Nights for Thursday 12 November 2020

 

7:12 Cultural Ambassador - Planet Adolescent

Charlie Cuff joins us once again.  Tonight he's talking about how he manages social media - and maybe some advice for older folk on avoiding rabbit holes.

7:35 Materials: Fact of Fiction - The Philosopher's Stone

Dr Erin Leitao, MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator and Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Auckland gives us her scientific take on The Philosopher's Stone from Harry Potter.

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 

As large areas of the world have locked down this year, many of us have become more aware of the birdsong around us. The relative silence has allowed us to listen in. But scientists have known for several years that the birds themselves have been responding to human noise too, by pitching their songs and other calls higher, to be heard over the rumble of our urban life. 

9:07 Our Changing World

This week, it's award night again on Our Changing World, and Alison Ballance meets a couple of researchers who have won top research prizes. The winners include David Tipene Leach, who led the team that developed the wahakura, a woven flax bassinet to enable safe shared sleeping of infants and parents.

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Uganda

Tabu Butagira joins us once again from Kampala.

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 Music 101 pocket edition

After 11, On the Music 101 Pocket Edition, Shihad frontman Jon Toogood talks about changing his faith for love and Charlotte Ryan speaks with Pearl Jam biographer Ronen Givony on the band's legacy.