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Bang! Episode 1 sex questions
8:35 PM.Mary Hodson answers your sexual queries. Audio
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Nights' Overseas - Japan
7:12 PM.Palmerston North raised journalist Motoko Kakubayashi now resides in Tokyo and works for University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, pop. 126,434,964 (est… Read more Audio
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Dunkirk a victory?
7:12 PM.For Britons, Dunkirk is one of the proudest moments of World War II. But Gerard Oram Director of Programmes for War and Society, Swansea University says quite often we now forget the catastrophic… Read more Audio
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Nights' Science - Physics
8:13 PM.This week's after dinner science comes courtesy of our physicist Professor Shaun Hendy, director of the Auckland University research institute, Te Punaha Matatini. Audio
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Feel no evil: do Animals feel pain?
7:13 PM.It's fair to say, we care more about the welfare of the animals we rely on for food and fibre more than we used to - and so we should. But in doing so - we have to deal with the ongoing problem - we… Read more Audio
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World Junior Squash Championships
8:10 PM.Wayne Werder is on the line to talk about Squash - and the World Junior Squash Championships in Tauranga going down all weekend . Audio
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Nights' Culture - Electronic Music
8:12 PM.Tonight's focus in on the idea of chill out zones or rooms, a trend that took off in the 90s as tempos in the clubs got higher, the music became more intense. Paul Berrington is with us to impart his… Read more Audio
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How to travel with a difference
7:12 PM.Eliza Raymond is the founder of GOOD Travel and she's on the show to explain how to travel - GOOD. Audio
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Nights' Overseas - Estonia
8:12 PM.Sliver Tambur is looking at self driving cars, and opening the world's first data embassy in Luxembourg. Audio
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The obsession with mermaids
7:12 PM.Sarah Peverley is a Professor of English, at the University of Liverpool. She is talking about our fascination with mermaids, and a brief history of them from the 16th century on wards. Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Right Thinking
8:10 PM.Eric Crampton is on to talk the rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility, Eric is the head of research at The New Zealand Initiative. Audio
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The Royal New Zealand Ballets' Hamish McKeich
7:10 PM.Conductor Hamish McKeich, he'll be talking about an upcoming show, you might know it - Romeo and Juliet. Audio
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Nights' Science - Astronomy
8:12 PM.Former University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory superintendent Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the bodies floating in space. Audio
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Women, War & Waistlines
7:12 PM.In the Wartime rations were starchy, and full of carbs. Which lead to alot of women being told to watch the waistline. Audio
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Prawn competition in Huka Prawn Park
8:13 PM.Grand prize for the biggest prawn? Activities Supervisor Chey Lierman from Huka Prawn Park talk to Paul about the weekends activities. Audio
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Nights' Culture - Poetry
8:12 PM.Poetry, and ode to it - by James Brown [topic] arts Audio
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Making fake faeces for Bangladesh's sewerage system
7:12 PM.Naomi Deering is a Postgraduate Researcher in Faecal Sludge Management at the University of Bath. She is making fake faeces to try and improve Bangladesh's sewerage system. Audio
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Nights' Overseas - India
8:12 PM.Bangalore based author and journalist Shoba Narayan from the second-most populated nation of the world, India. Audio
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The Decimal Express
7:12 PM.David Parsons is on the show to talk about when decimal currency was chucked on trains and sent round the country to distribute , the 27 million new banknotes and 165 million new coins to New… Read more Audio
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Nights' Pundit - Philosophy
8:10 PM.Ann Kerwin joins us in the Auckland studio to talk about Phenomenology (FE- AH-- MEN- OLOGY) which is "The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. The… Read more Audio
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Kai-A-Miro Catchup
7:10 PM.'Eating the berry' with Shannon Haunui-Thompson from Radio New Zealand's Te Manu Korihi team; from the proverb 'Ko te Manu kai Ana I te Miro nona te Ao' (the Bird that eats the Berry owns the World)… Read more Audio
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Nights' Science - Computer Science
8:10 PM.What is the modern computer? asks Mark Apperley. Audio
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'It is a very special place and it is dying'
7:15 PM.The Great Barrier Reef is not in grave danger yet, according to a draft report from UNESCO. The Australian government is calling it a big win, but science professor James Watson says it's a "suspended… Read more Audio
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A weekend of Art & Deco
8:12 PM.We'll be catching up with Glen Pickering, Art Deco Trust Festival director about Napier's Art & Deco winter weekend. Audio
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Nights' Culture - Jazz
8:12 PM.Fergus Barrowman is sharing some new jazz releases. Audio