Nights for Wednesday 2 February 2022
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Author Freya North
9:10 PM.After a 7-year hiatus, bestselling British author, Freya North is back with Little Wing, a book that she was inspired to write after visiting the Hebridean island of Harris. Read more Audio
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A Political History of Child Protection in Aotearoa
7:13 PM.Dr Ian Hyslop, a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Auckland joins us to talk about his new book A Political History of Child Protection - Lessons for Reform from Aotearoa New… Read more Audio
7:12 A Political History of Child Protection in Aotearoa
Photo: IGOR STEVANOVIC / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Dr Ian Hyslop, a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Auckland joins us to talk about his new book A Political History of Child Protection - Lessons for Reform from Aotearoa New Zealand.
Photo: Bristol University Press
7:30 At The Movies
On At the Movies, Dan Slevin looks at four new films in local cinemas. He reviews the new coming-of-age comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza; a romantic comedy about two publishing executives struggling with their mixed feelings for each other, The Hating Game; a biopic about notorious 80s televangelists, The Eyes of Tammy Fae; and Tilda Swinton experiences strange phenomena in Colombia in Memoria.
8:10 The Hump
The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where we take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.
Tonight's prize is a CD - yeah, old school! - of the saxophone quartet, Saxcess' !0th Anniversary album.
Photo: Saxcess
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
The BBC Crowd Science team answers more listener questions. Tonight, How is a small budget pocket radio able to recreate all the atmosphere and sounds of a football match? CrowdScience listener Andy wants to know about the science enabling his radio listening, so presenter CrowdScience Geoff Marsh sets off - microphone in hand - to follow the journey of sound on the radio.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
9:10 Author Freya North.
After a 7 year hiatus, British author, Freya North is back with Little Wing, a book that she was inspired to write after visiting the Hebridean island of Harris.
Photo: freyanorth.com
In the 1960s, a pregnant 16-year-old is banished to one of the remotest parts of the UK. Years later, Nell and Dougie are both at critical moments in their lives when their paths cross. Between Camden, Colchester and the Outer Hebrides, the three storylines collide when secrets are uncovered, and answers sought
Photo: Allen & Unwin NZ
9:30 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:40 A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity
In episode two of A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity, Justin Rowlatt explores what was the original solar energy revolution - harnessing the sun's rays to grow food. Some 10,000 years ago our ancestors began to till the soil, producing the energy surpluses needed to feed the first cities and civilisations.
Photo: IGOR STEVANOVIC / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
10:17 Lately
Karyn Hay is taking a break tonight and Bryan Crump will be taking a late night look into the stories of the day.
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
11:07 Inside Out
After 11, on Inside out, Nick Tipping takes a ride through the songs of the great Irving Berlin.
Irving Berlin and stars of the movie Alexander's Ragtime Band Photo: Boston Globe, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons
