Summer Times Podcast Options

11:55 AM.We continue our journey around the country with a catch up with RNZ's Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin. Read more Audio

11:35 AM.Oscar West and Rennie Pearson, otherwise known as Polytropos, make traditional Irish and Scottish music. They've just released their debut album and join Emile Donovan in the studio ahead of the… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Today - a regular music critic on Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan - Dianne Swann - who has had a long and varied musical career including with When the cats Away, she's toured with Radiohead, supported… Read more Audio

10:30 AM.What's you ancient Greek meme game like? It's very unlikely you have anything on New Zealand teacher Ben. He founded the Twitter page Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens just under a year… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Eat well, spend less. Who doesn't want to do that? But we get busy and we get lazy about sticking to a budget and planning out meals. The next thing you know you've spent a fortune for the weekly… Read more Audio

9:45 AM.Will Flockton from BBC Sussex joins Emile from the United Kingdom. England is in the teeth of a protracted but unclear lockdown and the roll out of 24/7 vaccination against Covid19. Read more Audio

9:40 AM.Boaties in the Bay of Islands are bringing their dogs and sometimes even cats onto predator free islands which conservationists say is putting native fauna at risk. Fleur Corbett is the chairperson of… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.Tame Malcolm is dedicated to protecting the environment - and for more than a decade has been working hard to ensure Māori have a say in how the environment is protected. He's about to start a PhD… Read more Audio

9:20 AM.Earlier this morning the inauguration of the 46th president of the United States Joe Biden took place in Washington DC. Emile speaks to Associate Professor Tim Kuhner from Auckland University about… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.Our correspondent Giles Gibson joins Emile from Washington DC with an update on how the day has gone there. The Inauguration ceremony itself took place at 6AM this morning. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr… Read more Audio

11:35 AM.We've all seen a guilty dog give us that look, that sheepish look that lets us know, that they know they're in trouble. Dogs evolved alongside us for 40-thousand years, and studies show they've even… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.Shannon Haunui-Thompson - RNZ's Kurahautū Māori - RNZ Māori Strategy Manager, joins Emile Donovan to discuss some of her favourite books, songs, podcasts and TV shows.  Read more Audio

10:45 AM.Our music critic today is RNZ Concert presenter and host of RNZ's Inside Out Jazz programme Nick Tipping. He's come in with two hot picks of his summer listening: 'Money' by Moonchild and 'What About… Read more Audio

10:15 AM.Sugar and spice is not a very nice way to way to describe girls, it never has been. But the old nursery rhyme dividing boys and girls has still not been consigned to history. But the old nursery rhyme… Read more Audio

10:05 AM.Haka, waita, ti rakau stick games and poi work are all being combined in a new show telling the story of Maui fishing up Te Ika a Maui the North Island. Maori performing arts group HIWA are also using… Read more Audio

9:55 AM.Australia correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh joins Emile to discuss changes in the Australia - United States relationship as Joe Biden takes office, the latest on how the country is dealing with the… Read more Audio

9:30 AM.The first egg has hatched at the Taiaroa Head Northern Royal Albatross Colony in Dunedin in what is on course to be the second best breeding season on record. It's an anxious time - once hatching… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:20 AM.Is your house ready for a direct hit from a volcano? A team of scientists is researching just how hard urban volcanoes hit to try and help Aucklanders prepare for an eruption. Amongst other things… Read more Video, Audio

9:05 AM.Kiwi chef and restaurateur Josh Emett who runs popular Auckland restaurants The Oyster Inn and Onslow is on the hunt for good Kiwi staff. He took to Instagram earlier this week to urge New Zealanders… Read more Audio

11:55 AM.Doug Davidson from the River City Press newspaper in Whanganui joins Emile to discuss an interesting year to come on the banks of the river. Read more Audio

11:30 AM.The case of a missing Goldie oil painting has been captivating people all over the country. Sleep 'tis a Gentle Thing was taken along with other valuable artworks and antiques between 27 December and… Read more Audio

11:05 AM.The producer and presenter of RNZ's Voices programme joins Emile to talk about her life and pick some of her favourite books, films music and more! Read more Audio

10:05 AM.The world is awash in advice about diets; eat like the French, eat like cavemen, fast and then eat. It can make the most conscientious eater feel all at sea. German science writer Bas Kast wants offer… Read more Audio