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.

Nicola Toki joins Jesse to talk about this week's critter of the week - net-building caddisfly. New Zealand has a little over 200 known species of caddisflies, which create filter-feeding nets out of silk to catch their food.

Landscape designer Tony Murrell from Murrell Designs is with me now to talk about how you can make mulches from Autumn's dropped debris even when you don't have lots of equipment.

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Fridays on Afternoons means food and we've got the wonderfully talented Connie Clarkson with us today. Connie is the Manager of the Auckland Council's Kitchen Project amongst many other things.

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Afternoons critic Dominic Corry shares what he's been watching: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (in theatres) Obsession (in theatres) Guru (playing as part of the French Film Festival).

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Freaky Friday is your chance to share a tale of the unexplained. It could be an interaction with a ghost, a possession, a premonition or something soo freaky we don't even have a word for it. If you've got a tale to tell get in touch on 2101 or [email protected] Today we're joined by Kate in Rangiwahia. That's about 50km north of Feilding.

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All week on Afternoons we've been celebrating the finalists for the Science New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award. We've had a marine ecologist, a mycologist, a volcanologist, and today we leap into the world of forensic toxicology. Diana Kappatos retired earlier this year after 50 years in forensic toxicology. To rattle off just a few of her accomplishments, Diana supported response to the synthetic cannabinoid crisis, built the surveillance tools we use for drug monitoring, and more recently published a paper that provides a baseline for MDMA-positive drivers ahead of the new roadside testing. She chats to Jesse.

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The Enhanced Games are happening this Sunday in Las Vegas, which is Monday NZ time. This competition see world class swimmers, runners and weightlifters compete for a $25 million prize pool. But what sets these games apart is that all the athletes are on performance enhancing drugs, something that's banned in traditional world competitions. Enhanced Games Chief Executive Max Martin talks to Jesse.

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In 2020, we spoke with then Porirua high school student Jess Jenkins who was off to study at Harvard University Fast forward six years and Jess is now a senior at Harvard and has been selected as one of this year's 'Fay Prize winners' - the top prize at Harvard for undergraduate thesis work. Her research used big data to explore how where you grow up shapes your future and also examined the long-term impacts of colonial land confiscation in Aotearoa. Jess chats to Jesse.

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We're going to start the show talking music because a new music streaming platform is being launched but this one is locally owned and says it wants to give musicians a bigger slice of the pie. It's called Lume and has got a who's who of New Zealanders behind it, and investing in it, including singer Lorde. The platform will let fans buy digital albums bundled with bonus content including exclusive audio, video, artwork and photography. Local artist Geneva AM backs the news and she joins Jesse.

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