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Nights for Wednesday 4 May 2011

  • Conundrum

    9:59 PM.Clue 6. Audio

  • Conundrum

    8:59 PM.Clue 5. Audio

  • Arts - Hip Hop

    8:40 PM.Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke from the University of Auckland explains the roots of the musical aspect of hip hop culture. Audio

7:10 Dry Water

Professor Andrew Cooper, director of the Centre for Materials Discovery at the University of Liverpool about a substance coined "dry water" - and it's potential to clean up chemistry and possibly alleviate global warming by storing carbon dioxide.

7:30 At the Movies

Films and movie business with Simon Morris.

8:00 News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 Arts: Hip Hop

Ethnomusicologist Dr Kirsten Zemke from the University of Auckland on the musical genre that developed as part of hip hop culture, and is defined by four key stylistic elements: rapping, DJing/scratching, sampling, and beatboxing... an introduction to hip hop.

8:59 Conundrum - Clue 5

9:00 News & Weather

9:06 The Wednesday Drama: Garrison Keillor's Radio Show

Highlights from A Prairie Home Companion (PHP)

9:59 Conundrum - Clue 6

10:00 News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11:00 News & Weather

11:06 Jazz at Lincoln Center

A new series of performances from the House of Swing (Murray Street Productions).