Nights for Thursday 7 February 2019

 

7:12 Overseas Correspondent - Vietnam

Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Mihn City.

7:35 New Horizons

Marlene Dietrich was the ultimate world-weary songstress of eighty years ago. In our time, John Grant and James Blake are both peddling songs of disillusionment, and, like Dietrich, they do it with beguiling charm.

8:10 Night Mail

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8:15 Dateline Pacific

RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.

8:30 Window on the World

André Cointreau had a very privileged start in life, born into two illustrious French drinks dynasties - Cointreau and Rémy Martin. But his decision to buy a food business didn't go down well with the whole family.

Unperturbed, he went on to become the chief executive of Le Cordon Bleu, transforming a small Parisian cookery school into a global culinary empire that has trained some of the world's most famous chefs. He tells Emily Thomas about his life through five memorable dishes.

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, getting rid of rats is great news for the endangered Archey's frog, and the latest kakapo news.

9:30 The Podcast Hour

Freshen up your playlist with more great shows picked by Richard Scott of The Podcast Hour.

This week, 'Multi Story' from the BBC shares the best stories from England's local radio network.

10:17 Lately

Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

In this week's Pocket Edition we chat to Masego about muscles, Zach from Beirut talks ghost peppers, and Pickle Darling tells us how he made his debut album in various moldy bedrooms.