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9:25 PM.Finn Johansson informs, educates and entertains us with a fresh batch of eclectic picks. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review The Life of Chuck (Flanagan, 2025), Sunday Best: the Untold Story of Ed Sullivan (Jenkins, 2025) and 60 Years of Fantastic Four in 90… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights producer Bonnie Harrison joins Emile Donovan to review the week in quiztastic glory. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Vogelmorn Bowling Club trustee Bronnie Wilde joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the club's 10th anniversary. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Local body elections are officially underway, with nominations closing at midday today. Jonathan Milne, managing editor of Newsroom Pro, joins Emile Donovan to chew over the shape of the next few… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Kerri Andrews, author of Pathfinding, talks about what it means to rediscover oneself through the land we walk on. Read more Audio

8:35 PM.Esteemed Aotearoa author Elizabeth Knox shares her thoughts on her reread of The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. Read more Audio

8:25 PM.Is buzz-killing a social crime? Do we have a moral obligation to be happy? Professor Dan Weijers sheds some light. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Sally Potter, founder and director of Canary Innovation Limited, shares her perspective on the necessity of emergency mobile phone alerts in light of recent nationwide technical glitches. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandals and subsequent #MeToo and Time's Up movements, Ita O'Brien introduced the "Intimacy On Set Guidelines". Read more Audio

8:10 PM.New Zealand has thirteen city councils but do we actually have that many cities? Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Fewer children being born means those that are grow up with fewer cousins. Sociologist Dan Woodman joins Emile Donovan to explain this little-discussed shift in our family structures. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Leading patent attorney Matt Adams, a partner at trans-Tasman intellectual property firm FB Rice, joins Emile Donovan from RNZ's Wellington studio to explain how you get a patent, how they're… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Emile Donovan crosses to the glitz and glamour of our nation's pie awards to congratulate gold category winner Jason Hay from Richoux Patisserie Ellerslie. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is disestablishing four of its five senior historian roles. Historian and former editor for Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand Jock Phillips joins Nights to… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.In a quest to optimise his own life, writer Josh Drummond has spent years consuming and reviewing self-help books for his Substack The Cynic's Guide to Self-Improvement. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.BBC World Service reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making international headlines, including reports of starvation in Gaza, Afghan populations leaving… Read more Audio

8:35 PM.RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week that was in sport. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Ruby Wallace, the owner of Auckland romance bookstore Enamoured Books, joins Emile Donovan to explain the craze behind fantasy, and particularly the steamy sub-genre romantasy. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Professor John Tookey from AUT joins Emile Donovan to look at whether improving the availability of overseas materials will bring down the high cost of construction. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring tracks by Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans, Nizar Rohana and Tenderness. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (in cinemas), Giri/Haji (Netflix) and The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Tubi). 

8:30 PM.Nights producer Bonnie Harrison joins Emile Donovan to review the week in quiztastic glory. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Lincoln Tan, who runs Chow Luck Club alongside Bee Koh, speaks to Emile. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Sharon Mazer has written numerous books about wrestling, including the wonderfully named Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling, and is also a researcher at Auckland… Read more Audio