Nights for Monday 6 December 2010
7:20 Like Father, Like Son
Shaun Quincey, Kiwi adventurer and author
The repeat of his father's feat of rowing across The Tasman Sea in a boat called 'Tasman Trespasser II'.
8 pm News and weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World webpage to find links to these documentaries.
8:45 Thinkers: Politically Left
Brian Roper, political historian, University of Otago
How and why the world's diverse political institutions came to be... austerity in response to recession.
8:59 Conundrum: Clue 1
9 pm News and weather
9:40 Japan Report
Motoko Kakubayashi, journalist and experimental physicist
News and cultural trends from Japan, pop. 127,470,000 (2010 estimate)... the jury system and the re-introduction of the death penalty, plus Japanese TV show about 'Kiwi husbands'.
9:06 Insight
9:59 Conundrum: Clue 2
10 pm Late Edition
A review of the 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 and weather
11:06 Beale Street Caravan
The best in blues from the Blues Foundation in Memphis.