Nights for Monday 6 July 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:20 Age perfect

Dr Prem Fry, research psychologist, British Columbia's Trinity Western University.

Recent findings which show that perfectionism or a tendency to be 'uptight' in senior citizens may nearly double the risk of death compared with those who have a more relaxed disposition.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World:

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 The Final Whistle

Analysis of the state of play from recent recreational activities.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 1

9 pm News & Weather

9:06Insight:

A current affairs programme direct from RNZ news.

9:40 Uganda Report

Daniel Kalinaki, correspondent, The East African.

News and cultural insights from the Republic of Uganda, East Africa pop. 30,900,000 (2007).

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 2

10 pm News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition:

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News & Weather

11:06 The Birth of the Blues

Gimme Back My Wig tells how with the rise of glam rock, country rock, and progressive rock on the white side, and funk and disco on the black side, the blues suddenly sounded irrelevant to pop music fans in the 1970s. Still, the blues survived.

Produced by EMP Radio/Ben Manilla Productions