Nights for Wednesday 7 May 2014

7:10 The Nose Remembers

How smells are connected to memories of places – with Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience researcher, Dr Kei Igarashi.

7:30 Spectrum

People, places and events in New Zealand.

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 Ambassador - Video Games

Jjoystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms, five movie games that don't completely suck.

9:06 The Wednesday Drama - Resistance, by Rebecca Barnes

Set in the near future in a New Zealand where the government is advocating the surgical implanting of an electronic chip into the brains of all New Zealanders. The scheme is meeting with some serious resistance (1 of 8, RNZ)

9:28 Sparrow's Pearls by Stephanie Johnson

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 Jazz Footprints