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8:30 PM.New Zealand world-leading freediver Kathryn Nevatt joins Emile Donovan to share some top tips for holding one's breath Read more Audio

8:15 PM.Infometrics chief forecaster Gareth Kiernan joins Emile Donovan to discuss. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring new music from Baltimore lo-fi synth-pop artist Nourished By Time, Wellington indie artist Michaela Tempers, and Swedish dance duo Deki Alem. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review the new film Eddington by Ari Aster, Gut Instinct which was produced, written, directed and edited by Auckland filmmaker Doug Dillaman and… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.We're heading down to Timaru, where the Timaru Booksellers are putting on their annual Word Salad open mic poetry night at the Aigantighe Art Gallery to mark National Poetry Day. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.A group of Southland artists have come together, working across all sorts of mediums, to capture the colour, creativity and nostalgia of the classic Kiwi potluck. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.RNZ's Jamie Tahana is in York covering the excitement. Read more Audio

9:40 PM.We cross to RNZ's So'omalo Iteni Schwalger who is at the Due Drops Events Centre in Manukau, where the Pacific Music Awards are taking place. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.David Stewart is a mathematician at the University of Manchester. He's part of the group that devised this new strategy, and he speaks to Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.On the eve of a new poet laureate being announced, current-reigning laureate Chris Tse joins Mark Leishman for his reread of Raymond Carver's 1981 collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson is back for his monthly chat. Tonight, he's taking us through the rise and fall of Athens as the powerhouse of ancient Greece. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Anna Marie Brennan is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Waikato, where she specialises in outer space law and she speaks to Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to Professor Bev Lawton ONZM, the founder and director of the National Centre for Women's Health Research Aotearoa, and the 2025 New Zealander of the Year. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.With teachers striking for better pay and conditions, Albany Senior High School principal Claire Amos joins Emile Donovan to discuss. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Human beings have looked upwards since our necks allowed. Physics PhD candidate and planetarium presenter Laura Burn takes Emile Donovan on an astronomical journey. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Olympian, Commonwealth silver medalist and now president of Race Walking NZ Alana Barber-Blocki chats to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Journalist Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan to discuss an extraordinary Ukraine summit in Washington, anti-government riots in Serbia, and the return of football. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Will either party be tempted to roll the dice on a new leader before the election? Former MP and United Future Party leader Peter Dunne has seen plenty come and go - he joins Nights. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Stuff journalist Mike White has followed the Swedish tourist case closely and joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the past three decades. Read more Audio

8:50 PM.BBC World Service reporter Pete Ross joins the programme to discuss the stories making the headlines internationally, including the meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald… Read more Audio

8:40 PM.RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week that was in sport. Including the reaction to the All Blacks' win over Argentina, the return of the Premier League and could… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Anna Rawhiti-Connell is a senior writer at The Spinoff (and a SatC fan) and she speaks to Emile Donovan to mark the end of an era. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Mindful Money chief executive Barry Coates said many New Zealanders might be unpleasantly surprised that their money was being invested in companies producing weapons that could be used in conflicts… Read more Audio