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Jesse Mulligan presents an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
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Aug 29, 2025 • 17min
Critter of the Week Merch is BACK!
Critter of the Week merch is back! That's right, you can proudly show off your favourite endangered critter.
Orders close on October 6th, with delivery in mid-November. THE LINK TO ORDER A BAG, A TEE OR A HOODIE IS HERE
Remember to measure your size because this is all about pre-ordering to fit.
$5 from every product goes straight to local conservation heroes - together Critter of the Week purchases have already raised an incredible $36,881!
Thanks so much to our friends at Joyya for helping make this happen.
Joyya is a fair-trade certified factory looking to spark good in places of extreme poverty and modern slavery.

Aug 29, 2025 • 8min
Weekend Stuff: Design with Sylvia Sandford
It's a messy looking weekend of weather for most of us so what better time to do some thinking about design and decorating, award winning interior designer - and design teacher - Sylvia Sandford is with me to answer any of your questions.

Aug 29, 2025 • 6min
Music 101 with Kara Rickard
Kara Rickard host of Music 101 shares what's happening on the music scene over the weekend, what's coming up on her show tomorrow and because Friday is new music day - she'll pick us a track to play.

Aug 29, 2025 • 10min
Food with Martin Bosley
Yellow Brick Road's Martin Bosley joins Jesse and has a superb recipe to share banana, macadamia and miso cake!

Aug 29, 2025 • 11min
Film Review: Caught Stealing and Relay
Film critic Dominic Corry is here to tell us about Caught Stealing and Relay, both in cinemas now.

Aug 29, 2025 • 7min
Freaky Friday: A chance to connect with love ones
Time for Freaky Friday, our place for your stories of the supernatural. We're talking the unexplained, occult, serendipitous, you get the idea.

Aug 29, 2025 • 14min
Meet the women behind the Kapiti wetland restoration
Jill Visser and Eraena Catsburg chat to Jesse about their wetland restoration project.

Aug 29, 2025 • 11min
Why New Zealand still has so much to learn from its past
James Belich ONZM says recent cuts at the Ministry of Culture and Heritage are shortsighted.

Aug 29, 2025 • 15min
What, if any, are the long-term effects of being
Around six thousand babies are born premature each year in New Zealand, of those about one percent are very premature.

Aug 28, 2025 • 10min
The Pre-Panel for 28 August 2025
Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa to preview this evening's marlarky.