Nights for Wednesday 30 November 2016
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Nights' Overseas - Viet Nam
8:12 PM.Reporter for Bloomberg BNA, Lien Hoang reports from the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, pop. 90,730,000 (est. 2014)... Audio
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Cat Pausé: fat activist
7:12 PM.Fat people face ridicule and discrimination every day but this prejudice is based on an overly simplistic understanding of health, fat activist and academic Cat Pausé says. Read more Audio
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7:12 Fat Activist - Cat Pausé
We get an introduction to the world of fat activism with Dr Cat Pause, who argues there's more fear than fact behind society's distaste for fat.
7:30 At The Movies
Dan Slevin reviews Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard as spies fighting Nazis in Allied, Terence Davies adapts a Scottish classic in Sunset Song and Oscar-winner Michael Keaton changes the face of food service in The Founder.
8:12 Nights' Overseas - Viet Nam
Reporter for Bloomberg BNA, Lien Hoang on Vietnam's response to the departure of Fidel Castro and the arrival of Black Friday.
Image is everything in the fashion industry, so how does it impact on those who live and breathe fashion? Sonia Sly speaks to a Melbourne based Kiwi fashion illustrator who shares the highs and lows of what it means to be picture perfect, and the reality of working with high profile brands.
9:07 The Drama Hour
Tonight's drama Wine Lips by writer Sam Brooks, grapples with the issue of career versus personal relationships.
The recording was made on Monday night (just two nights ago) and is part of the "Live On Stage, Now!" partnership between RNZ and BATS theatre in Wellington.
10:17 Late Edition
A round up of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International,
11:07 Inside Out
Nick Tipping hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way. Tonight he offers up a Reuben sandwich: music by three Reubens and a Rubén, and in the middle - an Eric.