Afternoons

Nov 20 2024 209 ep. 12 mins 2k
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Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.

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The Pre-Panel for November 21

Nov 20 2024 8 mins  
Today on the pre-panel producer Carol Stiles joins Wallace Chapman & Jesse Mulligan to preview tonight's show.

History with Dr Grant Morris

Nov 20 2024 10 mins  
Dr Grant from Victoria University looks at the history of mass protests in New Zealand and how they stack up against Tuesday's hikoi to Wellington.

Solving the World's Problems: midwife-led maternity care

Nov 20 2024 8 mins  
Publicist Ali Jones says she has the answer to poor health outcomes for mothers and newborns: a health system where midwives are front and center. It's an approach advocated for by the WHO in a new report. But there is one place where a system like this is already implemented: Aotearoa/New Zealand. but is it appropriately funded?

NZ Sporting History: Steve Gurney

Nov 20 2024 29 mins  
Adventure racer and multisport triathlete Steve Gurney joins us for this week's NZ Sporting History. Steve is most well-known for winning the 243km Coast to Coast race a record 9 times and representing New Zealand at two Mountain bike world championships.

Podcast Critic: pods to send you to sleep

Nov 20 2024 11 mins  
RNZ News reader Evie Ashton reviews an eclectic bunch of podcasts that can help send you off to sleep.

Please help find a cockatoo that says "hello darling"

Nov 20 2024 4 mins  
Staff at an Upper Hutt Wildlife reserve are devastated after the alleged theft of its "loving and talkative" Cockatoo 'Pepper' Staglands staff believe the 6-year-old sulphur crested cockatoo was taken from her aviary on Sunday and are now asking the public and police for help getting her back... Stagland's general manager Sarah Purdy talks to Jesse about Pepper and the alleged abdu

Lord of the Ring (laser)

Nov 20 2024 9 mins  
For over a decade, an irreplaceable ring laser has been trapped in a cavern 30m below Christchurch port hills. The Carl Zeiss laser was installed in an old World War Two bunker in 1997 until a rockfall after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake sealed the cavern. But now it's been rescued and is fully operational. Professor Jon-Paul Wells is the principal investigator on the ring laser

Are bobby calves reducing New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions?

Nov 20 2024 14 mins  
Beef cattle account for roughly 10% of Aotearoa New Zealand's total greenhouse gas emissions. There's plenty of research looking into methods to reduce emissions - vaccines, seaweed-based feed, and selective breeding programs are all being explored. But according to a new AgResearch study there could be a simpler way.

Native plants in Tongariro National Park are facing a threat

Nov 20 2024 8 mins  
A new study has found that native plants in Tongariro National Park are being hit hard by the spread of invasive heather, with a 40 to 50 percent decline in native species in some areas. Dr Julie Deslippe, a senior lecturer in biological sciences at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington joined Jesse.

The Pre-Panel for 20 November

Nov 19 2024 9 mins  
Today on the pre-panel producer Carol Stiles joins Wallace Chapman & Jesse Mulligan to preview tonight's show.