Nights for Wednesday 16 May 2012
7:10 Zero-Waste Competitors
Canadians Grant Baldwin and Jen Rustemeyer recall their battle to swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of garbage in an entire year, as documented in their film The Clean Bin Project.
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
8:00 News & Weather
8:15 Windows on the World
International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.
8:40 Arts: Comics
Shading in the heroes and villains of an animated realm is graphic novelist Dylan Horrocks... the impact of the internet and digital media on comics - for example, how Kiwi cartoonist Li Chen has had a two-book collection of her comic, Extra Ordinary Comics, funded by Kickstarter.
9:00 News & Weather
9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Garrison Keillor's Radio Show
Highlights from A Prairie Home Companion (PHP)
10:00 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.
11:00 News & Weather
11:06 Jazz Footprints
Exploring the full spectrum of this influential genre and its musicians.