Nights for Monday 6 September 2021

 

7:12 Online Learning Booming

As more and more people embrace online learning, University of Canterbury Clinical Psychology Professor Julia Rucklidge joins us to talk about her Mental Health and Nutrition course which now has over 19,000 learners registered.

7:35 Attitudes to Insects in Aotearoa

Lyttleton writer and artist, Lily Duval has just been given a research grant to develop her project Six-legged Ghosts: Stories of the Insects of Aotearoa.

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 Episode of Science in Action from the BBC World Service. As hurricane Ida made landfall almost to the day that Katrina did 16 years ago, Climate Scientist, Suzana Camargo looks at the comparisons and what this suggests for this and future hurricane seasons. In Chile, the recent megadrought has led to fears that hydroelectric damns may become so drained that power-outs may occur in the coming months and archaeologists use molecular analysis of bone protein to find out what Pompeii locals were eating pre-eruption.

9:10 Nights Sport

Rikki Swanell is this week's sportscaster.

9:30 Black Music in Europe

Clarke Peters explores the music of black Europe at the time of the First World War. The sounds of what would become jazz start to emerge, including African American banjo bands who entertained London high society, and the military music of Harlem bandleader James Reese Europe which enthralled France. 

10:17 Late Edition

Bryan presents all the breaking news, a little analysis of the stories of the moment, and some highlights of the day on RNZ National.

11:07 Nashville Babylon

After 11, On Nashville Babylon, Mark Rogers has tracks to mark the passing of Lee Perry, Charlie Watts, Don Everly and UB40 sax player Brian Travers. There's also gospel courtesy of Sister Wynonna Carr plus a birthday tune for John Peel.