Afternoons

Jesse talks to Auckland Zoo's Curator of Ectotherms, Don McFarlane, about wetapunga. Wait till you hear the success story of how this critter has been brought back from the brink!

It's time for our Weekend Stuff segment; this week we are talking with Sylvia Sanford about changing the role of a room. Please send any questions you have for Sylvia to 2101.

The mornings might be getting cooler but Olivia Galletly, also known as The Hungry Cook, has a recipe that keeps that summer feeling lingering a little longer. Click HERE for the recipe.

Today on NZ Live - Aotearoa New Zealand's best live music showcase - we're joined by Hemi Hemmingway. Hemi, real name Shaun Blackwell, released his second album 'Wings of Desire' a couple of weeks ago, and critics are loving it!

Film critic Dominic Corry joins Jesse to review: The Bride! Tenor - My Name Is Pati Charli XCX movie The Moment

Time for Freaky Friday, our home for your terrifying tales. We're talking ghosts and ghouls, UFO's and unexplained happenings. If you've got a story for us, we want to know; 2101 on the text or email [email protected] Today we're joined by Marie.

Professor Simon Mitchell has won a major award for his work advancing dive practice worldwide, receiving the NOGI Science award from the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences Considered the 'Oscars' of the diving world, past recipients include the great French explorer Jacques Cousteau, Bob Ballard who discovered the wreck of the Titantic, and Ocean explorer and film director James Cameron Professor Mitchell is internationally recognised for his research in diving medicine, particularly in decompression physiology and oxygen toxicity, and he has recently appeared in the Netflix documentary 'Deeper' alongside some of the team involved in the 2019 Thai Cave rescue Professor Simon Mitchell, Head of Anaesthesiology at the University of Auckland joins Jesse.

National Farmers' Markets Week kicks off tomorrow, an annual celebration encouraging shoppers to ditch the supermarket and give their local market a go. Helen Dorresteyn co-founded the Clevedon Village Farmers' Market 20 years ago. She went door to door recruiting around 20 local producers, it's since grown into a thriving market with about 60 stalls and is now widely regarded as one of Auckland's best farmers' markets. She chats to Jesse.

What on earth is going on with the National Party? That's the question that seems to be on lots of lips as new polling shows the party only a couple of points above its disastrous 2020 numbers. The latest Curia Poll, released by The Taxpayer's Union, National is sitting at 28 percent, down three points from the same poll last October, and 10 points from the last election. Already today Nicola Willis, National's Deputy Leader, has said publicly she's not happy with the number, and that they have to do better. To offer his own analysis director of Capital NZ, former National press secretary, and political commentator Ben Thomas is with Jesse.

It's not headline news that raising kids isn't easy: you survive the sleepless nights, get through the toddler tantrums, navigate the primary school pickles, only to arrive at the stage where you need to have important, but often awkward, conversations with your tweens and teens about topics like consent, online predators and sex. To discuss how to navigate those tricky chats parenting coach Jo Robertson joins Jesse.