Nights for Tuesday 21 July 2009

Nights for Tuesday 21 July 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:15 Taupo fishery

John Ball, local historian and film-maker.

Stories about 'old codgers' who fish the lake, The Angler's Paradise: A History of the Taupo Fishery.

7:30 The Sampler

New music reviews with Nick Bollinger.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World:

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 Philosophy

Ann Kerwin, philosopher in residence, Auckland University of Technology.

Musings on how, what and why we think what we do.

This week, more on Nietzsche.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 3

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 Tuesday Feature

The BBC Reith Lectures from UK.

Political philosopher and eminent Harvard University Professor, Michael Sandel, considers democracy, ethics, public philosophy and the erosion of community and moral values as he explores the prospect for a new politics of the common good (Part 2 of 4, BBC).

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 4

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.

11:06 Charlie Gilett's World of Music

Britain's guru of world music radio presents a personal selection (BBC)

11:36 Bedtime story: The Fall of the Families by Phillip Mann

The second novel of Phillip Mann's epic chronicalling the struggle by aliens to regain their civilisations - lost to ruthless humans who colonised the galaxy exterminating all opposition.