Macaela Mackenzie is a senior editor at Glamour magazine who has spent years writing about women athletes and their struggle for equality in sports. She has a new book out.

How women in sports are making inroads for equality everywhere

Catherine Robertson

Today Catherine talks to Jesse about non-fiction book Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and The Artist by Ruby Solly.

Book Critic: Catherine Robertson

Daniel Watson

Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT services Daniel Watson talked to Jesse about the emotional toll scammers have on their victims as well as more tips on how to avoid being scammed.

Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson

Educating children about relationships and sexuality is essential to their development. But, with so much unfiltered content available online, seeing they get accurate, healthy information around these topics can be difficult.

Ensuring accessible appropriate sex education for young people

It began as a couple of questions about a renowned marine park, 18 months later it was a documentary. 'Seasick' - directed by Simon Mark-Brown - is a deep dive into the health of the Hauraki Gulf / Tikapa Moana.

Seasick - a close look at the health of the Hauraki Gulf

The Ka'iwi Channel also known as the "Channel of bones" in Hawai'i was once again host to the Molokai2Oahu Paddleboard World Championships, yesterday. The 52-kilometre race saw dozens of Kiwis taking part.

Keen kiwis paddling over the 'channel of bones' in Hawai'i

From the moment Film Director Christopher Nolan read a Pulitzer Prize winning biography about the leader of the Manhattan Project laboratory, he wanted to tell his story. Now Oppenheimer is exceeding box office expectations.

Behind the book which inspired the movie Oppenheimer

Senior Sergeant Nathan Snell has been a police officer for close to a decade, and he's just starting a new role as the road policing service team leader for the Nelson Bays area. He's here to tell us what it's like to be on the front line.

Expert feature: Policing

Recently Jesse put the call out to our listeners to tell us about their children/grandchildren or young people in their care and how they have been outstanding. The response was overwhelming and today we meet one of the many proud people talking about the achievements of their youngsters.

Proud parenting moments

Today Pratik talks to Jesse about What We Do in the Shadows US Season 5, Creamerie Season 2 and Good Omens Season 2.

Television Critic: Pratik Navani

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.

We've all heard of a Teddy Bear Picnic but how many of you have heard of a Teddy Bear Hospital? Well, this Saturday, Dunedin teddy bears can get a full health check-up from head to toe. Leilani Jones explains it all to Jesse.

Teddy Bear Hospital events to check teddy health.

With food banks reporting unprecedented demand across the country. A photo competition, with an unusual twist, is hoping to provide them some cold hard cash. Charlotte Harding is one of the organisers of the Wairarapa-based comp.

Glamour and gumboots event to raise money for food banks

The idea of plastic not so fantastic could be turned on its head. The global issue of medical plastic waste - which increased by millions of tonnes over the pandemic - has been the subject of a recent study at Canterbury University.

Turning medical waste into fuel!

Kareao is native to Aotearoa. While it can be frustrating to navigate through, the plant is incredibly useful - it can be eaten, woven, used as a rope or even used to make kites.

Critter of the Week Kareao / supplejack

Lynda Hallinan

Lynda Hallinan shares some gardening tips for the upcoming spring season.

Gardening with Lynda Hallinan

This week's recipe is a simple old-school favourite that is perfect for winter and great to fill up hungry people. It often has a bad reputation, but Julie Biuso has some tips and tricks on how to make the perfect steamed pudding.

Steamed Date Pudding

Graeme Tuckett

Today Graeme talks to Jesse about some documentaries he's been watching, John Farnham: Finding The Voice, Ms.Information and Red Mole. A Romance and Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts &amp; Dreams.

Film Review with Graeme Tuckett

For Freaky Friday this week we hear from Duncan with a spooky tomato sauce encounter and Jenny whose time in a haunted house left her family trembling!

Freaky Friday

Like a cat cuddle with your cappuccino? The South Island's only cat cafe is celebrating five years of business - including setting up 150 rescue cat adoptions.

No snoozing on the job at Catnap Cafe

In almost no time at all, Te Korowai O Waiheke, a Predator Free 2050 initiative, has eliminated close to 100 percent of the pest species, meaning Waiheke is very close to becoming the largest island in the world to have eradicated stoats.

Making Waiheke Island stoat free

Afternoons

The best podcasts about ourselves as well as the world through the lense of Science. Specific topics include things about our brain, emotions to biology, physics and more!

Best Episodes on Science, Humans & The World

The best podcast episodes of the most interesting stories and things. From skyping someone while they're in space, to tracking down and meeting a telephone scammer in person, to the story of a Galapagos. These episodes will keep you and all your friends entertained and captivated for hours. Learn something new in every episode! Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!