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Nights for Thursday 2 April 2020

 

7:12 Cultural Ambassador - The Music of Iran

Our wonderful colleague from RNZ Concert, Shahram Aryan joins us once again with a guide to the music of Iran.  Tonight he's introducing us to some music to celebrate the festival of Nowruz. 

7:35 Materials Fact of Fiction - Dilithium Crystals

Dr Krista  Steenbergen, MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator and Physics lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington give us her scientific take on Dilithium Crystals from Star Trek.

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Photo: NBC Television [Public domain]

8:10 The role of local libraries in lockdown.

What services can a local library offer during lockdown? We talk to Cynthia Smith from Invercargill Library.

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Photo: Invercargill City Libraries and Archives

8:15 Dateline Pacific for Thursday 2nd April

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Photo: RNZ

So that they can best focus their efforts on broadcasting to the Pacific, RNZ Pacific have temporarily suspended Dateline Pacific in its regular format. In the meantime, each weeknight we'll chat to one of their reporters for a daily update.  Tonight Bryan Crump talks to Sela Jane Hopgood.

8:30 Window on the World

The BBC's World Business Report looks at the impact of Coronavirus. Whilst many businesses suffer as a result of coronavirus, gaming is bucking the trend.

Teenager playing video games online.

Photo: 123RF

9:07 Our Changing World

This week on Our Changing World, Alison Ballance chats with a virologist for Virus 101, a brief introduction to the world of viruses. And she digs into the archives for a story about a virus hunter and a rare plant. 

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes that adorn the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Photo: Alissa Eckert, MS, Dan Higgins, MAMS

9:30 Overseas Correspondent -Estonia

Our overseas correspondent Silver Tambur is on the line once again from Tallin with the latest on how they're weathering this current global storm.

Estonia

Estonia Photo: Don Payne

10:17 After10

Bryan Crump brings us a round up of the days news and events;

10:20 What is the Epidemic Response Committee?

Phil Smith from RNZ's The House programme talks us through the new Covid-19 Select Committee.

Screenshot of the Epidemic Response Committee listening to David Skegg

Screenshot of the Epidemic Response Committee listening to David Skegg Photo: Parliament

 

11:07 Music 101 pocket edition

On this week's Music 101 Pocket Edition we play Trevor Reekie’s interview with Jimmy Carter from The Blind Boys of Alabama, recorded backstage at WOMAD. Plus Tony shares lots of new NZ music including tracks from Randa, Isaac Aesili, Alexa Casino, Sul-phate, and we pay tribute to the late Manu Dibango.

The Blind Boys of Alabama (Jimmy Carter centre)

The Blind Boys of Alabama (Jimmy Carter centre) Photo: supplied

 

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