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Week in Politics - Jacinda Ardern announced an international mission to rein in social media platforms this week, but will her world summit in Paris succeed, asks Peter Wilson.

Saint-Saëns' opera, like the biblical tale, takes place in the city of Gaza around 1150 BC. Georgian mezzo Anita Rashvelishvili stars as Dalila in this Metropolitan Opera production. Listen on RNZ Concert from 6pm.

What happens when a Kiwi couple invite friends over to ask them some funny, poignant and just-plain-weird questions about a newly released film? The popular podcast Movie Reviews in 20 Qs. Audio

Confident sheep and beef farmers are outbidding foresters for land on the North Island's East Coast... while apple harvesting is almost finished in the Nelson-Motueka region. Audio

Two years ago, Jackson left school with NCEA Level 3 and started looking for work in the construction sector... he’s still looking. Nikki Mandow explores the problem of finding a job when you're autistic. Audio

Back in 1953, a group called the Motherhood of Man Movement was found to be forcing pregnant women in their care to give up babies to rich donors – and pocketing the cash themselves. Audio

Judi Dench plays a retired physicist accused of giving nuclear secrets to the Russians in Red Joan, reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio

Today's selection includes hymns to mark Anzac Day on 25 April, there's a hymn tune by Arthur Sullivan (the music half of Gilbert and Sullivan) and a setting of 'Immortal, Invisible' that you don't hear too often. Audio

When teen doom-pop sensation Billie Eilish played her first arena concert in New Zealand this week, RNZ Music sent two young fans along with concert veteran Yadana Saw. It was a night of much feels. Video, Audio

James Macmillan conducts the NZSO National Youth Orchestra in Auckland, with music including his own Veni, veni, Emmanuel.

Cellist Mstislav ‘Slava’ Rostropovich inspired and commissioned a who's who of 20th century composers to write for him. Audio

Last week RNZ got an email from a listener called Richard Till. "I'm unsure", Richard writes, "of how to feel about magpies." Rebecca Stirnemann, central North Island manager for Forest & Bird, helps to clear things up.  Audio

Soldiers who were assigned female at birth and passed as men in order to go to war is often an invisible history. Their motivations and stories are varied, from women who dressed in drag to join the military, to people who in today’s language may have identified as transgender. Audio

There’s a love theme running through this concert, be it forbidden love, unrequited love, or love fulfilled. Music by Beethoven, Bartók and Schumann is played by the New Zealand String Quartet.

The Greyhound racing industry has faced a lot of scrutiny over the years for its treatment of dogs. Greyhounds as Pets is a charity created to ease these dogs into retirement and help find them a new home.  Audio

Gyles Beckford has been investigating the emergence of new alt-right groups and new causes that are attracting disaffected and disengaged people. Audio

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Instagram is fast becoming the go-to platform for the young and influential but are things about to dramatically change? Audio

Legendary singer Scott Walker died recently. William Dart looks at a signer hailed as everything from existential chansonnier to avant-garde pioneer. Video, Audio

Auckland rapper Tom Scott's collaborative project Avantdale Bowling Club won the 2019 Taite Music Prize. He joins Kirsten Johnstone to choose songs and share yarns for the RNZ Music Mixtape. Video, Audio

Double the fun with this double act celebrating double anniversaries. Everything from Schubert to Billy Joel, Dave Dobbyn to Leonie Holmes.

We live in an age of anxiety with rates of depression skyrocketing all over the world. But there may be an evolutionary purpose for all this suffering says Dr Randolph Nesse. Audio

New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding teases with cryptic lyrics and a feather-weight feeling on her third album Designer. Kirsten Johnstone speaks to the woman behind the songs. Video, Audio

ISIS and a junior defence minister in the Sri Lankan government have claimed the terrorist attacks on churches and hotels were a response to the attack on mosques in Christchurch on 15 March.

University of Canterbury's Lava Lab, plans to drill into a volcano's magma chamber and a Curious Mind volcano drilling game for schools. Audio