Nights for Tuesday 22 June 2021
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Snow and Our Changing Climate
7:10 PM.We're talking snow and a new collaborative project with the University of Otago, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research that… Read more Audio
7:12 Snow and Our Changing Climate
We're talking snow and a new collaborative project with the University of Otago, Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research that seeks to improve the modelling of seasonal snow in our changing climate. We're joined by Investigators Lauren Vargo and Todd Redpath.
Photo: University of Otago
7:30 The Sampler
Tony Stamp investigates the second album from America-born/ Germany-based electro singer Sophia Kennedy, a politically-charged collection by Canadian rapper Cadence Weapon, and a team up between singer Bonnie "Prince" Billy and guitarist Matt Sweeney that comes sixteen years after their first and is similarly profound.
Bonny Prince Billy & Matt Sweeney Photo: supplied
8:15 Pacific Waves
Sela Jane Hopgood presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.
A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world. Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Window on The World
Another Climate Question from the BBC World Service - As the Brazilian legislature considers a bill that would legalise the private use of public land in the Amazon region, could renewed international pressure convince the Brazilian government to rethink its policies, or will this simply go ignored.
Tonight's Climate Question- Why are we failing to protect the Amazon rainforest?
The sun sets on a burnt area of Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil. Photo: AFP or licensors
9:07 Smart Talk
Prof. Frank Bloomfield Photo: University of Auckland
Huge strides in the care of pre-term babies have been made in the last few decades. Professor Frank Bloomfield from the Liggins Institute reports on this history, and the current state of research, in this highlight from the 2021 season of Auckland University's popular Raising the Bar event.
Photo: GODONG / BSIP
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 Worlds of Music
After 11, on Worlds Of Music, Trevor Reekie features an interview with American born Producer Joe Boyd talking about the recording of English singer-songwriter Nick Drake's debut album, Five Leaves Left, released in July 1969.
The album cover for Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake Photo: Island Records
Drake only ever recorded 3 studio albums, played a handful of live shows and reluctantly agreed to one interview over the course of his career.
Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left album Photo: Supplied
At the time, those albums never achieved the potential they richly deserved. Drake died, aged 26 in November 1974. These days Nick Drake is credited as influencing some of the biggest names in music, resulting in over 2.4 million albums selling … and still counting.