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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 20 November 2025
Wallace Chapman previews tonight's instalment of The Panel.
Your Money with Mary Holm
It's time to talk about your money now, personal finance whizz Mary Holm joins Jesse and today she's going to address some of your feedback. Focusing...
NZ Sporting History: The one and only Barry McGee
It's time for NZ Sporting History, and today Jesse is joined by our oldest living Olympic medalist Barry McGee. Barry is best remembered for taking ho...
Group Chat: the issues filling up your feeds
It's time now for group chat, a chance for us to talk about the topics filling up your phone, distracting you from work or helping pass the time while...
Find out why the GM debate isn't just about food or labels
Recently on the show we've been talking a bit about Genetic Modification, and the Gene Technology bill currently in front of Parliament. So far, we've...
What exactly is a water crematorium?
When we talked about how the country is running out of cemetery space last week we were inundated with your messages. So when we saw that the NZ's fir...
Ultra Processed Food - what should we be eating instead?
Yesterday on the show we started a conversation with Professor Boyd Swinburn about ultra processed foods, and new research he has been part of that sh...
Butter prices falling at global auction - why not in shops too?
Dairy prices fell for the 7th time in a row at last night's Global Dairy Auction with butter - a hot topic of conversation this year - falling 7.6%. W...
Stories from Our Changing World
Time now to catch up with Our Changing World's Claire Concannon, she's been talking to an Auckland-based team of chemists that have developed a new wa...
Easy Eats: Black pepper beef stir fry
Wednesday means we're halfway through the week, which is often when all cooking inspiration, or indeed motivation, goes out the window, But don't worr...
Heading Off: "Welcome to my Garden"
Time for our weekly travel segment Heading Off. On this segment last week we focussed on slow travel - and we continue that theme this week. "Welcome...
Honouring Douglas Wright
A landmark trans-Tasman dance collaboration will honour Douglas Wright, one of New Zealand's most revered choreographers. The restaging of his iconic...
The Epstein Files are to be released - so what happens now?
This morning - New Zealand time - the US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly - 427 to1- in favour of the Epstein Files Transparency ACT. Tha...
Why ultra processed foods are even worse for us than we thought
Ultra-processed foods are becoming so dominant in our diets, they are causing a surge in diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and depression, that's acco...
You're the Judge: Give us your reckons!
Our weekly segment where we ask the audience to help with irks or pickles that listeners have sent in. Today - should grandparents be paid to help car...
Spoken Feature: Thrift
This week Thrift is looking into decorating your home, without breaking the bank. In this second episode with an op shopping expert, Katy Gosset looks...
Feature interview: Re-examining Christian values
When John Fugelsang was growing up, his parents and his church taught him that Christianity was about kindness, forgiveness, and helping your neighbor...
Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Jesse catches up with Brad Foster about the news across the Tasman. Today he'll chat about The Liberal Party's decision to abandon net zero by 2050 cl...
Book Critic: Christmas present suggestions
Catherine Ross, the Director of Library at Auckland Grammar School and creator of the blog 'The School Book Wizard' joins me with some recommendations...
Podcast Critic: AI - how worried should we be really?
It feels like every day there is something new to be across when it comes to artificial intelligence and keeping across the hype and the fear is rathe...
Find out about an award-winning community project in Taranaki.
A Taranaki programme which provides training and pathways into work has won an environmental award. Tupu a Nuku is delivered by local iwi Ngati Maru a...
The talented Invercargill student shooting for the stars
Last night at Parliament the Prime Minister's Space Prizes were presented. These prizes were established to recognise the talented people working in s...
The Hawkes Bay bridge that has people talking
The Hawke's Bay East Coast Branch Construction Awards celebrates outstanding infrastructure achievements... and we reckon infrastructure in Hawkes Bay...
Scam Alert! What can we do to stop losing money to scammers?
A new report by Netsafe and the global anti scam alliance shows that New Zealand lost a record $3 billion to scams this year, which is up 30 percent f...
Expert Feature: How do you navigate a divorce or separation?
It's time for our expert feature and today we're talking about navigating divorce & separation Alongside the death of a loved one, separation and divo...
Feature Interview: What exactly is "workslop?"
You know it when you see it. An email from a co-worker or marketing pitch from a company that lands in your inbox, but you know it was written by arti...
Jesse Goes Clubbing!
We're trying something new here on Afternoons, we've decided Monday is club day, a chance for Jesse to hit the clubs. If you have a club you'd like Je...
Television Critic: Actor Michelle Langstone shares her picks
Let's talk what to watch on the box now and who better to tell us what's good right now, than actor Michelle Langstone. Film Club (Three Now) Educator...
Putting traditional building techniques into modern use
Mimiro is an ancient Maori building technique that sees wooden supports fastened together using joints similar to tongue and groove and then the whole...
Find out how AI is helping identify bird song
Last week we spotted an invitation to an event in Hamilton that had us intrigued; it was a conversation about how artificial intelligence can help ide...
Asbestos sand: How worried should you be?
Concern is sweeping the country amid a possible asbestos contamination of coloured play sands, with 120 schools and early play centers having contacte...
Horse instead of beef? How your diet can affect climate change
We all know the climate is in strife, and something needs to change. We've talked at length on Afternoons about Government, council and individual act...
A Decade of Critter of the Week! (Part two)
On Tuesday night we held a Critter of the Week live event to celebrate ten years of talking endangered species. Nicola Toki Forest and Bird's Chief Ex...
A Decade of Critter of the Week! (Part one)
Earlier this week we held a special event in Auckland celebrating a decade of Critter of the Week. Forest and Bird Chief Executive Nicola Toki and Jes...
Food with Julie Biuso
Julie Biuso has just got back from Greece and she's brought with her some summer food inspiration for us all. Julie shares what makes a Greek salad si...
Film Review: Does The Running Man stack up to the original?
The Running Man Now You See Me: Now You Don't Keeper All in cinemas now.
Freaky Friday
Time for Freaky Friday, our home for your spooky stories, terrifying tales and eerie encounters If you have a story to share, we want to hear from you...
Bus Driver Appreciation Day
There are over 7000 bus drivers across the country - and this Sunday is a day all about them. To show our appreciation, Jesse chats to kinetic bus dri...
Why the Coromandel is more than beautiful beaches
The Coromandel is growing in reputation as a centre for adventure, thanks in a large part to Andy Reid. Andy co-founded Adventure Racing Coromandel wi...
How will drug driving testing work?
December will see police beginning roadside drug driving testing in Wellington before rolling it out to the rest of the country. According to Transpor...