Afternoons
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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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The Pre-Panel
It's a show within a show! Guaranteed to make you smile, or grimace. The Panel team previews tonight's edition of their programme.
Feature Interview: Why we've underestimated value of small talk
A five-second chat with a stranger can sometimes do what a week of self-care can't. Tiny moments like a comment in the supermarket line, a quick excha...
How does the Baby Reindeer creator's new series stack up?
Afternoons TV critic Michelle Langstone reviews: Half Man (TVNZ+) Bait (Amazon Prime Video)
Expert Feature: Everything you ever wanted to know about cats!
It's time now for our expert feature where we tackle a topic and put your questions to the people who know it best Today, we're talking about our fluf...
Jesse Goes Clubbing: Carb Club
Every Monday we like to check out a local club or society doing something cool. If you've got a club we should know about then let me know - 2101 or J...
OZ Update: What's happening in Australia?
We catch up with Brad Foster, our friend across the Tasman, to find out what's hitting the headlines in Australia.
Heathers - Turning a cult classic into a stage show
You might remember the film Heathers from the late 80s. It starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, and it's stood the test of time as a cult favour...
Would you share the power generated from your solar panels?
A cool study caught our eye, and we wanted to learn more about it. A University of Waikato project is looking at taking advantage of neighbourhoods ge...
Explainer: Why is butter from America cheaper than NZ butter?
We came in this morning to a text machine full of with messages about the American butter that's in some of our supermarkets. Most of them echoed Susi...
The Pre-Panel for Friday, 1 May 2026
Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.
Critter of the Week: Horse Mussel (Atrina Zelandica)
This week's critter is a gentle giant of the seafloor, a mussel so big it sticks out of the mud like a little underwater skyscraper. It filters the oc...
Weekend Stuff: Autumn to-do list with Lynda Hallinan
Lynda joins Jesse to talk about the pros of autumn, turns out there are some silver linings about making an autumn to-do list and getting stuck into i...
Food with Julie Biuso: Borscht
Borscht is popular throughout Eastern Europe, with countless variations. This hearty version, almost thick enough to be a stew, is meaty, smoky, and s...
Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday is the home for all of your terrifying tales and eerie coincidences. So if you've spent a night in a haunted house ... seen an unexplain...
The podcast that helped solve the Roxanne Sharp cold case
In 1982 teenager Roxanne Sharp was killed in the woods of St Tammany Parish, which is about 48km north of New Orleans in Louisiana. At the time police...
Frocks and Shocks! Why are school balls so expensive?
We are officially entering school ball season which means the giddy excitement of choosing partners, dresses, suits, make up, party limos and tans. Bu...
Film Review: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Afternoons film critic Kate Rodger joins Jesse to give her hot takes on the latest films out in cinemas. The Devil Wears Prada 2 Apex
The Kiwi couple trying to harness the ocean's energy
On a recent trip to the Chatham Islands, Mela and David Greenslade were struck by how reliant the islands are on diesel, despite being completely surr...
Your Money with Mary Holm
Mary Holm is with Jesse to talk money matters and today she's focusing on KiwiSaver: ACT's KiwiSaver idea and the two KiwiSaver changes Mary would mos...
A-Z of Aotearoa: T for Tangiwai
We're working our way through the alphabet to highlight people, places or events that make New Zealand, New Zealand. This week we're at T and have cho...
Relationships with Kirsty Ross
Professor Kirsty Ross from Massey University's School of Psychology joins Jesse to discuss issues and how to solve them. Please get in touch if there...
Why NZ homeowners are choosing practical over pretty
New research shows that homeowners, and aspiring homeowners, are less concerned about beautification of their homes and more focused on the practicali...
NZ Comedy Festival: How comedians work the crowd
This weekend marks the start of the New Zealand Comedy Festival, and gosh couldn't we all use some laughter right now? Tony Lyall is one of the comedi...
The Kiwi research into evolution that's been a breakthrough
Research by some Auckland scientists has been labelled one of the big science breakthroughs of 2025 by Quanta magazine - a renowned US publication tha...
Why is university the default for school leavers?
For many school leavers, university seems to be the default option, and doing an apprenticeship or going into the workforce is often seen as a second-...
Feature interview: Have we created picky eaters?
We've all seen the child who eats three foods on repeat, refuses anything green, and can't abide by food touching other food. But social historian Dr....
Easy Eats: Fish, leek and spinach pie
Kelly Gibney comes up with the dishes every week and joins Jesse to share today's one.
Our Changing World - Bioeconomy Science Institute
Host Claire Concannon is in the field this week, so Liz Garton is with us to talk about her visit to the Bioeconomy Science Institute.
The Harlem Globetrotters on Thrills, Spills and Dunks
Harlem Globetrotters Kaylin "Sunshine" West and Alex "Moose" Weekes join Jesse in the studio.
The Kiwis taking on some of Australia's toughest roads
Dennis Renshaw is driving across some of Australia's most formidable roads to raise money for cancer research.
Why are conspiracy theories becoming mainstream?
Scott Radnitz is a professor at the University of Washington who has written on conspiracism, and he joins Jesse Mulligan.
Can marijuana really treat anxiety or chronic pain?
For years we've been told marijuana can treat everything from anxiety to chronic pain, often with more confidence than evidence because cannabis as an...
You're the Judge
On Tuesdays we play You're the Judge - we put a dilemma to you and ask for your help to solve it - today's one is about not posting photos of your chi...
Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt
Tim Batt chats to Jesse about all things tech. This week, the TVNZ+ app, the big data center being built in Utah and a new EU rule about mobile phone...
Mayoral Minutes with South Wairarapa District Mayor Fran Wilde
It's time for Mayoral minutes, where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing, how they're working to solve them and what makes...
Book Critic: Murder in Paris in 1968
Afternoons book critic Bill Hastings shares what he's been reading: Edward Chisholm, Murder in Paris '68, A True Story of Death and Glamour (Monoray,...
RNZ Podcast: Thrift
Coming up on Thrift, ready or not, retirement comes to all of us but how prepared are we? Katy Gosset takes a look.
Does consciousness survive death?
Professor Jesse Bering has spent almost three decades researching the way we think about the afterlife. That research led him to the work of the psych...
The NZ company sniffing out food quality
New Zealand tech firm Scentian Bio has developed a digital nose that can be used to detect the tiny chemicals associated with everything from fruit ri...