Nights for Monday 20 July 2020
7:12 Sofa Session - Mystery Waitress
We're joined by Poneke artist Mystery Waitress for a Sofa Session.
Photo: Mystery Waitress
7:35 The Sampler
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews lockdown sets from Kenyan-born, Minnesota-based troubadour J.S. Ondara and veteran English singer-songwriter Richard Thompson, plus the gothic synth-pop of Swedish duo I Break Horses.
I Break Horses Photo: Bella Union
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
Katy Brand reveals how the bed, past and present, has been shaped by our attitudes to sleep, sex, and status.
Photo: Flickr / Dejan Krsmanovic
9:10 Nights Sport
Rikki Swannell joins us once again. Tonight she reminisces about the netball world cup final a year ago and asks about netball's future ... as well as the future of other sports post COVID.
Katrina Rore celebrating gold at the 2019 Netball World Cup in Liverpool Photo: © SWpix.com (t/a Photography Hub Ltd)
9:30 Nights Gone By
Tonight we go way back to 2015. Back when we could travel. Where director, actor, comedian and musician Madeleine Sami showed Melody around her neck of the woods ... in Los Angeles!
Hiking in sweltering heat for an hour and a half through shadeless desert without a water bottle? What a good idea! Despite the odds being fairly well stacked against enjoyment, this was a great hike - and the view from the top was sensational. Photo: Melody Thomas
10:17 Lately
Robert Kelly is in for Karyn Hay on Lately all this week. Keeping you up to date if you're up late.
Photo: RNZ /Dom Thomas
11:07 Nashville Babylon
Mark Rogers has new music from Josh Rouse, Cass McCombs and DC Cross. There's also a Steely Dan cover courtesy of El 'Paperboy' Reed and classic soul from Esther Phillips.
Josh Rouse Photo: Supplied