Afternoons

There's the work you can see around the house and then there's the work that lives in someone's head. Remembering the school forms, booking the appointments, noticing what's running out, planning the weekend, anticipating what everyone will need next. We've heard women describe this invisible workload for years, because they're usually the ones carrying it. Zach Watson offers the male perspective. He calls himself a "recovering man-child." He challenges men to stop thinking of household responsibility as something they simply help with. With 1.4 million followers on social media, plus workshops and coaching, he's trying to change the way men understand what it means to carry their share of family life.

Every Tuesday we put a dilemma to you and get your thoughts on how to resolve it. This week we're discussing new parents and whether their desire to keep visitors away for the first eight weeks is okay. Your reckons welcome on 2101 or of course, email on [email protected].

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Let's chat about what's making waves in the world of tech now .. Tim Batt is our guy who has all the answers .. he joins Jesse.

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Afternoons book critic Catherine Robertson joins us to share what she's been reading: Such a Perfect Family by Nalini Singh (Hachette) The Bookshop Detectives: Murder and Mojitos by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward It Gets In Your Blood: Lives of a Racecourse by Marty Smith (THWUP)

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It's time for Mayoral minutes .. where we speak with a local mayor about the challenges they're facing ... how they're working to solve them... and what makes their community special. Today we're heading to the Rangitikei District, located in the Manawatu-Whanganui region of the North Island, you'll find the towns of Marton, Bulls and Taihape there. Mayor Andy Watson joins Jesse.

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A new season of the RNZ podcast Thrift starts today .. and host Katy Gosset is looking at how to start a fund for emergencies .. like Mary Holm told us on Thursday, this is something we might all need!

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A group of volunteers at Tuhura Otago Museum are celebrating a very special milestone this week It's been 100 years since 'The Friends of Tuhura Otago Museum' formed - bringing together generations of dedicated volunteers who have been supporting the museum ever since. To mark the occasion, a new exhibition, 'Friends Forever' opens this Friday. Self-described "museum tragic" Nancy Longnecker is the President of the Friends of Tuhura Otago Museum, she chats to Jesse.

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Earlier today Auckland's SYNTHONY festival announced some of its line up for the 2027 March event. The idea for Synthony came about in July 2015, it's focus is blending dance anthems with a full orchestra. It started in New Zealand but has since become an event held all over the world. L.A.B was one of the names announced this morning .. Jesse speaks to lead singer Joel Shadbolt.

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Food labels can cause a bit of confusion in the kitchen, especially when it comes to 'best before' and 'use by' dates.

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In a move that local environmentalists are calling "indefensible", a government decision has put the brakes on Gisborne District Council's attempt to introduce new rules aimed at tackling forestry slash in the region.

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