Nights for Thursday 22 August 2024

8:05 The House

Tonight on our Parliament show - the House - Phil Smith dissects a kerfuffle during question time, looking for lessons. 

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.

8:55 The Reading

Kallum, a teenage blues guitarist finds himself playing a classical duet in the youth orchestra with the gorgeous Paige. Funny and poignant, David Hill at his best.

Kip Chapman reads episode eight.

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 The 'cult of toxic happiness'

Dr Binoy Kampmark is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University in Melbourne.

He says the nature of forced happiness has become industrialised and marketed, leaving unhappiness as the hunted enemy.

Dr Binoy Kampmark joins Emile Donovan.

9:35 Maddie Dai on cartooning for the New Yorker and writing 'We Were Dangerous'

Kiwi storyteller Maddie Dai is the screenwriter behind New Zealand feature film We Were Dangerous, following a group of institutionalised teenage girls.

She's also been in the writer's room for TV series Our Flag Means Death and The Power.

Before venturing into screenwriting, Maddie was (and remains) an accomplished cartoonist - with her work being published in New Yorker magazine.

She lives in London now and speaks to Emile Donovan.

10:17 What's behind the shock departure of the AB's assistant coach?

Sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Nights to discuss Leon MacDonald's call to quit the role.

10:30 Australia's new 'right to switch off' laws to kick in

Starting Monday, Australian workers can ignore any calls or messages from their bosses outside of work hours, without consequences.

 Associate Professor John Hopkins, from the school of business, law and entrepreneurship at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.

He joins Emile Donovan to explain.

10:45 Are running clubs the new Tinder?

Running clubs across the world are reporting increasing numbers of people joining, as many singles ditch the on-line options for finding a partner.

Georgia Levey helped set up running club, the Social Striders, this year in Christchurch and talks to Emile Donovan

11:07 The Mixtape

Our guest on the Mixtape is Kiwi actor, comedian, writer and director Jesse Griffin. 

Jesse is the co-creator of Educators, as well as starring in Nude Tuesday, 7 Days, 800 Days. 

Many will be familiar with his American country music character Wilson Dixon which UK magazine Time Out credits as delivering "some of the funniest songs you'll ever hear".

Jesse is bringing Wilson Dixon back for the The Comedy Festival Winter Specials.