Nights for Tuesday 15 September 2020

 

7:12 Brian Easton - Economics

Brian Easton returns with more economic insights into life during a pandemic.

7:30 Song Crush

Tony Stamp is joined by the host of RNZ Concert's Inside Out Nick Tipping, and social media journalist Jogai Bhatt, to check out phone-based fun from The Phoenix Foundation, fellow-Wellingtonian Estere changing up her sound, a stadium-sized ballad by Lontalius, and more. 

8:10 Bedtime Stories

We delve into the RNZ storytime website to bring you a little bedtime story every Tuesday just after 8.

8:15 Dateline Pacific

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

Tonight's Window on the World follows in the tracks of someone who gave up his job to cycle round the world to investigate happiness.  

9:07 The Arts Hour

This week on The Arts Hour from the BBC World Service with Nikki Bedi, Film director Christopher Nolan talks about his film Tenet and his obsession with time.

Chinese American author Yiyun ( ee on ) Li on her novel Must I Go and the limitations of the language of grief, French director Quentin Dupieux (Du pyu)  on the  quirky dark comedy Deerskin and making movies just for himself.....and American actor Annette Bening on her new movie Hope Gap and the intimate relationship between star and screenwriter.
Plus....there's soul music from Burundian born JP Bimeni. (bi may knee)

10:17 Lately

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 singer and songwriter Angelique Kidjo. Originally from Benin, Kidjo has had a stellar career that saw her begin singing from the age of 6. She later escaped political turmoil in Africa, relocated to France, and rising from poverty, became a Grammy Award-winning artist with a significant back catalogue of albums. Trevor Reekie caught up with Angelique Kidjo before she took to the TSB Bowl stage at Womad 2019 and delivered a sensational show to a capacity crowd that confirmed her status as 'Africa's premiere diva'