Nights for Monday 25 May 2020
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Song for The Road - Nicole Gaston
8:05 PM.We're talking to some night time drivers about the music that keeps them trucking. 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… Read more Audio
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Early Warning for Earthquakes
7:12 PM.A team of Massey University researchers is to take a design and science approach to explore the development of an earthquake early warning system. Read more Audio
7:12 Early Warning for Earthquakes
A team of Massey University researchers is to take a design and science approach to explore the development of an earthquake early warning system. We're joined by the team members Dr Raj Prasanna and Dr. Julia Becker.
Dr. Raj Prasanna (left), Dr. Julia Becker, Marion Tan, Emily Lambie, Associate Professor Anna Brown, Dr. Kristin Stock (on screen). Photo: Massey University
7:35 The Sampler
Nick Bollinger discusses another concept album about intimacy from Perfume Genius; story-songs with deep Balkan roots from Damir Imamovic; and the Afro-futurist jazz of Shabaka and the Ancestors.
Shabaka and the Ancestors Photo: supplied
8:05 Song for The Road - Nicole Gaston
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
Things are slowly returning to normal here at RNZ – and Dateline Pacific is back and better with all the stories, interviews and breaking news from across the Pacific.Tonight Jamie Tahana
8:30 Window on the World
The BBC’s Zeinab Badawe talks to doctors from developing countries fighting covid-19 in the developed world.
9:10 Nights Sport
Keeping an eye on all the sports stories tonight, Rikkki Swannell.
9:30 Nights Gone By
We delve into the Nights archive for another chance to listen to an interview from 10 years ago - when Iceland made strip clibs illegal.
It's not that public nudity is frowned upon in Iceland - just the business of paying someone to remove their clothes for your enjoyment.
10:17 After10
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11:07 Nashville Babylon
On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark celebrates the birthday of Bob Dylan with a selection of some of his favourite cover versions of his songs including tracks by Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Cash, Yo La Tengo and the Byrds.
Bob Dylan Photo: Columbia Records
