- Food: Racks of Lamb with Parsley Shallot Crumble2024/12/20
Julie Biuso brings us a scrumptious and beyond belief celebratory meal. The buttery crust flakes off as you slice the lamb - make sure you spoon it on top of the sliced lamb before serving. Get the recipe here.
- Film Review: Anora and Better Man.2024/12/20
Dominic Corry is in for the last film review of the year. He reviews Cannes winner Anora and Robbie Williams biopic-with-CGI-monkey Better Man.
- Freaky Friday2024/12/20
Stories from New Zealanders and their experiences of the supernatural.
- 3 million creepy crawlies2024/12/20
Info (Show/Hide)Here in Aotearoa, and on Afternoons in fact, we love our critters. And that passion for insects, bugs and plants is backed up by the fact that we've logged nearly three million observations on the citizen science platform iNaturalist.. The website, which has been running in New Zealand since 2012, brings together curious members of the public with expert identifiers to track populations of thousands of species. This has led to new sightings of native species, and important discoveries of invasive species. Jon Sullivan is an ecologist based at Lincoln University and is one of the founders of iNaturalist.
- Planes, planes and planes2024/12/20
The 77th model flying national champs at the end of this month. Jesse talks to Kevin Botherway, the president of Model Flying New Zealand about the competition and what people can expect from this display of tiny aeronautics.
- Hanukkah 1012024/12/20
Info (Show/Hide)At this time of year, it's easy to forget that not everyone in New Zealand celebrates Christmas. Hundreds of thousands of New Zealander don't observe the religious holiday. This year, December the 25th holds special significance for the Jewish community - it's the first day of Hanukkah. Joining me now is Abby Bachhalter. Abby is part of the lay leadership team at Temple Sinai - the Progressive Jewish Congregation in Wellington.
- History with Dr Grant Morris2024/12/19
Dr Grant Morris from Victoria University has been our guide through history this year. And for his final segment for 2024 he's asking a big question: where do we come from?
- Solving the World's Problems2024/12/19
Retired farmer and commentator Steve Wyn-Harris joins Jesse to talk about his latest meteorite adventures and the pressures the Christmas period puts on farmers.
- NZ Sporting History: Anna Simcic2024/12/19
If you were paying attention to Olympic sports in the 90s, you'll have fond memories of swimmer Anna Simcic-Forrest.
- Podcast Critic: Gone South2024/12/19
Elliott Childs reviews crime podcast Gone South, which focuses on crimes in the southern states of the US. He also reviews some terrible podcast ads!
- Zoe George's Year of Sports In Review2024/12/19
2024 has been a massive year in the world of women's sport.
- Free Period Products at Rhythm and Vines2024/12/19
Attendees at this year's Rhythm and Vines will receive the bonus of free period products. A new initiative called Ads on Pads will be stocking up portaloos.
- New Jersey drones: a spiral of information2024/12/19
Members of the public have reported thousands of drone sightings in the last month. Officials haven't been able to confirm what they are, and the lack of concrete answers has led to an explosion of conspiracy theories and panic.
- Our Changing World: Antarctic methane seeps2024/12/18
Info (Show/Hide)On her recent trip in Antarctica, Claire Concannon caught up with a team of NIWA researchers who are discovering new methane seeps.
These are areas where methane gas or fluid escapes from below the seafloor through cracks or fissures.
The first active seep in Antarctica was found in 2012 at a place called Cinder Cones.
NIWA microbial ecologist Dr Sarah Seabrook visited the site in 2016 as part of her PhD research. Now she’s returning to investigate further.
- Easy Eats: Kelly Gibney2024/12/18
Kelly Gibney brings a Christmas miracle and offers two recipes for the last Easy Eats of 2024! Seaweed, sesame and chilli salt and honey and berry shrub. Get the recipes at the links.
- Heading Off: Auckland Regional Parks2024/12/18
Turns out getting away from it all in New Zealand's biggest city, is much easier than you think.
- Stephen takes on the verge2024/12/18
Meet a man who willingly mows verges - including one that's enormous and a few kilometers from his home.
- What to do with a broken tooth this holiday2024/12/18
Dentists are sounding a warning about the perils of pork crackling this Christmas - and other teeth-cracking treats.
- Eat like an ancient Greek2024/12/18
When you think of Greek food, what comes to mind? A tomato-heavy salad or souvlaki? Not all of those things were staples of the ancient Greek diet.
- Feature interview: The Bhutan Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay2024/12/17
Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay talks about the G-ZERO initiative and his hope that the world will start redefining its broken relationship with the planet.
- Update on Oz with Brad Foster2024/12/17
For the last time this year we hear the dulcet tones of our Australian correspondent, Brad Foster.
