Nights for Wednesday 14 December 2022
7:12 At The Movies
This week Simon Morris looks back on 2022 — a year when many films went straight to streaming services, more successful women filmmakers than ever, and a record number of New Zealand films and filmmakers — from Taika's Thor to Jurassic World, starring Sir Sam Neill.
Photo: AFP
7:30 Digital Planet
One of the biggest platforms in Southeast Asia - which is as popular as Google, YouTube and Facebook - has stopped bank transfer payments after users reported money missing from their accounts. Facial recognition plans have been dropped by Sao Paulo - for now. And 3D printed violins.
Photo: 123RF
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
8:30 Window on The World: CrowdScience
If your home is drafty, filling in holes and cracks can help tackle rising energy bills, and lower your carbon footprint. But is there a limit to how airtight we should make our homes?
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9:07 The role of yin-yang in Chinese medicine
Yin-yang is an abstract concept within ancient Chinese philosophy. It's the law of nature, the origin of motion and variation, and the principle of how humans perceive the world. But how does it fit in within the context of traditional Chinese medicine? And what about the food we eat?
Lynn Hwang is a lecturer, clinical supervisor and clinical coordinator at the New Zealand School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She joins the show to explain.
9:30 What is the Great Filter theory?
The Great Filter theory is the idea that when intelligent life on a planet reaches a certain level of technology and complexity they wipe themselves out. This may speak to why we are still yet to make alien contact. And a recent report from NASA suggests we might be heading the same way.
Joining the show to discuss is Professor Jan Eldridge, theoretical astrophysicist at the University of Auckland.
MethaneSAT is a planned American-New Zealand space mission to launch a satellite that will be able to detect global methane emissions. Photo: 123RF
10.18 Midweek Mediawatch: 14 December 2022
Colin Peacock joins the show for the latest analysis of New Zealand's media landscape. This week he looks at the what's happening with the TVNZ-RNZ merger, coverage around the FIFA World Cup, and the death of long-serving NZ Herald journalist John Armstrong.
Photo: RNZ/123RF
10:45 Cancel Santa
Santa's about to be cancelled...
Or at least that's the case in a naughty new Christmas play opening in Christchurch this week.
Cancel Santa runs at the Little Andromeda theatre from December 15 to 24.
Photo: Little Andromeda
11:07 Inside Out
Nick looks at the history of jazz vocal ensembles, from the Boswell sisters to Take 6.