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7:12 PM.Methodist lay-preacher John Thornley with the seventh part of his series exploring the spiritual side of songs. Tonight, the spirit of Christmas. (topics) spiritual practices (tags) christmas, Hymns Audio

7:12 PM.Dr Paul Beumelburg spent time on Mangaia, that's where he went to to do his PhD research into education and mixing the best of local teaching with the best western techniques. Mangaia is the most… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Our native fish geek, Stella McQueen, discusses the banded kokopu, the only whitebait species that isn't classified as threatened, yet it seems to have quietly gone near-extinct across a wide swathe… Read more Audio

8:10 PM.New Zealand Emergency Response Therapists offer free massage and bodywork to help settle the frazzled nerves of people shaken by earthquakes. We talk to founder Marina Locke, ahead of one of their… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Jivester, editor and publisher Fergus Barrowman on the sizzle and pop of a snazzy beat... Audio

7:12 PM.Dallas Goldtooth is an organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, and is currently on the ground at Standing Rock, where water protectors remain vigilant despite the good news that the US… Read more Audio

7:13 PM.Jenny Haworth's new book Auckland Then and Now looks at the evolution of our largest and most dynamic city. Audio

8:08 PM.Dr. Dillon Mayhew from Victoria University tackles Infinity. Audio

8:12 PM.Prof. Shaun Hendy, director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland, on this year's nobel prize winners and the transitional states of matter they've discovered - why do the same bunch of… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Auckland Botanic gardens Manager Jack Hobbs, on their their Gondwana forest, and the very unusual inhabitants lurking there over summer. Audio

8:12 PM.Do you need a goal, or is an innovative world to explore enough? Video game reviewer Andrew Todd defends "walking simulators" Gone Home, Firewatch and The Stanley Parable. Audio

8:12 PM.Reporter for Bloomberg BNA, Lien Hoang reports from the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, pop. 90,730,000 (est. 2014)... Audio

8:12 PM.What is eco-socialism? How do eco-socialists view the causes of climate change, neoliberal policy responses and the politics of Green parties? We ask University of Otago political historian A.Prof… Read more Audio

7:12 PM.Claire Bibby travelled to the Solomon Islands to research WWII history and witness munition disposal. After visiting the former capital of Tulagi, she ventured on to three off-shore islands Gavutu… Read more Audio

8:12 PM.Professor Emerita in Science Communication at the University of Otago Jean Fleming, on (quirky) human anatomy... Audio

8:08 PM.University of Auckland ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke looks at some key moments in hip hop this year; the long awaited return of A Tribe Called Quest, the continued prominence of Southern hip hop… Read more Audio