Afternoons

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

This week The Housekeepers Rachael Quin is with Jesse to talk about how to juggle chores with neurodiversity in mind .. specifically ADHD.

This week Nicola Toki and Jesse discuss the Green Sea Turtle - they are large marine reptiles found globally in tropical and subtropical waters but are also regular visitors to, and recently discovered residents of, Aotearoa.

Martin Bosley, renowned chef and owner of Yellow Brick Seafoods shares his recipe for Japanese-stye poached chicken salad with smashed cucumber. Recipe below! Serves 4 For the chicken 2 large skinless chicken breasts, around 500-600g 3cm piece of ginger, sliced 2 spring onions 1 tsp salt For the smashed cucumber 2 Lebanese or one telegraph cucumber 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar 1 tsp sugar ½...

NZ Live is your chance to enjoy an intimate music session with songs and chat. This week Jesse is joined by Tim Mahon and the Kerfuffle.

Afternoons Film Critic Dominic Corry is with Jesse in the Auckland Studio to share what he's been watching; The Social Reckoning and NAZA (both in cinemas now)

Time for freaky Friday ...this is our home for your tales of the unexpected. We're talking ghosts, premonitions, the spooky, and the unexplainable. If you have a story to tell, then get in touch on 2101 or Jesse@rnz.co.nz.

In 1995, 18-year old American Christa Pike was sentenced to the death after murdering 19-year old Colleen Slemmer. For the last 31 years she's been on death row, until last month when she was set to become to the first women executed in Tennessee in 200 years. But, after surviving two lethal injections - Pike is reportedly now up and walking in hospital, and while a bit muddled is also talking. So...

We want to start today's show with some good news .. it's Friday after all and we love celebrating New Zealanders doing great things. Dr Dominic Moseley is one such New Zealander .. last night he won a big award at the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards .. for his work turning superconductivity research into technology that can be used in fusion energy. Dominic chats to Jesse.

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

The Government is spending $31 million to put internal walls into more than 600 classrooms at nearly 90 schools .. putting an end to so called open learning environments. If you think that sound familiar, you'd be right .. we have been here before. Dr Grant Morris takes a look at modern learning environments.

Every fortnight we like to chat about how we could solve some of the world's problems .. today Jesse is joined by Dave Armstrong who has some thoughts on what's going on in Wellington - Moa Point, Wellington Museum, WOW and bus lanes are on the agenda.

It's time for New Zealand Sporting history and today we're looking back at some of the great Bledisloe clashes The All Blacks will put their Eden park record on the line when they take on the wallabies this saturday We haven't been beaten at Eden Park since 1994 - and it's been 40 years since Australia last beat us there Tony Johnson will be calling the game for Sky Sport, he joins Jesse to discus...

Okay it is time to talk relationships now .. Jesse is joined by Professor Kirsty Ross from Massey University's School of Psychology to discuss some thorny issues. If you have a relationship pickle you need some advice on please get in touch .. on 2101 or drop us an email at afternoons@rnz.co.nz

Later this month The Decult conference is happening in Christchurch. The first such event was held in 2024 and it successfully brought together people with lived experiences of cults .. including Gloriavale and Destiny Church. Some of them telling their stories on stage for the first time. One of the people taking part this year is Ganesh Cherian, a former bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of L...

The impact of humans on New Zealand's forests has been dramatic .. and now a new book by artist and social historian Richard Wolfe reveals in pictures just how dramatic. The Passing of the Forest features more than 50 colour reproductions from New Zealand and Australian artists showing the effect of deforestation but also explores ways to replace what's been lost. Richard Wolfe is with Jesse to di...

An opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald by Steve Maharey caught our eye and we wanted to know more. Steve writes that Kiwis have champagne taste but a beer budget ... and it's not working for us. This election is being described as a cost of living battle .. and the word tax is frequent on the campaign trail .. but what seems to be less discussed is vision for the future .. and how we generate...

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

It's one of the defining debates about childhood today, the role smartphones and social media play in the youth mental health crisis. Some researchers point to them as a major source of anxiety, depression and lost childhood. Governments, including our own, have responded with proposed social media bans. But psychologist Dr Peter Gray argues we need to look at the bigger change that happened befor...

We've got a segment on Afternoons we like to call Roadie Songs ..we want to know the songs you love to turn up loud when you're on a road trip. If you have a song and a story you'd like to share, send your suggestion to 2101 along with your phone number. We love hearing your picks and why.

Sarah Tuck from Dish magazine joins Jesse to share a recipe and talk about the new cookbook - Dish Chook Book. The recipe is HERE!

It's time for Heading Off.. where we hear all about your travel adventures, think of it as a 2026 version of a slideshow. If you have an interesting story to tell.. please get in touch on 2101 or email me at jesse@rnz.co.nz Last month marked 50 years since my next guest Maggie set off on an adventure of a lifetime ... travelling overland from London to Cape Town in a former British Army snub-nosed...

Our Changing World's Ayana Piper-Healion joins Jesse to talk about the Bird of the Year, the Karure, Chatham Island Black Robin.

Political commentator Dr Claire Robinson joins Jesse to reflect on last night's Leaders' Debate and discuss what both leaders might do differently next time.

A new space has opened just north of Auckland in Whangaparaoa for neurodivergent people and their whanau. It's called Whare Wairua, and it's the latest project from Xabilities, a neurodivergent-led organisation founded by Tamara Grant. To tell us more about it, Tamara was with Jesse in the Auckland Studio.