Nights for Monday 15 March 2010

7:20 Pluto Killer

Professor Mike Brown, Planetary Astronomy, California Institute of Technology

A love/hate relationship with Pluto, scientifically demoting it to be a dwarf planet and now suggestions that Pluto undergoes the most dramatic seasonal changes in the Solar System.

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 Thinkers: Religion

Professor Paul Morris, religions scholar, Victoria University exploring the spiritual dimension of the human psyche...

9 pm News & Weather

9:06 Insight

9:40 Russia Report

Neil McGowan, news and lifestyle correspondent and tourism operator

News and cultural trends from the Russia Federation, pop. 141,927,297 (2010 estimate).

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 Beale Street Caravan

The best in blues from the Blues Foundation in Memphis.