Nights for Monday 1 August 2022

7:12 Mad Doggerels

Poet laureate David Eggleton and Pacific Daren Kamali are about to embark on their month long Mad Doggerel Cabaret tour combining a comical and lyrical portrait of Aotearoa New Zealand and its place in the South Pacific today

The tour is supported by Arts on Tour NZ which organises tours of outstanding performers to rural and smaller centres around New Zealand. 

7:35 An eye on South Auckland

Photographer Raymond Sagapolutele joins us once again with an update from South Auckland this week he looks at the Auckland mayoral election and the Pacific music awards.

8:05 Little Moment of Calm

More Sublime sounds from Bryan's trusty sound recorder.

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

In the last week, teams of astronomers have rushed to report ever deeper views of the universe thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. ...and there are some real surprises in the glimpses of the cosmic dawn.

A 550 million year old fossil which is the oldest representative of a large group of animals still with us today

And did the cultural invention of romantic kissing five thousand years ago lead to the spread of today's dominant strain of the cold sore virus

9:10 Sport in America with Helene Elliot

Helene Elliot from the LA times talks about Novak Djokovic's effort to enter the United States for the US Open, the NFL is set to kick off with the defending champions the LA Rams preparing to defend their title and the popularity of another type of football - or soccer - continues to grow

9:30 Podcast Feature: Days Like These

The Australian ABC's Days Like These is a podcast told by one person telling the tale of how they lived through something wild or a moment where everything changed. They can sometimes be funny, sometimes scary... sometimes both.

This is episode three when one night, fresh from his first big break-up, a 23-year-old is hanging out at a friend's house when she pulls out a massive bag of weed together, they decide to cut loose, forget about their troubles for one night. 

But what starts as a light-hearted trip soon sours.

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 Nashville Babylon

Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in Country, Soul and Rock 'n' Roll, reggae, folk and blues.

This week Mark has blues from Buddy Guy, gospel courtesy of Mahalia Jackson, a track from Tami Neilson's latest album Kingmaker plus ska from Joe Higgs.