Nights for Tuesday 13 May 2014

7:10 Our Own Odysseys - Poster Boy

Chemical engineer and businessman Simon Marsters was encouraged to become a VSA volunteer by his daughter and is now halfway through a nine-month stint working for Empreza Di'ak, a Timorese NGO in Timor-Leste...

7:30 The Sampler

A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.

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 Global Neighbours - Argentina

Freelance journalist and keen surfer Charles Newbery reporting from the eighth largest country by landmass, the federal republic of Argentina, located in south-eastern South America, pop. 41,660,417 (est. 2013). The Argentine economy is spinning out of control, theatre in the time of dictatorship, fears of failure at the upcoming Football World Cup, and the traditional soul surfer expedition.

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: The TED Radio Hour - What is Beauty (NPR/TED)

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 Global Village

Cumbia-influenced chicha style from '60s Peru and some contemporary cumbia from Argentina, music from Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko's latest release and Malian-inspired jazz from violinist Regina Carter and Balkan reggae remixed from Mahala Rai Banda (6 of 12, KMUW)