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7:40 PM.Dr Mike Price MacDiarmid Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington gives us his scientific take on The Subtle Knife from Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" Trilogy. Read more Audio

7:07 PM.Shahram Aryan from RNZ Concert, our cultural ambassador for Persian Music joins us once again. Tonight he introduces us to the work - and the voice - of Akbar Gol-paayegani (known as Golpaa). Read more Video, Audio

9:30 PM.Documentary film makers Antony Young and Jack Chapman have followed the road of young hopeful kiwi basketballers chasing the dream of a college scholarship playing basketball in the US. Read more Video, Audio

7:10 PM.We talk to University of Canterbury PhD student Chris Boniface who has been researching the possible impact of Robotic doctors and other artificial intelligence on New Zealand's healthcare system. Read more Audio

9:41 PM.We're joined by Nicola Owen and Paul Brown, co-directors of Auckland company Audio Described Aotearoa, which has received international recognition for its efforts in providing audio description for… Read more Audio

7:15 PM.Professor Simon Mitchell is Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology at the University of Auckland's School of Medicine and Editor of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. He joins us to talk about the… Read more Audio

7:13 PM.Bryan Roper, our Marxist economist join us to dissect the political economy of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lockdown, and the ensuing global economic crisis. Read more Audio

7:13 PM.Ahead of their 150th Anniversary, Canterbury university is launching a survey of its historical objects! Teece Museum and Logie Collection Curator, Terri Elder, who will lead the survey joins us. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Peggy Revell joins us once again from Medicine Hat, Alberta with the latest news and views from Canada. Read more Audio

7:35 PM.Doctor Nathaniel Davis, MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator and Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington gives us his scientific take on Flubber - which looks like… Read more Video, Audio

7:12 PM.Rachel Church joins us once again to introduce us to Robert Shumann's Piano Quintet in E Flat Major. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.We talk to Cristina Sanders about her new novel Jerningham based on the story of Edward Jerningham Wakefield, the wild-child of the Wakefield family that set up the New Zealand Company to bring the… Read more Audio

7:12 PM.A Budgeting service on Waiheke Island is keeping its migrant workers going with help from civil defence until they're allowed to work again. Almost 250 migrants were on the island when lockdown began… Read more Audio

7:12 PM.Patrick Phelps from Minerals West Coast joins us once again. Tonight he takes a look at the gold mining industry. Read more Audio

7:10 PM.How do you know when you're looking at an image online, that it's real? Professor Amy Fletcher from Canterbury University joins us to talk about the danger of deep fakes. Read more Video, Audio