Afternoons

Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The Panel tonight.

It's time for Bookmarks, where we invite an interesting person on the show to talk about some of their favourite things and today, I'm joined by Sonya Wilson Sonya spent more than 20 years as a TV reporter, before moving into children's books both as an author and charity founder Her first book 'Spark Hunter' won the NZSA Best First Book Award at the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adult... it also won a Storylines Notable Book Award and was shortlisted for the Esther Glen Junior Fiction Prize Since then, she's founded the charity 'Kiwi Christmas Books' which gifts new books to kids whose parents can't afford to buy Christmas presents Sonya Wilson joins Jesse in the Auckland studio.

SONGS

Soft Boys make The Grade - by Marlon Williams

The Smoke by The Smile - this is Thom Yorke’s side project

BOOKS

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff 

The Bone People - Keri Hulme

Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam - Juliette McIvor

MOVIES / TV SHOWS

The Princess Bride 

Letterkenny

Poor Things & Begonia - directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

PODCASTS

The New Yorker: Fiction podcast

Faark I hope it’s not too Late 

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Wednesdays on Afternoons mean we chat Easy Eats with Kelly Gibney, this week she's sharing her recipe for spaghetti with olives, capers, garlic and toasted breadcrumbs. Click HERE for recipe.

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Time for Heading Off, our weekly travel segment where you share your adventures and hopefully inspire others to do the same! If you've got a story to share, then get in touch - 2101 or [email protected] Today we're heading to Africa, with a trip that took in Rwanda, Kenya and South Africa. It was a bucket-list adventure years in the making and included trekking through the rainforest to see mountain gorillas, watching lions and leopards on safari, and a little bit of rugby along the way. Former RNZ producer and journalist Kim Peacock spoke to Jesse.

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Each week we chat to RNZ podcast Our Changing World host Claire Concannon. This week Claire's going to share stories from her time with a marine ranger on a boat off Kaikoura.

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Tauranga author Natalie Hampshire spent two years living with pain before discovering the cause was stage four endometriosis. She was diagnosed in 2022 - a condition estimated to affect around 120-thousand people in New Zealand. Endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows elsewhere in the body. It can cause debilitating pain, heavy bleeding, infertility, and problems with the bladder and bowel. Natalie has now written about her experience, hoping to shed light on a condition that can take years to diagnose. Endo Empathy author Natalie Hampshire spoke to Jesse.

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Naenae based social enterprise Free Ride is all about making cycling more equitable for all. Last Christmas, the trust gave 35 bikes away to the community. This coming Saturday 14 November, Free Ride is calling for volunteers to join for something called the Big Bike Fix Up. It's when this year's giveaway bikes will be fixed up and ready to hand out. Lily Chalmers is the founder and chairperson of Free Ride, she spoke to Jesse.

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While we are in full pre-election mode here in New Zealand - in the US it's all eyes on the mid-term elections Americans have been out in force casting their votes in an election which is being seen as s nationwide referendum on Donald Trump's Presidency Polls have indicated that the Democrats could win big and take control of both the House and the Senate, which could lead to major constraints on President Trump's powers. Jesse spoke with Feature Story News US reporter Ira Spitzer.

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People generally fall into two camps; messy or tidy. We all know that person who can't relax until everything is in its place. And then there are the friends who can live quite happily amid piles of laundry, cluttered benches and cupboards they'd rather not open. The big question is, can a messy person become a tidy one and can a tidy person learn to live with a little mess? Dr Trevor Mazzucchelli is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Curtin University and specializes in behaviour change and wellbeing. He says being a messy person is not a moral failing and it's not destiny. Nor is being obsessively tidy. He shares his advice for coping with each camp and making changes we want to see.

We're playing You're the Judge today, this is a segment where we get your reckons on a dilemma and how it can be resolved, this week's comes from Gigi.

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