- Book Critic: summer reading picks2024/12/17
Claire Robertson has three picks to read while you are on your holiday.
- Tech Tuesday: trail cameras and online fire safety tools2024/12/17
Dan Watson talks about an online 3-step FENZ tool that tells you whether you can light your fire or do your outdoor work safely, what the fire risk is and what you should do to stay safe.
- Jack Jordan, axeman2024/12/17
He holds the world record for the Stihl Timbersports world trophy - and he's been the global champ in that event, three years in a row.
- New Zealand and the 'psychedelic renaissance'2024/12/17
The latest set of results from the 2024 New Zealand Drugs Trends Survey has shed light on the non-medical use of pharmaceuticals in New Zealand.
- Measuring the manu2024/12/17
It's summer and that means it's manu season.
- Feature interview: how Taylor Swift remade pop music2024/12/16
2024 marks the end of another era for Taylor Swift, a $2 billion dollar era from the highest grossing concert tour of all time.
- Expert Feature: Cybersecurity2024/12/16
There's been a significant increase in online scam activity over the past year with nine out of ten Kiwis targeted by an online scam.
- Information Center Cold Call2024/12/16
It's the last cold call of 2024. Who will Jesse get to talk to this time?
- Television Critic: The Franchise, Secret Level, and Bookie2024/12/16
Dominic Corry reviews three brand new TV shows.
- Softball takes off in Marlborough2024/12/16
The summer sports season is well underway - cricket, soccer, touch... but in Marlborough, it's softball that's all the rage.
- New Zealand chugs through data2024/12/16
New Zealand households are using more data than ever before - in fact we're in the top 20 countries in the world for fibre uptake.
- An app to see all of Timaru's lights2024/12/16
Heading out on a tour of Christmas light displays in Timaru has just become a lot easier.
- Weekend Stuff: gardening with Kate Hillier2024/12/13
Gardening consultant Kate Hillier has some ideas about getting everything in ship shape before Christmas and the judging eyes of visiting relatives.
- Food: Treacle-cured Salmon with a Cucumber and Herb Salsa2024/12/13
Inspired by a recipe from English chef Mark HIx, Chef Martin Bosley shares his method for creating a mouthwatering cured salmon. He also offers expert tips on getting those pesky bones out.
- Film Review: Kate Rodger's best flicks for 20242024/12/13
Ms Hollywood, Kate Rodger, goes through her best movies that came out in 2024. She also previews her picks for the films coming out this holiday season.
- Freaky Friday2024/12/13
This week Jesse hears from Lynette and her story of an old house, strange noises in the night and strange apparitions.
- Mana Inc - the stars of Ram Raid Mums2024/12/13
Last week we our TV reviewer Linda Burgess reviewed a new TVNZ documentary - Ram Raid Mums In that review she touched on an organisation called Mana inc. which features heavily in the documentary. We wanted to know more, so we invited the founder and CEO Kelly Teariki-Peterson to join us on the show
- Auckland Folk Festival2024/12/13
Emily Roughton is the artistic coordinator of the Auckland Folk Festival. It's a four-day extravaganza that which takes place at the end of January. Emily also has a tried-and-true technique using music to teach children phone numbers.
- Illinois sings for NZ2024/12/13
For one week in the run up to Christmas University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign operates a 24/7 carol singing hotline Dial-A-Carol. You can call up, request a rendition of your favourite Xmas song, and have it preformed live by a student It's a tradition that stretches all the way back to 1960. Jesse rolls the dice and calls the hotline. What or who will answer?
- Your Money with Mary Holm2024/12/12
This week Mary asks: are we celebrating Christmas the best way? Mary has tips on how not to break the bank this Christmas. She also has a list of some charities you could consider giving to these holidays.
- NZ Sporting History: Daniel Vettori2024/12/12
In a career that spanned 18 years, Daniel Vettori established himself as one of the finest left-arm spinners in cricket history.
- Podcast Critic: Powder Keg and Extrasensory2024/12/12
Ximena Smith reviews two podcasts for your playlist. Firstly, the new investigative show from Newsroom called Powder Keg, then the new Apple Original show hosted by actor Will Sharpe: Extrasensory.
- Information Center Cold Call: iSite Masterton2024/12/12
A rouge information center cold call! Jesse rolls the dice and calls a random iSite in this fair land. They don't know he's calling and he doesn't know who will be on the other end of the line.
- What should you do when a rich friend invites you on a holiday?2024/12/12
Your well-heeled friend invites you on a lavish holiday, one that you might have trouble paying for. What's the advice of financial advisors for such a difficult social dilemma?
