Afternoons
Kanaal Besonderhede
Afternoons
Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
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Feature Interview: What is the "Free Birth" movement?
Women around the world are choosing to give birth without doctors or midwives, guided instead by influencer stories that celebrate "free birth" as emp...
Podcast: What happens if you try to sail over the Niagara
Evie Ashton joins Jesse with her podcast picks: The Interesting Nuggets Podcast The Asian Madness Podcast Available wherever you get your podcasts!
Books with Pip Adam
Novelist Pip Adam joins Jesse to talk satire - and some good examples of it: A Few More Slices of Heaven (2025) Daniel Vernon Night Night Fawn by Jord...
Mayoral Minutes: Central Hawke's Bay District
It's time for Mayoral minutes, our new segment where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve the...
Wellington makes a bid for culinary capital!
Could Wellington become New Zealand's culinary capital? It certainly seems the Government hopes so, after Minister Louise Upston announced the latest...
Explainer: What is cultural appropriation?
The issue of cultural appropriation has been back in the news recently after an Australian brand called itself Aroha. That got us thinking about the p...
Why learning about the landscape is vital for future planning
He says building knowledge about how landscapes behave, means people can make more informed decisions about how to interact with them. He chats to Jes...
The Epstein Files: Will anything actually happen next?
The fallout from the release of the Epstein files continues to dominate headlines around the world. In the last few hours, jailed associate of Jeffrey...
Bet on it! We take a look at the rise of prediction markets
Celebrity weddings, the war in Ukraine, election outcomes; the future is now a marketplace with the rise of prediction apps like Polymarket and Kalshi...
Jesse Goes Clubbing
Every Monday Jesse joins the hard core ravers and hits the club. Last week we heard from Warren about his Ham radio club, before that we had Anastasia...
OZ Update: What's happening in Australia?
The Israeli President has just arrived in Sydney for an official state visit in the wake of last year's Bondi terror attack. Police have been given sp...
Life Lessons: How we can understand and deal with grief
'The Year After Kahlia' is a memoir tracing Kirsten O'Connor's first year of grief after losing her daughter Kahlia to suicide The book tracks her map...
Forget Fantasy football, say hello to Fantasy Herd!
Now, if you're one of the millions of people around the world who participate in a fantasy sport league, we've found your next obsession. Meadow Fresh...
Can you distinguish fake news from real news?
How do you know what you read online is accurate and real? We're asking because an investigation has discovered that fake "New Zealand news" pages are...
TV Critic: Heated Rivalry and The New Years
Ruwani Perera is a reporter for The Hui, she joins Jesse to share some TV shows that seem to have everyone talking. The New Years - Prime Video/Mubi H...
Survival Guide to Laneway Festival
Laneway Festival is on at Auckland's Western Springs Park today with some big stars like Chappelle Roan headlining along with lots of local acts. Gate...
Your Money with Mary Holm: Should you buy gold?
Personal finance whizz Mary Holm is back for 2026 and today she's talking about investing in gold, silver and bitcoin.
A-Z of Aotearoa: O is for the big O.E!
We're making our way through the alphabet diving deep into all things Kiwiana - looking at the people, places and moments that make up New Zealand. We...
Relationships: How can you heal a family feud?
Here to help navigate the issues is Professor Kirsty Ross from Massey University's School of Psychology. This week she's looking at family feuds, outs...
Wellington's new fusion energy facility: how will it work?
It'll get 35 million dollars from the Government's Regional Infrastructure Fund to build the bespoke facility, and its purpose will be to house what t...
Stories from Waitangi Day - past and present
Ralph Johnston, the Waitangi Trust Chief Executive, talks us through some of the most memorable moments of Waitangi Day commemorations.
Why NZer Dame Margaret Brimble is being honoured
Auckland Professor Dame Margaret Brimble has more accolades than many of us have had hot dinners, that's an exaggeration of course but goodness me the...
The world is changing, why isn't New Zealand?
An opinion piece in the NZ Herald caught our eye this morning, in it Former Minister for Social Development Steve Maharey writes that the world is rup...
Feature interview: The winner of the Game of Wool
Knitting has entered its cool era. Once dismissed as an old-fashioned pastime, creating hats and jumpers and even swimsuits from wool is now prime-tim...
Bookmarks with Elisabeth Easther
It's time for Bookmarks - where we invite an interesting person onto Afternoons to share some of their favourite things to read, watch and listen to....
Easy Eats: Making the most of barbecue season!
An economical cut of steak can be transformed into something very delicious after 4-24 hours in a crowd-pleasing marinade, before being cooked to smok...
Heading Off: Driving from Sri Lanka to the UK
It's time for heading off and today we're heading back in time to 1973 when a group of young travellers loaded two vintage Model A Fords onto a boat i...
Stories from Our Changing World
In Our Changing World, the RNZ podcast, Dr Claire Concannon follows scientists into the bush, over rivers, back to their labs and many places in-betwe...
An insight into Waitangi Treaty Settlements
For many New Zealanders, Treaty settlements are an aspect of our history that is shrouded in mystery & misunderstanding. RNZ podcast The Negotiators t...
Using wool to try and stop an invasive weed
Woollen mats are now being trialled to smother an invasive oxygen weed threatening to take over some of New Zealand's lake floors. To explain how, Nor...
Why has wine gone out of flavour for many of us?
Vineyards around the country are approaching harvest time, and while it is still too early to tell how the vintage will go, if it's anything like last...
Feature Interview: Why humour makes us better humans
Humour isn't just for fun it's fundamental says Chris Duffy. Paying attention to the absurd, the awkward, and the quietly funny moments of everyday li...
You're the Judge
Our weekly segment where we ask the audience to help with irks or pickles that listeners have sent in. Today it's a conundrum between siblings. One si...
Tech Tuesday: A new social network for AI bots? Yes, really.
Tim Batt joins Jesse to discuss Moltbook, a new social network for artificial intelligence agents or bots.
Book Critic: Life lessons through the lens of authors
Bill Hastings joins Jesse to review the following books: Margaret Atwood, Book of Lives, A Memoir of Sorts (Chatto & Windus, 2025) Nigel Latta, Lesson...
Mayoral Minutes with Selwyn District's Lydia Gliddon
Mayoral minutes is our new segment where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve them and what m...
Why did hundreds of eels die in Waiatai stream?
A few weeks ago, some locals in Waiatai Valley near Wairoa were devastated to find hundreds of dead eels in the Waiatai stream. Some of the eels, or t...
Can you help find Doug the Pug?
It's about a missing dog - Doug the Pug is his name and he has been missing since the middle of January. Now, Doug is no ordinary dog, he is a therapy...
A new big game fishing competition out of Westport
The 'Buller Bluewater Classic' is a new month-long big game fishing competition out of the Port of Westport. It seems warmer water temperatures has re...
Do you know how AI is used by NZ media organisations?
How much AI do you think is used by New Zealand media? All the big newsrooms here have guidelines around the use of AI but as readers, watchers and li...