Rnz: Afternoons With Jesse Mulligan

Sometimes described as hypnotic - haunting, even, the ancient rich and resonant sounds of Indonesian Gamelan celebrates a special anniversary at Canterbury University. Here's Kadambari Raghukumar, with the Here Now podcast.

Headaches. We all get them. Yet despite centuries of study, we still don't really understand their causes and cures. Author and journalist Tom Zeller Jr has spent years trying to understand the kind of epic headaches he gets. He says he goes into the dark valley of head pain on a regular basis. He's on a quest to understand the stubborn pain he and a billion other people endure and why headaches remain such a mystery and what might finally offer hope. His book is called The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction-and a Search for Relief.

So if you've got any burning questions about zoos or zoo animals let us know - text me on 2101. Our expert today spent almost 20 years at the helm of Te Nukuao Wellington Zoo - Karen Fifield MNZM. She joins Jesse.

It's Monday which means we get to learn about new things to watch on the box, our TV critic Caitlin Cherry joins Jesse with her picks: Billy Joel: And So It Goes (Neon) Jane (2017, Disney) Alien Earth (Disney)

Scientists have used tracking devices to enable them to reconstruct the underwater life of the Hector's dolphin. Very little was known of the underwater behaviour of the world's smallest marine dolphin until now. A scientific paper has revealed an array of acrobatics and some incredible underwater sounds. Auckland University Professor Rochelle Constantine was part of the research and chats to Jesse.

James Green from Hidden Honey is driving across the North Island on a mission to raise awareness about pollination. He talks to Jesse.

In the next 25 years the number of people over 65 is set to double. That is quite a shift from our current reality, where fewer than one in five of us are over 65. In 2078, that becomes one in three. So what does that mean? Well, a new report from the Helen Clark Foundation has taken a deep dive into the issues and the opportunities this change creates. Deputy Director Kali Mercier joins Jesse.

Today the focus is on the kauri greenhood orchid.

It's time to talk about the stuff you get up to in your weekends now and today we've got Lynda Hallinan here to chat all things gardening.

Julie Biuso from Shared Kitchen joins us to talk all things pesto.

Film critic Dominic Corry is here with his best picks which are full of thrills, spills and screams, oh and Ethan Hawke.

Listener Mychelle shares her Freaky Friday story. 

Afternoons listener Tom Cawood shares a story that takes him from playing rugby for Scotland, to becoming an expert in nail care and attempting to cure the South Island's Didymo rock snot issues.

 SmartCrete CRC is one of the organisations working on solutions. CEO Clare Tubolets speaks to Jesse.

Andrew Allan is a Professor at Auckland University's School of Biological Sciences and principal scientist at Plant and Food Research, and he joins Jesse.

Jesse is joined by The Panel host Wallace Chapman and producer Tessa Guest to preview this evening's show.

It's one of the fastest-growing sports in the world but you may not have ever heard of it. Padel is growing in popularity here in NZ and is quickly becoming not only a sport to get you fit, but to help you meet people. Adam McDonald is the Pacific Padel Albany club and community manager and is with Jesse now.

Ancestry.com is the world's biggest genealogy website, providing users with access to historical records and DNA testing. It is known for having a vast collection of records and family trees and once a year it does a big update calling it DNA day. Our historian Dr Grant Morris is here to explain what that is and whether it matters.

With the local elections done and dusted, mayors will now be turning their attention to how to run their councils and get things done in their patch. Today in solving the world's problems, NZME Senior Writer Simon Wilson joins Jesse with an example of how one council seems to be highly functional through political, but crucially not partisan, politics.

Time for NZ Sporting History, and today we're looking at the history of controversial calls in Kiwi sport. Referees have a thankless job and I suppose no one gets it right 100 percent of the time, but sometimes you can't help but throw your hands up and scream 'Oh come on ref!' So to look back at some of these high-wire moments Jesse is joined by award-winning sports journalist Dylan Cleaver.