Nights for Monday 2 March 2020
7:12 Holding Singular Atoms
laser cooled atom cloud viewed through microscope camera Photo: University of Otago
University of Otago physicists have made a new step in the field of quantum technology - holding singular atoms in place. We're joined by Associate Professor Mikkel F. Andersen of Otago's Department of Physics.
Mikkel Andersen (left) and Marvin Weyland in the physics lab. Photo: University of Otago
7:35 The Sampler
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8:10 Song forThe Road - Andrew Clouston
We're talking to some night time drivers about the music that keeps them trucking.
Photo: AFP
If you're on the road in the dark and there's a particular piece of music you'd like to share with us, drop us a line at nights@rnz.co.nz
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
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to an anti-mafia prison to meet one of Naples' most important "Penitents" - a boss and killer whose evidence has jailed his associates.
Photo: 123RF
9:10 Nights Sport
Peter Lampp is our sportscaster tonight.
9:30 Insight
Insight tonight brings us a documentary from the BBC. Naomi Alderman tells the science story of Sophia Jex-Blake, who led a group known as the Edinburgh Seven in their bid to become the first women to graduate as doctors from a British university.
Photo: Spillerjzy / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
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 Nashville Babylon
After 11, on Nashville Babylon, Mark Rogers has new music from Nadia Reid and the Drive By Truckers, birthday tunes for Lou Reed and Jackson C Frank plus a live session track courtesy of Holly Arrowsmith.
Holly Arrowsmith Photo: RNZ