Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

Late last year an unprecedented number of green sea turtles, or honu, washed up on New Zealand’s coastline. Many were nursed back to health and released back into the wild – and some were returned carrying special hardware that could help change the way we care for these ocean taonga On Our Changing World today, Liz Garton meets with the people behind the project…

Revenge is front and center in American politics as the world witnesses the bitter break up of Elon Musk and US President Trump. Revenge is an addiction says Dr. James Kimmel Jr who knows the impulse to get your own back having spent 20 years in what he calls the business of revenge as a lawyer. Now as a professor in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, he studies revenge and his new book The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction and How to Overcome It is out now. James Kimmel Jr speaks to Jesse. [picture id="4K5ZDLC_e1e279ca_608f_48b9_b22e_478faf771983_jfif" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

Violinist and musical director Peau Halapua talks to Jesse about her life, career, and favourite things. 

Sam Parrish shares her midweek recipe for egg noodles. 

Morning Report producer Katie Fitzgerald takes us on an overland adventure through South Korea & on to Japan.

A call has gone out to restaurants across the motu to buck up their ideas when it comes to their gluten-free dining offerings. More than 100,000 New Zealanders are estimated to be living with coeliac disease, with thousands more likely undiagnosed. Now Coeliac New Zealand says people too often are navigating a minefield of hidden ingredients, cross-contamination risks, and the fear of being misunderstood or dismissed for being coeliac. The non-profit says this will both benefit our gluten-free community and could revitalise the struggling hospitality sector. Wendy Bremner is general manager at Coeliac New Zealand. She joins Jesse.

Last year, Westlake Boys School headmaster David Ferguson left his job of 15 years to address a critical issue - a lack of teachers. 

Broadcaster Sonia Gray has been on a journey to find out if psychedelics could be the answer to New Zealand's ongoing addiction and mental health crisis.

Dr Greg Walton is a professor of psychology at Stanford University. He says a kind word, a tiny shift in thinking or a feeling of belonging can create big, lasting changes in people's lives. His new book is a reminder that big outcomes can grow from the smallest, most ordinary beginnings. It's called Ordinary Magic: The Science of How We Can Achieve Big Change with Small Acts.

Brad Foster is our man on the ground in Australia.

Pip reviews Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton (Coffee House Press), American Precariat: Parable of Exclusion by Zeke Caligiuri (Coffee House Press) and Sound Museum by Poupeh Massaghi (Coffee House Press).

Time for Tech Tuesday and Mark Leishman is joined by Tim Batt.

The commons or common land are cultural and natural resources available to all members of a society. In Europe they are prevalent but when early colonists came to Aotearoa they instead prioritised private ownership. The theory at the time was private ownership derives progress. But as we're now seeing that comes with its own drawbacks. In her latest book, An Uncommon Land, Catherine Knight looks at the genesis and evolution of the commons in New Zealand. She speaks to Mark.

Around half of people with migraine disease turn to non-medication treatments to ease their symptoms, new research has revealed. The Migraine in Aotearoa New Zealand survey from University of Otago researchers asked participants about supplements and treatments they've used including magnesium and vitamin B2 or meditation, yoga and massage. Dr Fiona Imlach is an epidemiologist at the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago and founder of charity Migraine Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand. She says there is no one-size-fits-all approach to migraine treatment and that while there are some treatments out there that are not recommended, many non-pharmacological approaches can actually help - they just aren't available here.

Figures like Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson regularly pop up in news headlines and the stories about them are rarely good - yet they offer easy solutions to the question of what it means to be a young man in 2025. Now, thirteen South Island boys schools are teaming up to share resources and provide an alternative sense of belonging for their students. Steve Hart is the principal of St Thomas of Canterbury College Christchurch and is the man behind the project. He speaks to Mark Leishman.

In her last book, she made the case that the sexual revolution sold women freedom but mostly ended up giving men more sex without responsibility. .

Each Monday, we pick a subject and invite an expert in that field to answer our burning questions. Today we're exploring the fascinating world of bees with Jenny Jandt, researcher in the Zoology department at the University of Otago, and one of New Zealand's premier bee researchers. If you have any questions for Jenny you can text them through, 2101.

Every week Jesse cold calls a different information centre somewhere in Aotearoa. They don't know he's calling and he doesn't know who will answer the phone. Will it be a disaster or a lovely, fun chat? You'll have to listen to find out.

Caitlin has been watching Sirens (Netflix) and Murderbot (Apple TV) and tells us what she thinks.

For the last 12 years, a group of locals have been fighting a planned 25-house development.