Nights for Thursday 11 July 2024

8:15 Pacific Waves

A daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world. Hosted by Susana Suisuiki.

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8:30 Nights Jukebox

Emile Donovan plays your requests - as long as you've got a compelling reason, or a good story to go with it.

Send in your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.

8:45 The Reading: Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones

The seventh episode of a 12 part series with Ziyande Matshe and Brian Sergent reading the 'Hand Me Down World' by Lloyd Jones.

An African woman becomes pregnant while working as a cleaner in a Tunisian hotel but, just weeks after the birth, her baby is stolen away by the father. Her journey to find him relies on the barest of resources as she tracks him across continents.

9:07 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quizmaster hat.

If you get an answer right, you move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, your time in the chair is up, and the next caller will be put through. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the run goes in the draw for a weekly prize.

The quiz is themed - find out more about tonight's theme on Nights' Facebook page.

9:15 Philosophy Now!

We all have a life, but what should we do with it?

Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato. Every month on Nights, he'll be unpacking some of life's big issues, whether it's love, death, happiness, or whether it's morally right to keep a pet goldfish.

Tonight Dan is exploring the classic moral thought experiment, the trolley problem, but with an AI twist

9:35 True Stories of Death and Desperation

Some have violent tendencies, ruining lives indiscriminately. Some seal their own fate in slow motion; others do so in the blink of an eye.

In The Survivors, award-winning true-crime writer Steve Braunias retells twelve mysteries of human nature - unusual stories of how people choose to survive their own lives, and their decisions, desires, impulses... and failings.

He joins Emile Donovan.

10:17 Putting 3000-year-old armour to the test on modern day soliders

Researchers at University of Thessaly in Greece set out to determine if the suit of armour was used in combat, or just for ceremonial purposes.

The lead author of the research paper and the director of the FAME Lab at the University of Thessaly in Volos, Greece, Andreas Flouris joins Emile Donovan to discuss what they found.

10:30 Aotearoa's first queer history month

This month is New Zealand's first queer history month - a chance to look back on the progress we've made as a country, and perhaps reflect what still needs to change.  

Sarah Buxton is the director of The Charlotte Museum, New Zealand's only lesbian museum. She joins Emile Donovan.

10:45 A sport sceptic's guide to watching the football

The Spinoff's Lyric Waiwiri-Smith joined a crowd of England fans at a pub downtown Auckland at 7am on a cold July morning to watch the Three Lions take on the Netherlands in the semi-final of the European Championships in Germany.

She speaks to Emile Donovan about the experience.

11:07 The Mixtape

Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is Colin Hogg, a legendary music journalist covering New Zealand's biggest acts throughout the 80s and 90s.

He's also worked for decades in newspapers, magazines, television, and also published several books.

In this time Colin has covered all manner of topics including adultery, cinema, cannabis, and Sam Hunt! He joins Charlotte Ryan.