Nights for Wednesday 19 August 2015
7:10 Converting Christianity
Activist and public theologian Brian McLaren talks about the "Emergent Church" movement, and what it means to be a Christian in the 21st century.
Brian McLaren Photo: Supplied
7:30 Spectrum
People, places and events in New Zealand.
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 Palestine
Freelance journalist Nida' Tuma reports from Ramallah in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories, pop. 4,550,368 (est. 2014).
9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Close to You, by Chad Taylor
Neal is a firefighter. His younger sister, Josie, has been injured in the house fire that has destroyed her home in a small country town. Josie has a history of lighting fires. Neal travels down from Auckland to visit her in hospital and to try to make sense of what has happened (RNZ)
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 Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
St Louis Shuffle: As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base) it was only natural some would find a home in St Louis. Featured are the early acoustic recordings of a few of these groups (12 of 13, PRX)