Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons

John Cowan from The Parenting Place talks with Si and Phil about how to navigate all the modern minefields of being a parent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Continuing technological advances is making it more difficult to keep people safe. The latest in "deep fake" technology is DeepNude - an app that uses AI to transform an image of a clothed woman into a realistic rendering of what she might look like naked. DeepNude surged in popularity after being covered by Vice last week, swamping its anonymous creator's servers. It was soon offline, but not bef...

A young female Arctic fox has shocked scientists by travelling over 3,500 km (2,175 miles) from Norway to Canada in just 76 days. The journey took her from Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, which sits between mainland Norway and the North Pole, to Ellesmere Island, Canada, according to research published in the journal Polar Research. Scientists from Norway's Polar Insti...

Celebrity chef and entrepreneur Nadia Lim talks with Si and Phil about Dancing with the Stars, home cooking, family life and her new venture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dry July is a fundraiser that challenges you to go alcohol-free and raise funds for people affected by cancer. Funds raised for Dry July will benefit Look Good Feel Better, a charity that provides free, community-based programmes for any person, facing any cancer, at any time. To chat more about Dry July, General Manager of Look Good, Feel Great Clare O'Higgins joined the show. LISTEN TO THE AUDIO...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is adding to its ranks by extending invitations to 842 new members of the film industry. The invitees, which make up people from over 59 countries, not only include some familiar names but also exemplify the Academy's push for better inclusion. Half of the invited members for 2019 are women and 29 per cent of them are people of color. They include r...

Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford chat with All Blacks Captain Kieran Read on the RWC and the release of the new All Black's Jersey.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world's oldest heritage railway is offering free rides to locals stranded by roadworks. Roadworks on 19 kilometres of road between Abergynolwyn and Tywyn in the Welsh region of Gwynedd have led to a reduction in public transport services. In order to help those locals out, the Talyllyn Railway has offered free rides to passengers between the two spots. The railway opened in 1865 but entered in...

"It is a great privilege and pleasure to be on this station and to be together again and to have you as a family." After months of anticipation, Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford have reunited on Newstalk ZB. The two Christchurch-based radio veterans have come together after 13 years apart on the airwaves, after hosting ZM's breakfast show for 11 years from 1992 to 2003.  "A fairly open minded duo",...