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12:25 PM.Tom Jackson got into postcards more than 25 years ago, and since then he's built up a massive collection of around 60,000 of them. He's also written a book and started up a popular Twitter account… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The homegrown comedy 'Melody Rules' that came out on TV3 in the 1990s has been panned as one of the worst sitcoms ever made. The critics called it cringeworthy, atrocious, awful, and a disaster in… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Was Melody Rules really 'The Worst Sitcom Ever Made'?! 'Podcast From The Past' uses postcards as springboards into stories. Then 'Sweeping The World' offers a hidden history of brushes and brushing… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Seen by some as a viable, cheap and fun urban transport solution, Lime electric scooters got taken off the streets of Auckland and Dunedin last week over safety concerns. We share an e-scooter… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Tracy Hall had been separated from her husband for over a year when she first met a man called Max Tavita via a dating app. He seemed witty, charming, intelligent, and attractive....a successful… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Early in the morning of Friday June the 17th 1966, two African-American men walked into the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey and shot four white people, killing three of them. Rising… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.He's probably best known for playing Doctor Who, or for his role as a dishevelled detective in Broadchurch...now the Scottish actor David Tennant's got his own podcast too! His first guest is his… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.'David Tennant Does A Podcast with...Olivia Colman'. A famous boxer's murder conviction overturned: 'The Hurricane Tapes'. On the trail of a serial conman in 'Who The Hell is Hamish?' and an e-scooter… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.NEON uses our favourite films, TV shows, and computer games as the vehicle to find out more about the history behind them. Presented by Jem Duducu and produced by Dan Morelle, we play some of an… Read more Audio

12:37 PM.Conviction's a new release from Gimlet Media centring on a colourful private eye called Manuel (Manny) Gomez and his attempts to clear the name of a teenager accused in a shooting. We play some of… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.In 'Finding Drago' (ABC) Aussie film geeks, comedians and Rocky fans Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James go on the hunt for a mysterious author called Todd Noy. He's the writer of a piece of fan… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Do you believe extraterrestrials exist? Astronomer Seth Shostak explores what we do and don't know about potential life on other planets in the new BBC podcast So Where Are The Aliens? Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Hunting for ET: So Where are the Aliens? 'Finding Drago' goes on the search for a mysterious writer. 'Conviction' is a true crime series starring a colourful private eye. And NEON explores the history… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Proof from America's Test Kitchen is a new-ish show trying to solve some food mysteries. Like should you put ketchup on burgers, and how do odd jellybean flavours get designed?! Writer and producer… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Listener Ange emailed us at pods@rnz.co.nz as she's loving The Sporkful with Dan Pashman. She says the show's become a "recent podcast obsession", and strongly recommends an episode called 'A Brief… Read more Audio

12:30 PM.BBC Radio 4's Food Programme turns 40 this year. With a mission to explore the world of food "from culture to cooking, from politics to pleasure" each week host Sheila Dillon, producer Dan Saladino… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Business Wars from Wondery recreates the stories of some of the big rivalries that have shaped consumer history. Past series have followed Nike vs Adidas, Xbox and Playstation, and Coke versus Pepsi… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.For a few years back in the 1980s and 90s, McDonald's sold pizza at some of its restaurants. Then it stopped doing so. These simple facts have propelled Brian Thompson into an investigation spanning… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.Whatever Happened to Pizza at McDonald's? Also battling burger chains, the future of seeds, Instagram and food culture, American BBQ, and that time when celery cost more than caviar! Audio

12:50 PM.If you're a fan of classic detective fiction- think Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L. Sayers, maybe some Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot- then check out Shedunnit. It's made by Caroline Crampton who writes for… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Sooner or later 'The 'Big One'- a 7.8 magnitude earthquake- is going to hit Los Angeles and Southen California. In fact, there's a 50:50 chance this is going to happen in the next 30 years. When it… Read more Audio

12:25 PM.Ross Sutherland's a writer, poet and actor from Edinburgh who also makes a podcast called 'Imaginary Advice'. He does it all himself and calls the podcast the most important thing he makes, and a… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.'The Complete Woman' is a 6-part series sending up domestic life back in 1960s America. Drawing her inspiration from old self-help guides, Amanda Lund creates domestic guru Marabel May. And you don't… Read more Audio

12:01 PM.A parody of self help Sixties style in 'The Complete Woman'. 'Imaginary Advice' blends fact and fiction in clever audio stories about the human condition. 'The Big One' explores LA's and California's… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.The white nationalist movement that calls itself the "alt right" is moving into comic books as a way of pushing its political agenda. It's a story told by Reveal, an investigative podcast aiming to… Read more Audio