Afternoons

Wednesdays here on Afternoons means Easy Eats - that's when Kelly Gibney shares a recipe that is light on time and heavy on flavour, this week she's sharing her recipe for Turkish red lentil soup.

Each week we like to take you on an adventure ... all without leaving the comfort of your home .. we call it Heading Off and today we're off to Uluru ... also known as Ayers Rock. If you have a holiday story you'd like to share - send us a text on2101 or email jesse@afternoons.co.nz - we love to learn about your travel tales .. whether remote or local. Lynne King joins Jesse.

Now usually at around 1:45 pm on a Wednesday we talk to Claire Concannon host of RNZ Podcast Our Changing World about what she's discovered in the world of science. This week Our Changing World is looking at another podcast called 77 Degrees South and rather than chat to Claire about that, we thought we'd go straight to the source. Journalist Maia Ingoe has written and produced 77 Degrees South. A podcast which follows a team of eight young people through their month-long journey to the Ross Sea, Antarctica and inside the historic huts of legendary explorers Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. 77 Degrees South was written and produced by journalist Maia Ingoe, recording, technical and music production by audio engineer Calum Turner, narrated by Jake Bailey. Maia chats to Jesse.

It's one of the world's most recognisable icons - used across languages, writing systems, and cultures. The single right-pointing triangle has become synonymous with the play function ... inherently suggesting the start of something. But how did it become the sign for play? Dr Jason Kennedy is a senior lecturer in the department of Animation, Visual Effects & Game Design at Auckland University of Technology and he's been looking into the history of other universal media symbols. He joins Jesse in the studio.

Men's sheds have become familiar community spaces around Aotearoa. These are places where men can learn practical skills, meet new people, and ultimately improve their wellbeing. But my next guest says women who want those same opportunities face a shortage of accessible spaces, tools, and funding. Nikki founded WomenzShed in 2022, and the organisation has now helped more than 500 women develop woodworking skills through workshops in Auckland and Wellington. She chats to Jesse.