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9:25 PM.When Australian comedian Michelle Brasier was scammed by a stranger, she didn't report it. Instead, she extended her hand in friendship and turned the experience - into a cabaret. Read more Audio

8:50 PM.Books from ten emerging New Zealand writers will be celebrated and amplified in a new initiative from The Coalition for Books. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.When looking at a great work of art, does your heart race? A new neuroaesthetics study looks at how art and beauty can affect us physically and mentally. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.It's Independence Day in the Philippines and Becky Buada, from Banyuhay Aotearoa, explains how Filipino migrants celebrate it in New Zealand. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.As downtown Los Angeles sleeps for a second night under curfew, Professor Robert Patman explains the likelihood of California seceding and the mood of a nation on edge. Read more Audio

9:24 PM.Angella Dravid took home the Fred Award for best show at the 2025 New Zealand Comedy Festival. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.It's Men's Health Week and the man behind the Wednesday Waffle video explains how a simple way to keep in touch with your mates could also save lives.  Read more Audio

8:10 PM.According to the latest census figures, more people moved south than north in the period between 2018 and 2023 - a reversal of traditional migration patterns. 
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9:25 PM.Ten years ago, New Zealanders' favourite car to buy was a Toyota Corolla. Today, it's more likely to be a Ford Ranger. Professor Alistair Woodward joins Nights to look at how big cars are changing our… Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nanotechnologist Dr Michelle Dickinson joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Pet custody lawyer Eve Smith joins Nights to discuss a new law giving Australian courts new powers to assess who should take the family pet when it comes to matrimonial property disputes. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.They may have deregistered from the Electoral Commission in 2015, and their Wikipedia page may be written in the past tense, but Alliance Party president Victor Billot insists the party never fully… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Dr Will Gervais, a cultural evolutionary psychologist based at Brunel University of London and author of a new book Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.We cross to BBC World journalist Pete Ross about the news making international headlines, including the latest on the Israeli response to Greta Thunberg's aid ship to Gaza, and how the situation is… Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Nights sports whiz and RNZ journalist Jamie Wall is in the studio to discuss Mark Robinson’s resignation and what it reveals about the broader state of rugby in New Zealand. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Ahead of Age Without Limits Day on June 11, Emile chats to Dr Joanna Hikaka, co-director of the University of Auckland's Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Drugdealer, and Clbrks & Kurt Terese Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Ballerina (2025), Mountainhead (2025) streaming on Neon, and children's classic The Iron Giant (1999) streaming for free on ThreeNow. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.We're heading to Christchurch, and the Cashmere Club, where the Mainland Big Band will be performing. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.With New Zealand's first water crematorium opening for business today, President of the Funeral Directors Association Andrew Malcolm joins Emile Donovan to discuss how our attitudes to going out in… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Harold is a clinical psychologist who grew up in the projects of Washington DC, studied at Harvard and served as an officer in the United States Air Force - while doing so as a gay man was illegal. Read more Audio

8:50 PM.Dave Alexander has spent almost nine years building a turbo-charged Lakester from his Mangatāwhiri garage - and now he's taking it to the Bonneville Salt Flats. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Dan Weijers asks: is moral repugnance a good guide to what is right or wrong? Read more Audio

8:10 PM.University of Canterbury sociologist and gang expert Dr Jarrod Gilbert joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The legendary British cabaret La Clique was formed 20 years ago by Australian David Bates. Growing up on a sheep farm playing the piano, David is now an Olivier Award-winner and tours his Spiegeltent… Read more Audio