Nights for Thursday 6 June 2019

 

7:12 A Teenager and Computers.

One of Nights' younger listeners, podcaster Charlie Cuff joins us to talk screentime for young people and to explain how and why he built his own computer.

7:35 New Horizons

In New Horizons, William Dart enjoys the admittedly self-conscious brilliance of Vampire Weekend's much anticipated new album, Father of the Bride.

8:10 Seed Pods

Richard Scott of RNZ's The Podcast Hour  talks to John Mitchinson, one of the hosts of Backlisted, a popular show bringing new life to old books.

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

The award-winning star of Netflix series 'Salt, Fat, Acid Heat' and author of the best-selling cookbook, Samin Nosrat, tells us about her life through five of her most memorable dishes.

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance finds out about the New Zealand Bird Atlas, and hears about a successful effort to create a new seabird colony, how Fiordland's tawaki penguins go for record-breaking long swims, and the chemical element gallium.

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Taiwan

Making their Nights debut, William Yang joins us from Taiwan's capital, Taipei with a reaction to Taiwan's landmark legalization of same-sex marriage, the 30th Tiananmen Square Commemoration in Taiwan and the Upcoming primary for Taiwan's presidential election in 2020.

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

On this week's Pocket Edition we talk to The Monkees' Mike Nesmith and mark 20 years since Napster broke he music industry.