Nights for Thursday 18 July 2019
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Dunedin Nights - Otago University's Pigeon Loft
9:30 PM.Bryan heads to the roof of Otago University's William James Building to take a look at the pigeon loft and research centre of Dr. Damian Scarf from the University's Psychology Department. Read more Audio
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Cultural Ambassador - Daniel Belton
7:07 PM.Dunedin based dancer and filmmaker, Daniel Belton from Good Company Arts joins Bryan in the Dunedin studio to talk about some of his recent work and about why he's chosen Dunedin as a base for his… Read more Audio
7:12 Cultural Ambassador - Daniel Belton
Dunedin based dancer and filmmaker, Daniel Belton from Good Company Arts joins Bryan in the Dunedin studio to talk about some of his recent work and about why he's chosen Dunedin as a base for his life and art.
Photo: Good Company Arts
7:35 New Horizons
Jazz bassist and singer, Esperanza Spalding's new album 12 Little Spells is surely about as personal as you can get: a collection of songs about various parts of the body. William Dart checks it and the journey to get to it out.
Esperanza Spalding - 12 Little Spells, video still Photo: Concord Records
8:10 Seed Pods
Case Notes logo Photo: Supplied
Richard Scott from The Podcast Hour introduces us to 'Case Notes', an award-winning true crime podcast finding the compelling stories in classical music's past - like whatever happened to Haydn's head, after his funeral?!
Case Notes recently won the award for Best True Crime podcast at the British Podcast Awards.
8:15 Dateline Pacific
Photo: RNZ
RNZ Pacific's daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.
8:30 Window on the World
A deadly virus is devastating the world's biggest pork producers. Could African Swine Fever could mean the end of small-scale pig farming in Asia, and does it have the potential to permanently change food cultures and cuisines in a region so dominated by pork.
Photo: Swine_virus.svg: *AntigenicShift_HiRes.png: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).Zedla at en.wikipedia. Converted to PNG by Fvasconcellos (talk · contribs).derivative work: Yug [Public domain]
9:07 Our Changing World
New way to stop unwanted biofouling
Bioengineer Chris Walker, from Electroclear and the University of Auckland, is developing a novel, non-toxic way of preventing marine organisms growing on boats and marinas. He tells Alison Ballance that initial testing shows that using electric fields to prevent biofouling is looking very positive.
Chris Walker and Patrin Illinberger are developing a new way to keep boat hulls free from biofouling, Photo: Electroclear / University of Auckland
Kakapo Files - Kakapo dads revealed
Who are the top kakapo dads this year? Did the artificial insemination work? How many Fiordland chicks were there this year? We find the answer to these and other kakapo paternity questions in episode 22 of the Kakapo Files.
One of three kākāpō chicks fathered by Gulliver, who has rare Fiordland genes. The chick's mother is Suzanne. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance
9:30 Otago University's Pigeon Loft
Dr. Damien Scarf, psychology lecturer at Otago University outside his pigeon loft. Photo: RNZ Bryan Crump
A few weeks back Bryan had a quick chat with Dr. Damian Scarf from Otago University's Psychology Department about his his novel research project which will see pigeons tested for cognitive abilities in a free-range environment, rather than in a laboratory.
Photo: RNZ Bryan Crump
Photo: RNZ Bryan Crump
Seeing as he is in Dunedin for the week, Bryan thought he'd take a trip to the roof of the University's William James Building to take a look at Damian's free-range pigeon heaven.
Photo: RNZ Bryan Crump
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
Lately with Karyn Hay is a late night radio show on RNZ National, with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.
11:07 Music 101 pocket edition
In this week's Pocket Edition, Yadana Saw chats to Villainy about people mispronouncing their name and Elliott Childs talks to US band Warpaint backstage in Wellington.
Warpaint at San Fran in Wellington Photo: RNZ/Elliott Childs
