Nights for Thursday 27 May 2021

 

7:12 Materials: Fact or Fiction - Philote

Dr Krista Steenbergen is a Physics Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington and MacDiarmid Institute Associate Investigator gives us her scientific take on Philote from Enders Game.

7:35 Deeply Human

Tonight Dessa is talking about Death. Should we change the way we think about the end of our lives? It's time to talk. It is never too late for a rigorous conversation about death activism, the guillotine, and the ferocity of human love. Dessa meets the death doulas (doolas) who can help you through this, and learns why a "good death" might not be a good thing, and why it might be time to sit down with a pen and a pad and do a little thinking about your own exit.

8:15 Pacific Waves

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Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.

8:30 Window on The World 

Another People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service. Tonight the team check back in with three projects that have featured on the programme over the past four years and find out if everything went to plan. We hear from the scientist who developed a sticker that stops car crashes, the people behind an insurance scheme for coral reefs, and find out if a plan to deliver aid before a disaster was up to the test. 

9:07 Our Changing World

Conservation writer Dave Hansford presents another episode of Fight for the Wild, a four-part film and podcast series exploring the notion of Predator Free 2050 in Aotearoa. In episode 3, Dave explores the deep relationship between Māori and the natural world and how the loss of biodiversity impacts on the identity and wellbeing of Māori and on the very culture itself.

9:30 Overseas Correspondent - Russia

Our overseas correspondent for Russia, Bryan MacDonald joins us from Moscow.

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

In this week's Pocket Edition, St Vincent shares the literal meaning of her new album Daddy's Home, Simon Morris has a chat with old chums Tony Backhouse and Fane Flaws about their new record three decades in the making, and we celebrate the significant milestones for Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye.