The pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense
Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join t...
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Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
Jesse hosts an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
Episodes
20 of 910 episodesYou're the Judge!
Each Tuesday here on Afternoons we play You're the Judge where you, our audience, get to chime into someone else's dilemma. This week Billy...
Why our toughest moments can also be our best
If you had one last meal, what would you choose? This is a question that begins every episode of a podcast called Last Meal with Tom Nash. B...
Podcast Critic: The Poisoned Wife and Black Box: The Chatbots
A good podcast is like good radio, you can't stop listening, but with so many podcasts on offer it's hard to know what to commit to - fortun...
Book Critic: Theme of Invisible Women
This week Afternoon's book critic Lisa Glass looks into the theme of invisible women via these books: Sophie, Standing There - Meg Mason Bor...
Mayoral Minutes: Masterton Mayor Bex Johnson
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...
Why does it take so long to get a MS diagnosis?
Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is a life long neurological condition that affects five thousand New Zealanders. Symptoms often start...
Putting regenerative farming to the test
To help build a picture of what regenerative farming practices might look like here in New Zealand, Te Whare Wanaka o Aoraki Lincoln Univers...
Explainer: Can we actually trust political polls?
We're going to start today's show by talking about political polls and whether they're reliable. This election is looking really close - and...
The pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense
Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join t...
Feature Interview: Is the world getting uglier?
Ugly is having a moment. Cars are getting bigger, buildings louder and fashion more deliberately outrageous, some might even say deliberatel...
TV Critic: The Westies and Lanterns
Let's find out what's good to watch on the television, our critic Dominic Corry is with Jesse in the Auckland studio to share his picks: Lan...
Expert Feature: The Brain
Today we're going to focus on the brain. We'll be talking about brain development, how it controls or bodies and our senses, and what happen...
Jesse Goes Clubbing
Every Monday afternoon we hit the clubs. We've been to lots of amazing places this year, but we're always keen for more so if you have a clu...
OZ Update: What's happening in Australia?
Afternoons contributor Brad Foster joins Jesse to tell him what's hitting the headlines in Australia. [picture id="4KH74W7_farnham_jfif" cro...
We're speaking fewer words each day - why?
Do you find yourself speaking less than you used to? We're asking because a new study has revealed that daily conversations are shrinking, w...
The friends putting their te reo Māori to the test
This week is te wiki o te reo Māori, and to mark it, journalists Eugene Bingham and Adam Dudding have released a new podcast called Reo Jour...
Celebrating great sportsmanship at AIMS Games
We want to start with some positive news, because it's been a big week for Tikipunga High School at the AIMS Games. For the first time in mo...
Food: Lime and Coconut Mussel Hot Pot
Connie Clarkson joins Jesse to share her recipe for Lime and Coconut Mussel Hot Pot. A 'Little bit Country little bit Rock and Roll" moment....
Kiwi Cover Contest - The Runners Up
Music 101 producer Tony Stamp joins us to reveal the runners up in the 2026 Kiwi Cover Song Contest. The winning song will be revealed on Mo...