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Nights for Thursday 23 April 2020

 

7:12 Cultural Ambassador - Science Fiction

Our favourite sci-fi geek Eleanor Tremeer joins us once again.  Tonight she asks how human evolution is presented in scifi and what that tells us about where we think we’re heading?

X Men ll 2003 real Bryan Singer Patrick Stewart. COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL © Marvel / 20th Century Fox

X Men ll 2003 real Bryan Singer Patrick Stewart. COLLECTION CHRISTOPHEL © Marvel / 20th Century Fox Photo: © Marvel / 20th Century Fox

7:35 Nights Science - New Zealand Native Fish

Another self-confessed geek, Stella McQueen our New Zealand native fish expert has a lovely idea to keep the children (and adults) entertained in lockdown.

Pond in a Jar

Pond in a Jar Photo: Stella McQueen

8:15 Dateline Pacific

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Photo: RNZ

RNZ Pacific have temporarily suspended Dateline Pacific in it regular format so that they can concentrate their efforts on broadcasting to the Pacific. In the meantime, each weeknight we'll chat to one of their reporters for a daily update.  Tonight Bryan Crump talks to RNZ Pacific's sports reporter Vinnie Wylie.

8:30 Window on the World

The farmers moving their fields indoors. We visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities - the idea is to reduce the distance food is transported.

City Farming, the innovative farming technologies mean that plants can now be grown in indoor environments without sunlight.

City Farming, the innovative farming technologies mean that plants can now be grown in indoor environments without sunlight. Photo: Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, the one hundred year moth project is following in the footsteps of a pioneering Wellington naturalist and counting moths in the bush of Zealandia sanctuary to find out what has changed in the past century.

A moth trap involves a white sheet and a bright ultraviolet light to attract moths.

A moth trap involves a white sheet and a bright ultraviolet light to attract moths. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Vietnam

Lien Hoang joins us once again from Ho Chi Minh city. Perhaps Vietnam has some lessons we can learn about dealing with Covid-19.

Motorists wearing face masks ride amid a downpour in Hanoi as Vietnam eased its nationwide social isolation effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19.

Motorists wearing face masks ride amid a downpour in Hanoi as Vietnam eased its nationwide social isolation effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. Photo: Nhac NGUYEN / AFP

10:17 After10

  • Ngaio Marsh’s 125th birthday

To mark what would have been New Zealand crime writer and theatre director Dame Ngaio Marsh's 125th birthday, we speak to biographer Bruce Harding.

Ngaio Marsh in the 1940s

Ngaio Marsh in the 1940s Photo: Public Domain

  • What is Open Data?

We get an introduction to Open Data with Paul Stone, NZ Open Government Data Programme Lead at Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa.

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Photo: DARPA / Public domain

  • Radio Kahungunu: Keeping the Iwi connected during lockdown.

We speak to operations manager at Radio Kahungunu, Apikara Brightwell

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Photo: Radio Kahungunu

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

Radiohead (L-to-R: Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien)

Radiohead (L-to-R: Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Thom Yorke, Philip Selway, Ed O'Brien) Photo: Alex Lake

On this week's Pocket Edition Charlotte Ryan speaks with Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien about his new solo album, made under the name EOB and inspired by living in Brazil. Plus Tony Stamp talks to virtuoso bass player Thundercat about his new album ‘It Is What It Is’, and Tamaki Makaurau dancehall artist Rubi Du introduces herself. 

Thundercat at the NZ Festival 2018

Thundercat at the NZ Festival 2018 Photo: Melody Thomas