothers and their friend killed while on a surfing trip in Mexico, state and federal government initiatives to fight gender based violence against… Read more Audio

1:53 PM.Ben Reid's a strategic technologist working at the forefront of the rapidly changing tech-scape. He has a weekly newsletter Memia and also has written a book Fast Forward Aotearoa - it's available… Read more Audio

1:34 PM.Today we hear all about sleep concerts and the art of gong bathing. It's a concert where the performers actually want you to sleep through their performances. We speak to Erika Grant who comes from a… Read more Audio

1:26 PM.Kiwi birds have been getting some star treatment of late. Movie star Leonardo diCaprio used his social media platform of 62 million followers - to praise the work of conservationists Capital Kiwi, who… Read more Audio

1:15 PM.Opua in the Bay Of Islands is currently host to a flotilla of 25 boats. They're waiting for the right weather conditions before hoisting anchor and setting sail on 2024 Pacific Rally, which is a six… Read more Audio

3:40 PM.One of India's favourite sports, and the Punjabi diasporas go-to game, is thriving in Auckland. On Here Now with Kadambari Raghukumar this week, what's making NZ a hot destination for fresh Kabaddi… Read more Audio

3:07 PM.Resistance is futile. Artificial Intelligence is here to stay, so Dr Ethan Mollick from the Wharton School of Business, says we should take the time to learn how to work with it as a tool to make us… Read more Audio

2:35 PM.From the risks of box dye to the dreaded green tint when going from blonde to brown, we're covering it all. Our expert helps us delve into the intricacies of caring for dyed hair and explore the dos… Read more Audio

2:24 PM.A little known danger for our hard working logging truck drivers around the country is actually not when they're on the road dealing with some appalling drivers. In fact it's a shoulder problem that… Read more Audio

1:41 PM.Cat MacNaughtan, is a blogger turned game creator We first met her on the show back in 2019, when she shared the card game she have created 'the Getting Lost Game', which encouraged families to get… Read more Audio

1:30 PM.Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez is a registered architect and senior academic at AUT. His work explores how existing buildings can be repurposed for entirely new uses. This is becoming increasingly… Read more Audio

1:14 PM.A major redevelopment project is underway at the iconic Ōtorohanga Kiwi House in Waikato, but how do you rebuild a 50 year-old zoo? Read more Audio

3:35 PM.This week's critter, the great giant scale, (Coelostomidia zealandica) is a native specie of scale bug. Females have pink wingless bodies and look like they have terrible dandruff, with a dusting of… Read more Audio

3:08 PM.The cooler weather doesn't mean the end of salads, just that it's time to have some warm salad recipes ready to go. Read more Audio

2:20 PM.Otis Mace and his amazing band are in today to play for NZ Live ahead of their performance in Kumeu tomorrow night. Read more Audio