Nights for Thursday 29 July 2021
7:12 The Toxicology of Ketamin
Science Regular Leo Schep is taking a look at Ketamin - Ketamine is a dissociative anaesthetic that is widely used in medical & veterinary practices.
Photo: Nerdking2015, DMTrott, CC BY-SA 4.0
7:35 Modelling the Weather for The Americas Cup.
We chat to one of NIWA's weather team, Nava Fedaeff, who has been leading a project to upgrade weather forecasts for the Department of Conservation national park and back country areas and who worked very closely with Emirates Team NZ for the America's Cup this year. NIWA supplied them with forecasting information on the Hauraki Gulf.
NZL60 which beat Italy's Prada Challenge to win the 2000 America's Cup. Photo: Photosport
8:15 Pacific Waves
Koroi Hawkins 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.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Window on The World
Sleek blue machines have been popping up in convenience stores across Nairobi over the past two years. These "Koko points" look like cash machines but instead of giving out money they dispense bioethanol, a fuel made from plants which can be used in cooking stoves.
A customer in a local Nairobi grocery store fills a reusable KOKO Networks bottle at a KOKOpoint Fuel ATM. Photo: Koko Productions & Photography CC
At the moment 80% of Kenyans use wood or charcoal as their main cooking fuel - but these materials have a devastating impact on the environment, and the smoke causes hundreds of deaths every week. Koko's high-tech solution offers Kenyans a cleaner alternative, although it means a move away from some dearly-held customs.
9:07 Our Changing World
This week on Our Changing World - Claire Concannon speaks to researchers from the University of Waikato about a condition called Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport - where athletes don't take in the right amount of calories to do the amount of exercise they are doing.
Holly Thorpe & Katie Schofield from the University of Waikato Photo: RNZ/Claire Concannon
Katie Schofield speaks about her PhD work in this area, as well as her personal experiences as an elite athlete with this condition. Holly Thorpe explains why the problem is much more complex than simply calorie intake, and why it is important to research this condition in a multidisciplinary way.
9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Scotland
As vaccinations ramp up and life begins to open up, we chat to our Overseas Correspondent in Scotland, Andrew Learmonth.
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon receives her second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, administered by staff nurse Susan Inglis at the NHS Louisa Jordan vaccine centre in Glasgow. Photo: Photo by Jeff J Mitchell / POOL / AFP
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 Music 101 pocket edition
After 11, Yadana Saw is here with this week's Pocket Edition. Tonight, Texas' official state musician Leon Bridges shares his newest album Gold Diggers Sound, Kirin J Callinan speaks with Tony Stamp on being stuck in New Zealand and Chet Faker contemplates the meaning of a moniker.
Kirin J Callinan Photo: supplied
