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Afternoons

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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00:12:30

Film Review: 'Black Phone 2', 'Tron: Ares'

Afternoons ·

2025/10/17

Film critic Dominic Corry is here with his best picks which are full of thrills, spills and screams, oh and Ethan Hawke.

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00:10:20

Freaky Friday: Mychelle

Afternoons ·

2025/10/17

Listener Mychelle shares her Freaky Friday story.

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00:10:54

Tom Cawood: from playing rugby for Scotland to curing...

Afternoons ·

2025/10/17

Afternoons listener Tom Cawood shares a story that takes him from playing rugby for Scotland, to becoming an expert in nail care and attempting to cure the South Island's Didymo rock snot issues.

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00:10:30

The race to zero emissions concrete

Afternoons ·

2025/10/17

SmartCrete CRC is one of the organisations working on solutions. CEO Clare Tubolets speaks to Jesse.

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00:11:00

The Genetically Modified Organisms bill hits a roadblock

Afternoons ·

2025/10/17

Andrew Allan is a Professor at Auckland University's School of Biological Sciences and principal scientist at Plant and Food Research, and he joins Jesse.

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00:09:23

The Pre-Panel for 16 October 2025

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

Jesse is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest to preview this evening's show.

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00:09:07

Padel: What is it and why is everyone raving about it?

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

It's one of the fastest-growing sports in the world but you may not have ever heard of it. Padel is growing in popularity here in NZ and is quickly becoming not only a sport to get you fit, but to help you meet people. Adam McDonald is the Pacific Padel Albany club and community manager and is with Jesse now.

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00:07:04

History with Dr Grant Morris

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

Ancestry.com is the world's biggest genealogy website, providing users with access to historical records and DNA testing. It is known for having a vast collection of records and family trees and once a year it does a big update calling it DNA day. Our historian Dr Grant Morris is here to explain what that is and whether it matters.

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00:10:09

Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

With the local elections done and dusted, mayors will now be turning their attention to how to run their councils and get things done in their patch. Today in solving the world's problems, NZME Senior Writer Simon Wilson joins Jesse with an example of how one council seems to be highly functional through political, but crucially not partisan, politics.

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00:27:55

What's the most controversial call in NZ Sporting...

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

Time for NZ Sporting History, and today we're looking at the history of controversial calls in Kiwi sport. Referees have a thankless job and I suppose no one gets it right 100 percent of the time, but sometimes you can't help but throw your hands up and scream 'Oh come on ref!' So to look back at some of these high-wire moments Jesse is joined by award-winning sports journalist Dylan Cleaver.

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00:12:47

Relationships: Who does what chores in your home?

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

Friendships, workmates, love, whatever the status relationships are tricky. Navigating the highs and the lows can be challenging especially when it involves having tricky conversations. That's why we've got a new segment every fortnight that focuses on relationships. To help us navigate these difficult discussions I'm joined by Professor Kirsty Ross from Massey University's School of Psychology. Today we're focusing on chore allocation, office friendships and friend politics.

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00:14:21

Tackling the growing problem of wilding pine

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

The 2025 Wilding Pines conference is currently taking place in Twizel The aim of the conference is to share knowledge, boost morale and hopefully attract new funding to the problem Funding which - according to MPI returns $34 of economic value for every dollar spent. Dr Thomas Carlin is part of the Bioeconomy Science Institutes "Viva La Resistance" project.

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00:15:14

Why some universities are giving up on AI detection...

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

Several of our universities have given up running student essays through AI detection software. Because for the most part, they say it didn't really work. But at a time when essays and written projects can be generated in seconds, how to grade work is a serious question. It's one that Auckland Uni Teaching Fellow Patrick Dodd has been grappling with for the last couple of years, now he believes he's got a solution.

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00:05:06

GrabOne no more! So what happens to your vouchers?

Afternoons ·

2025/10/16

GrabOne - the website which offered discounted deals on experiences, products, and travel has gone into liquidation. It was once one of New Zealand's largest daily deals websites and used to be high value - it was sold by NZME to Global Marketplace New Zealand in 20-21 for $17.5 million. The company announced this morning that there would be no refunds for customers with unredeemed vouchers. RNZ's Money Correspondent Susan Edmunds chats to Jesse about consumer rights.

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00:13:52

Our Changing World: Australasian Crested Grebe

Afternoons ·

2025/10/15

Dr Claire Concannon of Our Changing World chats to Jesse about the Australasian Crested Grebe and the Lake Wanaka grebe project.

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00:24:14

Feature: The Mushroom Murders - What really happened?

Afternoons ·

2025/10/15

A quiet family lunch ends with three dead, one barely alive, and the world taunted by the question: did Erin Patterson serve up death cap mushrooms in the Beef Wellington lunch on purpose? That question was more than a matter of idle speculation for members of the jury in the Patterson Trial. The Australian writer behind Underbelly and Pine Gap has produced one of the first deep dives into the case that had the world riveted in not a whodunit, but a how did she do it. Greg Haddrick lays out the

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00:07:07

Easy Eats with the Hungry Cook

Afternoons ·

2025/10/15

It's Wednesday which means time to talk Easy Eats; a recipe that isn't too taxing on your time but still delivers on taste. Our regular Easy Eats contributor Kelly Gibney is away so we've got the talented Olivia Galletly also known as The Hungry Cook, joining us. Her recipe for eggplant, shallot and yellow coconut curry is here.

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00:06:04

Heading Off to Silk Road

Afternoons ·

2025/10/15

Time for our weekly travel adjacent segment - Heading Off. The longer we've run this, the more it's become your feature with loads of you getting in touch with the adventures you'd like to share. Including today's guest Afternoons listener Stephen Draaijer. Between 2004 and 2009 Stephen spent 15 months travelling and photographing the Silk Road. One of his portraits is up on the Afternoons section of the RNZ website now, and you can see the rest in his book "30 Silverglyphics: A Journey Along

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00:12:57

Combining music and books: New project 'Music to Read...

Afternoons ·

2025/10/15

After being closed for three years, next month will see Auckland's Point Chevalier library reopen. And opening day will be more than a ribbon cutting- it's going to have its own soundtrack. Musicians Dave Khan & David Ward, who have composed music for films like "Power of the dog" & worked with Marlon Williams, Reb Fountain & Dave Dobbin, are behind the project called 'Music to Read By'. To explain what that is Dave and Dave join Jesse with guitars in tow.

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00:10:50

The Wairarapa families producing top shelf wheat

Afternoons ·

2025/10/15

For centuries durum wheat has been recognised as the gold standard of wheats for making great pasta and bread. Much like the rest of our wheat supplies, almost all of it is imported. But, thanks to four families in the Wairarapa, that's beginning to change. Mick Williams from the Wairarapa Grain Collective talks to Jesse.

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