Nights for Monday 6 July 2020
7:12 Toilet door signs from around the world.
New Zealand photographer and teacher Kris Mikkelson has been travelling the world taking photos of toilet door signs and is fascinated by how different cultures treat the idea of the public toilet.
He's snapped examples in over 49 countries and thinks he might not quite be done yet!
The collection is being published today in a new book titled Where's the Loo? published by Bateman Books.
7:35 The Sampler
Nick Bollinger reviews new albums from current LA singer-songwriters Phoebe Bridgers and Christian Lee Hutson, plus a lost 70s set from Neil Young.
Neil Young, 1975 Photo: supplied
8:05 Song for The Road - Steve West
We're talking to some night time drivers about the music that keeps them trucking.
Photo: AFP
If you're on the road in the dark and there's a particular piece of music you'd like to share with us, drop us a line at nights@rnz.co.nz
8:15 Dateline Pacific
Photo: RNZ
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
An innovative Zimbabwean therapy is helping solve the world's mental health crisis.
A few remaining pedestrians walk in Harare as many people left the central business district on June 2. Photo: Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP
9:10 Nights Sport
Peter Lampp joins us once again with the latest sports news.
Photo: Photosport Ltd 2020
9:30 Nights Gone By
We go back to an interview Bryan did just over a year ago and spend some time in bed with The Romans. University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer in Classics, Dr Gary Morrison, a specialist in Roman social history and tells us about the facts and the fabrications around Roman sexuality.
Roman fresco from the bedroom (Cubiculum 43) in the Casa del Centenario (IX 8,3) in Pompeii, 1. Century A. C. Photo: Unknown Creative commons
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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 Nashville Babylon
On Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers has a blues extravaganza courtesy of John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat ... a track from Giant Sand's recently reissued album Ramp, a Genesis cover by Red House Painters ... plus more from Bob Dylan's latest.
Photo: Supplied