Nights for Monday 10 February 2014

7:10 Sports Correspondent - Thailand

Bangkok-based sports reporter (and sometimes fighter) James Goyder rolls with the punches – the feud between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and American Floyd Mayweather has stirred up again.

7:30 Insight

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 Pundit - Left Politics

University of Otago political historian Associate Professor Brian Roper deconstructs public policies from around the globe and looks at the question of the four-year term for New Zealand elections – is it a good idea or not?

9:10 The Mother Tongue

Are the multitude of languages currently spoken by people across Europe and Asia all descended from an ancient 'mother tongue', spoken first in southern Europe at the end of the last Ice Age? Professor Mark Pagel, head of the Evolution Laboratory at the University of Reading speaks about his work.

10:00 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.

11:06 Beale Street Caravan

David Knowles introduces the Memphis-based radio show with an international reputation for its location recordings of blues musicians live in concert (3 of 13, BSC)