Afternoons

We came in this morning to a text machine full of with messages about the American butter that's in some of our supermarkets. Most of them echoed Susie's thoughts who asked: 'Why on earth are we importing butter when we are supposed to be the best producers?' We've got another question, despite coming all the way from the USA, a 500g block is up to $1 less than the cheapest locally produced brand, and we want to know how? To discuss Jesse is joined by NZX Head of Dairy Insights Cristina Alvarado.

Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel.

This week's critter is a gentle giant of the seafloor, a mussel so big it sticks out of the mud like a little underwater skyscraper. It filters the ocean, builds habitat for other species, and quietly holds entire ecosystems together. Nicola Toki joins Jesse to discuss.

Lynda joins Jesse to talk about the pros of autumn, turns out there are some silver linings about making an autumn to-do list and getting stuck into it. Cut your losses in the vegetable patch; If you are replanting, sow peas and plant brassicas. Lawn a disaster? Kill it now and resow it. Anything you hate in your garden? Get rid of it!

Borscht is popular throughout Eastern Europe, with countless variations. This hearty version, almost thick enough to be a stew, is meaty, smoky, and savoury, with fresh notes of apple and lemon to give it a traditional sweet and sour edge. Serve with crusty bread. Start the preparation (soaking the bacon hocks and making the stock) one or two days before making the soup. Link to the recipe is here

Freaky Friday is the home for all of your terrifying tales and eerie coincidences. So if you've spent a night in a haunted house ... seen an unexplained moving object ... or experienced a seance gone wrong we want to hear from you. Text 2010 or email [email protected]

In 1982 teenager Roxanne Sharp was killed in the woods of St Tammany Parish, which is about 48km north of New Orleans in Louisiana. At the time police struggled to solve the case due to a lack of evidence and witnesses willing to come forward. Fast forward 44 years and the decades old case has finally been solved with four men arrested, something police are crediting to a six-part podcast called 'Who Killed Roxanne Sharp'. Vice-president of Northshore Media, Charles Dowdy, who produced the podcast, joins Jesse.

We are officially entering school ball season which means the giddy excitement of choosing partners, dresses, suits, make up, party limos and tans. But all of that also means a lot of money and that's after buying the actual ball ticket! An article in the Herald this morning says tickets to Orewa College's upcoming ball were $230 a ticket but after a backlash from parents are now $195. Orewa College isn't the only school dealing with this issue. Here to explain what it's like to hold a school ball, is Principal of Massey High School in Auckland, Alastair Fairley.

Afternoons film critic Kate Rodger joins Jesse to give her hot takes on the latest films out in cinemas. The Devil Wears Prada 2 Apex

On a recent trip to the Chatham Islands, Mela and David Greenslade were struck by how reliant the islands are on diesel, despite being completely surrounded by powerful ocean energy. So they decided to try and develop technology to harness that energy, making something remote coastal and island communities could use. They're calling it SwellGen. Mela chats to Jesse.