- Tui the cat's miraculous return2024/12/12
In 2016 Tui the tabby cat disappeared then, 8 years later, Tui came home!
- Is it ok to let your kids drink alcohol?2024/12/12
Is there really any harm in letting the 16-year-old have a Gizzy Gold at Christmas?
- Our Changing World: Tuatara gut bugs2024/12/11
Info (Show/Hide)Claire Concannon heads to Auckland Zoo to meet their resident tuatara.
Tuatara are pretty special, the only remaining species of reptile from an order that lived alongside the dinosaurs. And they haven’t changed much in millions of years.
University of Auckland PhD candidate Cam Hoffbeck has been investigating the tuatara gut microbiome, to see whether it is also unique.
First though, ectotherm keeper Chye-Mei Huang brings Claire inside the tuatara display enclosure to have a closer look as she feeds them some small locusts.
- Feature interview: flipping script on climate change2024/12/11
Most of the time, when we talk about climate change, we talk about the consequences of getting it wrong. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson wants to flip the script and ask what would happen if we succeed in averting environmental disaster?
- Easy Eats with Kelly Gibney: Brined barbecued chicken breasts2024/12/11
Brining is the secret to succulent chicken breasts, whether you cook them on the barbecue or in the oven.
- Heading Off: Jonathan Kennett on Bikepacking2024/12/11
Jesse talks to one of Aotearoa's cycling legends. He's also written about the bikepacking trend and how you can experience it in New Zealand.
- The genetics of autism2024/12/11
Professor Sarah Medland - is a world-renowned geneticist, She specialises in the impact of genomics on human behaviour and mental health
- Doors for Christmas2024/12/11
Christmas in Riverton is Tanya Colyers time to shine.
- An introvert's Christmas2024/12/11
Christmas party season has officially begun. There are thousands of introverts out there, being forced to socialise outside of their comfort zone.
- Thrift2024/12/10
Cheap and cheerful ways to pamper yourself these holidays. Katy Gosset talks to a public health specialist about simple, free ways we can all boost our wellbeing.
- Feature interview: the art of the sandwich2024/12/10
Info (Show/Hide)If you want to learn about history, culture and economics, just look at what people put between two slices of bread. Just about every cuisine around the world has a sandwich recipe going back hundreds of years and marketing consultant and former Netflix exec Barry Enderwick has tried more than a thousand of them. He makes a new, old sandwich recipe every day on his TikTok, Sandwiches of History, starting with an oyster sandwich, made with chopped raw oysters, olive oil and Worcestershire sauce. He now has thousands of followers, millions of views and a new cookbook called Sandwiches of History: The Cookbook: All the Best (and Most Surprising) Things People Have Put Between Slices of Bread.
- Update on Oz with Brad Foster2024/12/10
Our regular date with Mr Australia, Brad Foster, our Aussie correspondent.
- Book Critic: 'All the Feels' Christmas Recommendations2024/12/10
Director of Library at Auckland Grammer, Catherine Ross has some recommendations for books that are beautifully written, challenging, touching, desperately sad but also wonderfully uplifting.
- How to clean your barbeque2024/12/10
To help you prepare your BBQ for summer, Emile talks to Consumer NZ BBQ expert James Le Page.
- Beloved Geoff's Emporium calls it a day2024/12/10
Beloved Geoff's Emporium, on Auckland's Dominion Road. opened in 1980 and will be no more at the end of January.
- Avian Flu and your pet fowl2024/12/10
Thousands of chickens will be culled in Otago due to H7N6 strain of avian influenza, but Evie Batten and her internet famous muscovy duck Pippi are ready for whatever comes.
- Some uncommon common sense for women at work2024/12/09
Follow your dreams is terrible career advice says Bonnie Hammer, vice chair of NBCUniversal and one of the most powerful women in entertainment.
- Expert Feature: insect pests2024/12/09
Today we're talking about something we've probably all had to deal with...insect pests!
- Information Center Cold Call: Wahi Beach2024/12/09
Every week Jesse calls a random information center somewhere in Aotearoa New Zealand. They don't know he's calling, and he doesn't know who he'll be speaking to. Today Jesse talks to Matt from the Waihi Beach information center.
- Television Critic: Ram Raid Mums and Ludwig2024/12/09
Linda Burgess reviews Ram Raid Mums (TVNZ+), The Spinoff's doco-series Home Education and cozy british detective series Ludwig.
- A trip to see the Kaimanawa horses2024/12/09
A couple of weekends ago, bus-loads of people had the chance to see Kaimanawa horses in the wild.
- A shoe box full of gifts2024/12/09
Thousands of children around the country will have a merrier Christmas this year thanks to the Christmas shoebox project.
