Jesse Mulligan

About 9 months ago we had The Spinoff's Toby Manhire in to talk about a new podcast - Juggernaut It took us inside David Lange's 4th Labour government and ended up being one of the years surprise… Audio

Jesse Mulligan is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Sam Hollis. They discuss an Australian radio station that ran for six months with an AI-generated host before anyone noticed.  Audio

Once again Jesse tries to make a dreaded information center cold call. This is where we call a random information center somewhere in the country and try to stoke up a conversation. It could be a… Audio

Jesse Mulligan is joined by Panel host Wallace Chapman, and producer Tom Riste-Smith who talked about whether people are over encores at concerts.  
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Jesse Mulligan is joined by Panel host Wallace Chapman, and producer Jose Barbosa. They talk about how your reaction speed can be a key indicator of your general health, and more importantly your… Audio

Jesse Mulligan is joined by Panel host Wallace Chapman, and producer Olivia Wilson. Audio

Jesse Mulligan is joined by Panel host Wallace Chapman, and producer Olivia Wilson to discuss the news of the day. Audio

Every week Jesse literally cold calls a different information centre somewhere in Aotearoa. Audio

Jesse Mulligan is joined by Panel host Wallace Chapman, and producer Tessa Guest. They discuss the art of the Irish Goodbye and whether a Central Wellington suburb should have a name change. Audio

Today's Freaky Friday is from listener Mary in Pukekohe. Audio

The history of the tallest building in NZ Audio

Senior writer at the NZ Herald Simon Wilson asks 'Will the Doctrine of Abundance save us all?' Abundance is the new buzzword in planning and city building debates and "Abundance" is the name of a new… Audio

We usually like to celebrate success stories with NZ Sporting History but, as we all know, when it comes to sport it's even harder to forget the times we've fallen short. 2025 marks the 25th… Audio

Jemima Huston reviews Stalked by the BBC and Politics Now by the ABC Audio

Our feature album today is the brand spanking new album from Marlon Williams, Te Whare Tiwekaweka. It's Marlon's fourth solo album, but his first completley Maori language record. Although he's not… Audio

Libraries have a reputation for being quiet places where a stern-faced librarian constantly tells you to shush! Our next guest wants to challenge that perception - Claudine Crabtree describes herself… Audio

After passing his NCEA Level 1 literacy and numeracy exams last year at just 9 years old. Porirua schoolboy Raymond Hsu set a new goal .. to gain university entrance.. Raymond just sat the SAT test… Audio

The Wild Dunedin NZ Festival of Nature is a celebration of all that Dunedin and its incredible natural environment is ... and could be. It educates as well as entertains and that's largely due to the… Audio

Jesse Mulligan is joined by Panel host Wallace Chapman, and producer Tom Riste-Smith. Audio