Nights for Tuesday 15 February 2022

 

7:12 What's Motivating the Protestors?

Our mainly Marxist political historian, Associate Professor Brian Roper from Otago University's Politics Departmant joins us once again.  He takes a look at the current protests outside parliament.

7:30 The Sampler

Tony Stamp treats his ears to a trend-bucking second album by UK whizz-kids Black Country New Road, the solo debut of Super-groove frontman and award-winning screen composer Karl Steven, and a self-reflexive collection of glum songs by Japanese-American songwriter Mitski

8:15 Pacific Waves

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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.

8:30 Window on The World

The Food Chain's Ruth Alexander is joined by two experts who say our reluctance to talk about constipation is having an impact on our well-being and creating a costly burden on health services; and why prunes - a famous remedy - can actually make it worse.

9:07 Science in a Social Context.

Toni White is a social researcher for Plant and Food Research - we find out about her work making the scientific solutions work for the communities that need them.

10:17 Lately

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 a cross section of artists that includes a live rehearsal recorded by RNZ's mobile recording unit of the Malian Trio Da Kali and Auckland based Black Quartet. It makes for an interesting listen given it's the first time all 7 musicians had met each other .. the program also features new recordings by  Israeli drummer Ben Aylon, Kiwi composer Tui Mamaki and Griot Jazz by the very excellent Baba Sissoko.