Nights for Tuesday 29 July 2014
7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Fall of Communism
In 1992 Peter Feeney decided to do his post-grad study in Eastern Europe and Russia, just after the fall of communism... Tinderbox: My Year of Living Dangerously II: Russia 1992
Gallery: Fall of Communism
7:30 The Sampler
A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.
8:10 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
9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Margaret MacMillan on the First World War
"The story of Europe's diplomatic meltdown has never been better told," said The Spectator of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning book Peacemakers: The Paris Conference 1919 and its Attempt to End the War. In this session from the 2014 NZ Festival Writers Week, the Professor of International History and warden of St Antony's College, Oxford discusses her latest book - The War that Ended Peace: How Europe Abandoned Peace for the First World War - with Kate Hunter. Former USA Secretary of State Madeleine Albright described it as "one of the finest books I have ever read on the causes of World War I" (2 of 5, NPR)
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 The Shed
A whole new world of music with host Mark Coles.