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8:20 PM.Senior writer at The Spinoff, Alex Casey has been taking a deep dive into the history of the chocolate fish and why they are our preferred reward for a job well done.  Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Sarina Gibbon is the founder of Tenancy Advisory, and she joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.International consultant Rohan Pike is a former Australian Federal Police officer and Customs and Border Force expert. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Molly Kelsey is The Cat Counsellor and she joins Emile Donovan to explain  Read more Audio

8:30 PM.How a conversation on RNZ about the town has been immortalised in the book Route 52. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.A Manchester bar owner has caused a furore over his policy to ban solo drinkers to his bar after 9pm. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Jono Naylor has been around all sides of the issue and joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Bradley Shaw has just been made President of the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand Read more Audio

8:40 PM.We cross to Pete Ross at the BBC World Service to take a look at some of the events making international headlines. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Tonight she's talking about Madame Zenobia an Auckland fortune teller who found herself in trouble with the law. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.We look at the big stories in the world of sport. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Damien Grant is an Auckland business owner says the current system for collecting tax arrears is broken. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review a raft of theatre on screen works: the recording of hit stage production Hamilton (2020), rental Good Night and Good Luck (2025), Dr… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights producer Bonnie Harrison joins Emile Donovan to review the week in quiztastic glory. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.This week, the New Zealand Cricket Board met and elected three new life members, one of whom was the Naenae Express himself, Ewen Chatfield. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.To help make sense of it all Emile Donovan speaks to distinguished professor emeritus and research director at Massey University, Paul Spoonley. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Portland punk legend Toody Cole speaks to Emile Donovan ahead of travelling to Auckland for music festival The Other's Way. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Dan Weijers, a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato, joins Emile Donovan to discuss. Read more Audio

Newsroom.co.nz National Affairs editor Sam Sachdeva has been reporting on the potential sale and speaks to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Stefan Fatsis is a journalist, scrabble player and author of Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat To) the Modern Dictionary. He talks to Emile about his love of words - and lexicons.   Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Our regular science correspondent Ezzy Pearson talks life on Mars, how rubbish could domesticate raccoons and using gene therapy to combat cholesterol.  Read more Audio

8:30 PM.As American metal heavyweights Metallica rock out Eden Park tonight, Kiwi fan Ben Sheeran shares his story of meeting the band backstage in the 90s.   Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Rachael Dixon, senior lecturer in health sciences at the University of Canterbury and a health education expert, joins Emile Donovan to discuss. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Live from our Christchurch studios, Irish-born folk duo Lorcan Bolster and Helen Fahy chat to Emile Donovan and play a few tunes for us. Read more Audio