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  • The pre-Panel : Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense

    October 9, 2026 · 9 min

    Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The…

  • Weekend Stuff: How do you manage chores with neurodiversity?

    October 9, 2026 · 7 min

    This week The Housekeepers Rachael Quin is with Jesse to talk about how to juggle chores with neurodiversity in mind .. specifically ADHD.

  • Critter of the Week: Green Turtle

    October 9, 2026 · 12 min

    This week Nicola Toki and Jesse discuss the Green Sea Turtle - they are large marine reptiles found globally in tropical and subtropical waters but are also regular visitors to, and recently discovered residents of, Aotearoa.

  • Food: Japanese-stye poached chicken salad with smashed cucumber

    October 9, 2026 · 9 min

    Martin Bosley, renowned chef and owner of Yellow Brick Seafoods shares his recipe for Japanese-stye poached chicken salad with smashed cucumber. Recipe below! Serves 4 For the chicken 2 large skinless chicken breasts, around 500-600g 3cm…

  • NZ Live: Tim Mahon and the Kerfuffle

    October 9, 2026 · 30 min

    NZ Live is your chance to enjoy an intimate music session with songs and chat. This week Jesse is joined by Tim Mahon and the Kerfuffle.

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  • Film Review: The Social Reckoning and NAZA

    October 9, 2026 · 11 min

    Afternoons Film Critic Dominic Corry is with Jesse in the Auckland Studio to share what he's been watching; The Social Reckoning and NAZA (both in cinemas now)

  • Freaky Friday

    October 9, 2026 · 4 min

    Time for freaky Friday ...this is our home for your tales of the unexpected. We're talking ghosts, premonitions, the spooky, and the unexplainable. If you have a story to tell, then get in touch on 2101 or Jesse@rnz.co.nz.

  • Christa Pike - What happens now?

    October 9, 2026 · 8 min

    In 1995, 18-year old American Christa Pike was sentenced to the death after murdering 19-year old Colleen Slemmer. For the last 31 years she's been on death row, until last month when she was set to become to the first women executed in…

  • Celebrating a Kiwi turning research into new opportunities

    October 9, 2026 · 11 min

    We want to start today's show with some good news .. it's Friday after all and we love celebrating New Zealanders doing great things. Dr Dominic Moseley is one such New Zealander .. last night he won a big award at the KiwiNet Research…

  • The pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense

    October 8, 2026 · 9 min

    Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight, or to simply despair. Wallace will also preview what's on The…

  • History with Dr Grant Morris (fortnightly)

    October 8, 2026 · 8 min

    The Government is spending $31 million to put internal walls into more than 600 classrooms at nearly 90 schools .. putting an end to so called open learning environments. If you think that sound familiar, you'd be right .. we have been…

  • Solving the World's Problems

    October 8, 2026 · 7 min

    Every fortnight we like to chat about how we could solve some of the world's problems .. today Jesse is joined by Dave Armstrong who has some thoughts on what's going on in Wellington - Moa Point, Wellington Museum, WOW and bus lanes are…

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About the show

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.