Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

Between 2007 - 2019, 583 tradespeople working in the construction industry died by suicide, and 98 percent of them were men.

The beautiful game bringing people across Auckland together at this years World of Cultures Football Fest, finding common ground with other on the pitch.

We live in a world that tends to reward loud, and yet 50% of us are introverts. Kate James is one of them. She's a Melbourne based speaker and self-professed introvert who says confidence doesn't equal competence.

From farming to cuisine, this week's expert feature is all about beef. To canvas this topic we've got two guests today. Nicky and Jamie Gaddum - the duo leading Matangi Beef. 

For Made in NZ this week we head to Christchurch and talk to the people behind the Natural Paint Company. James Mount is the CEO, he talks to Jesse about what makes their paint 'less stinky' than others.

Today Brooks talks to Jesse about Fallout, Ripley, Hacks, Evil and Baby Reindeer.

Today we go back to 1994, when kiwi music reviewer Russell Baillie interviewed the one and only Tina Turner. TRussell speaks to Jesse.

The shoes worn by John Walker when he broke the indoor 1500m World Record in 1979 are among items set to go under the hammer at an auction of rare sporting memorabilia tonight. Michail Andreef speaks to Jesse.

In Nelson, thanks to a joint venture, the amount of construction waste ending up in landfill is being greatly reduced.  CEO of the Nelson Environment Centre, Anton Drazevic, speaks to Jesse.

Is it a crab? Is it a spider? It's a crab spider! The common square-ended crab spider (Sidymella angularis) to be precise. 

Lynda Hallinan chats with Susana Leiataua about some of her great weekend gardening advice.

This week's recipe from Gretchen Lowe is a dish saving one pan affair. If you're looking for a lunch or evening meal with a fresh citrus twist, you'll want to try making her one pan salmon recipe. You can find out how to make this dish here.

This week for NZ Live we welcome Rita Mae and her band into the RNZ studio. Last year she released her debut album, Superfeeling. She's about to release a new single, it's called Kiss The Sky. We get a sneak peek with her.

Film critic Dom Corry joins Susana in-studio today to discuss action-comedy 'The Fall Guy' and the latest rom-com to hit streaming, 'The Idea of You'.

Our weekly segment where we ask listeners to share their strange and spooky stories. 

Following the discovery of a box marked "old telescope", the Tuhura Otago Museum has become home to New Zealand's oldest telescope, dating back to 1736. The telescope is now in the 'Director's Choice' exhibition at the museum having been stashed away for years. To tell us more about the telescope's re-discovery, Susana Leiataua talks to museum director and astronomer Dr Ian Griffin.

'The Bitches Box' are two women embodying the essence of man's best friend in a travelling show. This multi-dog character comedy also musters support for rural communities and farmers. 

Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, and so the hunt for new strategies to combat the impacts rages on. One idea that continues to gain traction is to grant legal rights to nature. 

Kate Evans visits a passionate team as they carpet a remote volcanic island in Tonga with poisoned bait, hoping to eradicate rats. What does it take to complete this kind of project, what are the chances of success, and what will it mean for the island’s ecosystems if they manage to remove the rats once and for all?  

After her oldest son Adam became addicted to gaming as a teen, American nurse Melanie Hempe didn't want the same for her three other kids. Now she helps other parents redirect their children back to the "real in-person world" via the nonprofit organisation ScreenStrong.