Afternoons

1:10 Explainer: Open Banking is here - so what is it exactly?

This week open banking officially went live for customers of the big four banks. 

That's ANZ, ASB, BNZ & Westpac. If you bank elsewhere your bank might not have enabled it quite yet.

But exactly what is open banking? And how will it make a difference to you?

To find out, Jesse is joined by Josh Daniell from open banking company Akahu.

1:15 What is 'ragebait' and how does it compare to other 'words of the year'?

The Oxford English dictionary has announced their Word of the Year as "Ragebait"

That joins Cambridge's pick "Parasocial", Collins "Vibe Coding" and Dictionary.com ... playing to the youth crowd with Six Seven.

While you might disagree with their picks, these words are an insight into where our culture and language are right now. 

 University of Waikato sociolinguist Andreea Claude is with Jesse to discuss these words and why we need word of the year at all. 

1:20 What exactly is the Queen's Chain and how can you use it?

Last week we had a conversation about paper roads, or as the Outdoor Access Commission prefers to call them, "unformed legal roads" and goodness me did we get a lot of feedback from you. 

Many of you asked about the Queen's Chain and so we're thrilled to have the Comission's field adviser Dot Dalziell back with us to tell us more about that topic. 

1:35 Why are we so bad at discerning sounds?

New research out of Auckland University has revealed we're really bad at discerning sounds. 

Sam Schwarzkopf an Associate Professor of Health Science chats to Jesse about why.

1:45 Podcast Critic: The Wonder of Stevie

Podcast Critic Elliot Childs shares his listening recommendations:

Cannonball 

The Wonder of Stevie.

2:10 Book Critic; Claire Mabey shares her picks

Let's chat books now and our critic Claire Mabey has some excellent offerings - especially if you're thinking of books for Christmas:

Good Things Come and Go by Josie Shapiro
Wrapping Things by Linda Burgess
Lockett and Wilde books by Lucy Strange and Pam Smy

2:20 Update on Oz with Brad Foster

Let's chat about what's happening in Australia and here to share the news from across the Tasman is Brad Foster.

Today Brad looks at the move to extend the lifespan of the largest coal fired power station; the new survey showing how teenagers feel about social media ban and the latest sports news.  

2:30 Music feature: An insight into Emmylou Harris 

It's rare that someone is able to thrive in both roles, but Emmylou Harris was able to do just that - and that's why she is the focus of our music feature today. 

As if releasing 26 solo albums wasn't enough, Emmylou Harris also collaborated with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Johnny Cash, Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and many, many more. 

Jesse is joined by music journalist Simon Sweetman. 

3:10 Feature: Ruby Tandoh digests food culture in 2025

Food isn’t just something we eat anymore.  We’re served up food culture all day long, whether we invite it in or not, feeding our cravings and shaping our choices in ways we don’t always notice. Ruby Tandoh is best known for her appearance on the Great British Bake Off and her sharp writing on cooking and culture. She’s watched the old hand-me-down recipe tradition give way to a constant stream of influences coming from every direction: viral posts, buzzy restaurants, and the invisible hand of algorithmic recommendation. Her new book unpacks how all of this guides our appetites. The book is called All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now.

3:30 Spoken Feature: Thrift

This week Thrift host Katy Gosset visits Te Oraka - that's the secondhand shop and social enterprise where students, style and sustainability meet at the University of Otago.

3:45 The pre-Panel Wallace Chapman preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.