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  • Trade analyst discusses Brexit vote

    8:30 PM.Charles Finny is a former diplomat and trade negotiator Audio

  • Nights' Sport - Flying High

    8:12 PM.18 year old Connor Leech is flying high thanks to a scholarship from the Dust Palace circus school. we'll talk to Connor and The Dust Palace co-owner, performer, and actor Eve Gordon ahead of the… Read more Audio

  • Nights' Culture - Jamaican Music

    8:10 PM.Miles Buckingham explores the moment when dancehall got conscious, including a track inspired by outrage at a batch of insecticide contaminated flour killing 17 people. Audio

  • Life is Plastic - Peter Walker

    7:12 PM.Recently retired plastic surgeon Mr Peter Walker reflects on his career, which included pioneering work as New Zealand's first (and currently only) surgeon to perform male to female gender… Read more Audio

  • Nights' Overseas - Vietnam

    8:12 PM.The mass death of fish in central Vietnam has sparked rare and weekly protests against the Government's inaction on industrial water pollution. Our correspondent Lien Hoang reports in from Ho Chi Minh… Read more Audio

  • You and your Fungi

    7:12 PM.Your body is host to a diverse fungal community known as the "mycobiome" which plays a critical role in human health and disease. We hear from Case Western Reserve medical mycologist Mahmoud Ghannoum… Read more Audio

  • Nights' Pundit - Right Thinking

    8:12 PM.The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative. Audio

  • Nights' Science - Physics

    8:12 PM.Prof. Shaun Hendy, director of Te Punaha Matatini at the University of Auckland introduces the work of German physicist Emmy Noether who proved that whenever you have a continuous symmetry in physics… Read more Audio

  • Why does bread go brown and taste better when you toast it?

    7:12 PM.Why does bread go brown and taste better when you toast it? Prof Les Copeland explains the delicious science of roasting and toasting. Read more Audio

  • Nights' Sport - United Kingdom

    8:12 PM.BBC sports journalist Russell Fuller reports on the European football championship, The England and Wales rugby tour and the reunion of Andy Murray with coach Ivan Lendl. Audio

  • Nights' Culture - Comics & Graphic Novels

    8:12 PM.Cartoonist, writer, illustrator Adrian Kinnaird on 'Island to Island: A Graphic Exchange between Taiwan & New Zealand' Audio

  • Yoga - for every body?

    7:12 PM.When you think yoga do you picture a slim young white middle-class woman? Yoga teacher Dianne Bondy is part of a movement to reclaim yoga for everybody. Read more Audio

  • Nights' Overseas - Uganda

    8:12 PM.The edible Rolex, plus what does the re-election of President Museveni, mean for Ugandans? We'll talk to Daily Monitor journalist Tabu Butagira. Audio

  • "Godfather of Coral"

    7:12 PM.The Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing the worst bleaching event in its history, with 22% of corals dead according to government agencies. Former chief scientist of the Australian Institute… Read more Audio

  • Nights' Pundit - Philosophy

    8:10 PM.What makes for a good life? Philosopher at large Ann Kerwin looks at Todd May's book A Significant Life - Human Meaning in a Silent Universe. Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys - China's Hidden Coast

    7:10 PM.Peter Kerr shares his 3 month trip exploring the south east coast of China by bicycle. Audio

  • Nights' Science - Computer Science

    8:10 PM.Prof. Mark Apperley from the University of Waikato shares examples of how science fiction sometimes becomes science fact. Audio

  • Snapping at all stations

    7:10 PM.David Brewer has photographed every train station in Great Britain, all 2500 of them. He also has a fondness for the small and least used ones. Audio

  • Nights' Sport - Freediving

    8:10 PM.22 year old Kristine Zipfel will be competing at a freediving competition this weekend. We'll chat to her about her love for this simultaneuosly extreme and serene sport. Audio

  • Nights' Culture - Contemporary Classical Music

    8:08 PM.RNZ Concert Sound Lounge guest host Charlotte Wilson raises the baton on contemporary classical music as well as recent releases of old masters. Audio

  • A natural undertaking

    7:15 PM.Funeral director Fiona King lifts the lid on the history of funerals in New Zealand and suggests we should be more DIY with taking care of our dead. Read more Video, Audio

  • Nights' Overseas Report - Canada

    8:12 PM.Journalist for Medicine Hat News, Peggy Revell reports on the future for residents of Fort McMurray following the wildfires. Plus, how can you complete with Justin Trudeau? Both of Canada's opposition… Read more Audio

  • Pug life – the cost of cute

    7:12 PM.Dogs bred to have short, wide heads, such as pugs and French and British bulldogs are prone to serious health complications including breathing difficulties, skin and eye conditions and digestive… Read more Audio

  • Nights' Pundit - Economics

    8:12 PM.What are the Government's options to ease the housing crisis? Independent economics scholar Brian Easton weighs in. Audio

  • Our Own Odysseys - An Unexpected Journey

    7:12 PM.Hobbit fan Naresh Kumar spent three months walking and running the length of New Zealand in sandals. His motto "Live-small, Adventure-lots" Audio

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