Nights for Monday 5 August 2024
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BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
10:45 PM.BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including protests in the UK, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' likely… Read more Audio
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Sports with Jamie Wall
10:30 PM.RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan for the latest on the Olympics, plus the shock retirement of NRL legend Shaun Johnson. Read more Audio
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We know dyslexia. What's dyscalculia?
10:18 PM.Young people with dyscalculia have challenges acquiring arithmetic skills, even with a supportive home and school environment. It affects six percent of the population. Read more Audio
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Life after death? The science behind cryonics
9:30 PM.Earlier this year, a cryonics company in Australia froze its first client at a facility in rural New South Wales. But as Professor Gary Bryant explains, cryobiology might not bring anyone back. Read more Audio
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Whakataukī of the Week with Ajay Peni
9:15 PM.A born and bred Chatham Islander, from the largest island, Rēkohu, musician Ajay Peni can trace his hokopapa back to indigenous Moriori who first settled these islands. Read more Audio
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.
8:30 The Reading
Tonight, episode seven of 'Billy Bird', written by Emma Neale, and read here by Victoria Abbott.
9:05 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 Whakataukī of the Week with Ajay Peni
A born and bred Chatham Islander, from the largest island, Rēkohu, musician Ajay Peni can trace his hokopapa back to indigenous Moriori who first settled these islands.
While he is now based in Perth, Ajay is playing a massive part in the revitalisation of Moriori culture, through bringing traditional Moriori songs, rongo, into contemporary times.
He joins Emile Donovan to share a whakataukī close to his heart.
"Me rongo"
"Be in peace"
9:30 Life after death? The science behind cryonics
The field of cryonics promises what is for many the ultimate dream: life after death.
Earlier this year, a cryonics company in Australia froze its first client at a facility in rural New South Wales.
Not everyone is convinced that anyone taking part in this process will ever come back.
Professor Gary Bryant is the Associate Dean of Physics at RMIT University in Melbourne and he joins Emile Donovan to explain the science at play in cryonics.
Cryonics Photo: pixabay
10:17 We know dyslexia. What's dyscalculia?
Young people with dyscalculia have challenges acquiring arithmetic skills, even with a supportive home and school environment.
It affects around six percent of the population, but isn't widely known or understood.
Pedagogy expert and educator Elena Ciobanu joins Emile Donovan to explain.
Photo: 123RF
10:30 Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan for the latest on the Olympics.
Eliza McCartney will be representing New Zealand in pole vault, propelled to fame after her bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Photo: BEN STANSALL
10:45 BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including protests in the UK, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' likely picks for a running mate in the US Presidential elections, and a groundbreaking infrastructure project in Cambodia.
A protester holding a piece of concrete walks towards riot police as clashes erupt in Bristol on 3 August 3, 2024. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
11:07 Nashville Babylon
On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Seasick Steve and John Lee Hooker, classic reggae courtesy of the Mighty Diamonds, live tracks from Aretha Franklin and Donny Hathaway plus a birthday tune for the Band's Garth Hudson.
