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7:12 PM.Nights' Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again. Tonight he's taking a look at cocaine. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.We talk to author Julia Laite about her book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey - about how a sex worker in Edwardian London, once a photographer's assistant from Wellington, who became a key witness… Read more Audio

7:15 PM.Ethiopian born Sam Seba, regards his homeland's civil war from the safe - but heart breaking - vantage point of Aotearoa. Read more Audio

7:15 PM.Nina Hall, Assistant Professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University brings us up to date with the momentous changes happening in Germany. Read more Audio

7:25 PM.Our self confesssed Sci-Fi geek, Eleanor Tremeer takes on the concept of "the chosen one" in sci-fi. Read more Audio

7:15 PM.We talk to Aticia 'Teesh' Grey about her new book, Muster Dogs - about her faithfull team of kelpies that were by her side as she took on the manager's role on her family's West Pilbara cattle station… Read more Audio

9:43 PM.Our overseas correspondent in taiwan, William Yang joins us from Taipei. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.We catch up with Ben James from Herb's Mobile record store - he picks a track for us. Read more Audio

7:47 PM.RNZ is partnering with The MacDiarmid Institute to launch a new podcast for science-fiction fans.  Nicola Gaston, co-director of the MacDiarmid Institute, joins us. Read more Audio

7:18 PM.James Rice is a PhD student researching superconducting power supplies for fusion energy applications at the Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington, where he works closely… Read more Audio

7:10 PM.Dr Olivier Holland, from the School of Music, at the University of Auckland plays us some of the latest compositions from this semester's jazz student's. At just 19 years old, they "blew his socks… Read more Audio

7:35 PM.We speak to Simon Eastwood, a Wellington composer and bass player, who has just won the Open Category of Compose Aotearoa!, our national choral-song-writing competition run by Choirs Aotearoa New… Read more Audio

7:12 PM.HMS New Zealand was arguably the most famous ship to serve this country, even if that was under Royal Navy colours. We speak to historian Matthew Wright about the new 'biography' he has written about… Read more Audio

7:40 PM.Richard Fahey from the School of Creative Industries at UNITEC joins us for a regular chat about ceramics. Read more Audio

7:13 PM.Former Metservice Severe Weather Meteorologist, Erick Brensturm joins us once again to take a look at weather events around the world. Read more Audio

7:14 PM.We talk to Michelle Hurley, Publisher at Allen & Unwin, about their major new commercial fiction writing prize with a $10,000 publishing contract for the winner. Read more Audio

7:12 PM.Nights Geographer Louise Richards joins us once again. Joining Louise this time is geographer and Professor of Public Health at Massey University, Karen Witten. They'll be looking at acceptance of and… Read more Audio