Nights for Tuesday 30 November 2021

 

7:12 Is Auckland acclimatising to density?

Nights Geographer Louise Richards joins us once again.  Joining Louise this time is geographer and Professor of Public Health at Massey University, Karen Witten. They'll be looking at acceptance of and resistance to urban densification in Aotearoa.

7:30 The Sampler

Tony Stamp explores the new album by retro-rockers The War on Drugs, a stripped back set of lockdown songs from Aussie wit Courtney Barnett, and trip-hop kingpin Nightmares on Wax's latest guest-heavy outing.

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 The Detail

Is the mysterious disappearance of Peng Shuai - and her unconvincing 'reappearance' - a watershed moment in the Chinese chapter of the MeToo movement? 

9:07 Let's Be TRANSparent

Not all transitions happen when people are young, sometimes it can take a lifetime to realise who you truly are. On Let's Be TRANSparent this week Joseph meets two people who transitioned later in life. 

9:30 The Denial Files

Setting the record straight on some of the most common misleading narratives and tactics to explore what future climate change battlegrounds might look like. We look at how fossil fuel interest groups use division as a distraction: either stoking fear that action to tackle climate change will hurt the poor, or attacking the messengers who raise the alarm. And we take you back to the start of 2021, when blackouts in Texas which killed hundreds were misleadingly blamed on wind turbines. The idea that renewables, like solar or wind power, are dangerously unreliable has been a common theme. What's the truth behind the claim? And how does bad information surface after extreme weather events and times of climate crisis?

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 music from a bygone era and talks to David Murray, an American musician, musical archivist and record collector about the beginnings of the recording industry as well as  the effects of colonialism, cultural cross pollination and the incredible archive of music he has curated.