On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 3rd of February 2025, the Government is making changes to driver licensing, they say they are modernising it. We chatted to Transport Minister Chris Bishop and got listener reactions. 

When burn offs go bad - Paul Henry learnt the hard way - and so, it seems, did many of our listeners.

And as school starts again - the horrendous cost of uniforms - it's nuts!

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The Government's removing the full license test as part of major changes - saying it will save time and money.

Drivers under 25 will spend a year on their restricted before moving to their full, while over 25s will get six months.

A zero alcohol limit will apply to people on their learners' or restricted, regardless of their age.

Most changes will come into effect next year.

Transport Minister Chris Bishop says the test hasn't been updated for over 15 years and a review was well overdue.

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 2nd of February 2025, the most dangerous time to drive has been revealed, and it might not be when you would think.

Then, a great chat as the robots are preparing to take over. The cost of the brain required for the technology plummets from tens of thousands of dollars to just cents! 

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 30th of January 2026 - Property developers – what gives them the vision to design great communities?

Then, what motivates people to do extreme sports that look like torture to any normal person?   HYROX Ambassador Alice Evans joined Matt Health on the show.

And then - Steven Pinker Cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, best-selling author. 

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It often feels like everything is going backwards.

There is more outrage, more noise, and less perspective than ever before. But feelings are not facts, and the long-term data tells a very different story.

Steven Pinker is a Harvard cognitive psychologist and bestselling author who has spent decades studying language, the human mind, and using evidence to challenge how we think about violence, progress, and the state of the world.

This February, Pinker is coming to Auckland, and he sat down with Matt Heath to have a chat ahead of his event. 

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 29th of January 2026, another day another heated battle in talkback land - Bruce Springsteen releases Streets of Minneapolis and Matt reckons celebrities should stay in their lane. 

And then - is AI really the big threat to jobs that we were were told? 

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 28th of January 2026, news came through that Judith Collins is to retire - senior political correspondent Barry Soper joined us. 

Then - we discuss taking an OE later in life on the back of Kiwi comedian and writer Eli Matthewson moving to London to experience big city life at 37. 

The sports star explosions as Coco Gauff smashes another racket - was it dirty for TV to broadcast it when she did it in the privacy of the locker room?

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Former National leader Judith Collins is retiring from politics to take a new job as President of the Law Commission, starting from mid-year. 

The MP for Papakura entered Parliament in 2002.  

She was a Minister in the Key Government, and ran for the party leadership three times - assuming the role in 2020, before stepping down in 2021.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper joined the Afternoons team to look back on Collins' political legacy.

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 27th of January 2026, NZ Post is closing 142 service counters in convenience stores, pharmacies and libraries around the country - fair to say, this largely did not go down well with the audience.

Then a new study from Outward Bound has found, among other things, that young men are struggle with making close friends. Our Afternoons duo got the skinny from Outward Bound CEO Malindi MacLean and then spoke with a bunch of young people, including one who seemed pretty angry at the world.

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A new report by  Outward Bound reveals young Kiwis are feeling less optimistic about the future than ever, with a majority believing the world is on a downward trajectory.

The report shows over a quarter of young people have 'little to no confidence' and one in four young men report having zero close friends.

Outward Bound CEO Malindi MacLean says young people feel like they have less power to change the world around them, and this perceived lack of agency feels confronting.

"Young people who spend more than four hours a day online... they're feeling like they have less agency and control. And then there's also a gender divide, so young women are actually significantly more pessimistic than young men about the state of the world." 

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