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Nights for Tuesday 3 December 2019

  • The Toxicity of Tear Gas

    life and society

    7:09 PM.Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again to discuss the toxicity of the tear gas (o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile -commonly known as CS) used in recent hot spots including Hong Kong.

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7:12 The Toxicity of Tear Gas

Toxicologist Leo Schep from Toxiform joins us once again to discuss the toxicity of the tear gas (o-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile -commonly known as CS) used in recent hot spots including Hong Kong.

Police fire tear gas during a protest at Hung Hom area in Hong Kong on December 1, 2019.

Police fire tear gas during a protest at Hung Hom area in Hong Kong on December 1, 2019. Photo: Photo by Philip FONG / AFP

7:30 Song Crush

Art-pop from Moses Sumney and FKA Twigs, a techno soundtrack from Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, an afrobeat banger, some sad-boy-soul, and some Scottish minimalist dream-pop feature on Song Crush this week.  

Host Kirsten Johnstone is joined by RNZ Music's Tony Stamp and Yadana Saw, and RNZ producer Rob Kelly.

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8:15 Dateline Pacific

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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

It's the world's most consumed vegetable oil, used for everything from frying food to making it last longer - but can palm oil be produced in a way that doesn't wreak enormous environmental and human damage?

During Indonesia's annual dry season, hundreds of fires are often illegally ignited to clear forests in the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, where large forest concessions are used by pulp and paper and palm oil companies.

During Indonesia's annual dry season, hundreds of fires are often illegally ignited to clear forests in the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan, where large forest concessions are used by pulp and paper and palm oil companies. Photo: Afrianto Silalahi/NurPhoto

9:07 White Silence

Episode 4  of White Silence, the RNZ/Stuff podcast about the 1979 Erebus disaster.

White Silence is a podcast from Stuff and RNZ on the Erebus disaster, Air New Zealand's darkest hour.

White Silence is a podcast from Stuff and RNZ on the Erebus disaster, Air New Zealand's darkest hour. Photo: Stuff / Sungmi Kim

Tonight -  'An orchestrated litany of lies'

That was the famous catch phrase from Justice Peter Mahon after he oversaw an inquiry into the 1979 DC10 crash on Mt Erebus in Antarctica.

He didn't have to put it quite like that but - as it turned out - those words would prove both the making of him - and the ruin.

10:17 Lately

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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 Worlds of Music

After 11 On Worlds of Music, Trevor Reekie features an interview with authors Grant Gillanders & Robyn Welsh talking about their excellent newly published book called "Wired For Sound - The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music".

Wired For Sound

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