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8:30 PM.Clinical psychologist Dougal Southerland sits down to talk to Emile to explain why people queue to disembark many minutes before actually disembarking. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.South African journalist, academic, fact-checker, and author of the 2022 book Farm killings in South Africa Nechama Brodie joins Nights to examine white genocide claims from US President Donald Trump.

10:30 PM.RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile in the studio to talk about the big sports stories from the weekend. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.In the Far North, 190 tonnes of plastic waste - an entire year's worth of recycling - may be about to be dumped into the landfill. Waste management specialist Timothy Brake joins Emile Donovan to… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.You step up to take your shot, hit the ball, or throw the dart - and suddenly, you can't go through with it. Dr Arne Nieuwenhuys explains this condition, also known as the yips. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Tonight, broadcaster and businessman Sir Ian Taylor sits down in the Auckland studio with Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.The University of Otago wants to knock down the 50-year-old, brutalist Archway Lecture Theatres. Christine McCarthy from the school of architecture at Te Herenga Waka joins Emile Donovan to explain… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Featuring American indie darlings Wednesday, Norwegian punk band Honningbarna, and multi-instrumentalist 3S-AMI-5A. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Former Olympian turned academic Dave Gerrard joins Emile Donovan to discuss a controversial new sporting event set to debut in Las Vegas next May. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin reviews Irish film Tarrac (2022), the second season of Star Wars spin-off Andor streaming on Disney+, and Lion (2016) airing free on TVNZ+. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Director of the Wairarapa Film Festival Jane Ross joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.The news is filled with chatter about language and gender these days - gender-neutral pronouns, sexist language, the C word in parliament - but what about the gender of language itself?  Associate… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Infometrics chief executive Brad Olsen joins Todd Zaner to recap the big wins, big cuts, and big moments from finance minister Nicola Willis' second budget. Read more Audio

9:45 PM.Hip hop pioneer, turntablist, and Order of New Zealand Merit Phil Bell - aka DJ Sir-Vere - joins Emile Donovan to take listeners on a sonic journey to the Auckland of the eighties and nineties. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.When Craig Thorburn first walked into Kelly Tarlton's as a teenager, he knew it was for him. Forty years later, Craig is a global aquarium design consultant working across the globe and he joins Emile… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Curator Social History at Auckland Museum Jane Groufsky joins Emile Donovan in Turtle Bay to paint a picture of Auckland's changing landscape from the 1980s to now. Read more Audio

9:00 PM.A special live edition of the famous Nights quiz. Three quizzees live from our studio audience at Kelly Tarlton's take to the airwaves to be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quizmaster hat. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Host of RNZ podcast Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt Hamish Williams joins Emile Donovan in Turtle Bay to share his journey of exploration and discovery. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.An employee of Tonkin and Taylor was caught on camera actively heckling coalition leader Winston Peters earlier this week. Now, his job could be at risk. Leading employment lawyer Barbara Buckett is… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Earlier this week news broke of former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis, and that he hadn't had a prostate cancer check for more than a decade. Peter Dickens, CEO of the Prostate Cancer… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Have the introduction of cameras into the chambers of Parliament changed the way MP's debate for the worse? Palmerston North lawyer and 'The Blue Review' substack author Liam Hehir believes so, and he… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Music lover? Appreciate handmade objects? The Sonic Salon and Symposium is a free event taking place on May 23rd in Auckland, featuring the work of some renowned instrument-makers. Dave Pauling… Read more Audio

10:40 PM.Dr Sam Mackay interviewed 36 expatriates who lived and worked in Kabul's fortified compounds- including three Kiwis - and presented his findings in his thesis: 'Sexcapades, Drug Hazes and Terrorist… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Nights heads over to Tasmania, where the fallout from the election continues. Pacific Editor at Australian Associated Press, Ben McKay joins Emile Donovan to explain more about what's going on across… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Professor Andrew Geddis from the University of Otago's law faculty joins Emile Donovan to explain the bureaucracy and the politics at play with the suspension of Te Pāti Māori MPs, a motion… Read more Audio