Nights for Monday 13 December 2021

 

7:12 Muster Dogs

We talk to Aticia 'Teesh' Grey about her new book, Muster Dogs - about here faithfull team of kelpies that were by her side as she took on the manager's role on her family's West Pilbara cattle station just as a devastating drought hit.

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7:35 Exploring The Chosen One in Sci-Fi

Our self confesssed Sci-Fi geek, Eleanor Tremeer takes on the concept of "the chosen one" in sci-fi.

8:05 Little Moment of Calm

Tonight Bryan has chosen some calming music.

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

The BBC Science in Action team asks Can the weather trigger a volcano?

9:10 Nights Sport

We're joined once again by Helene Elliot from the LA Times.

9:30 Geochemical history of life on Earth 

Justin Rowlat looks at the period since the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, which had seen a steadily cooling climate - until we humans turned up. What can the last 66 million years teach us about the likely consequences of climate change? And can our species make the next big evolutionary leap needed to tackle it?

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 Nashville Babylon

On this week's Nashville Babylon Mark Robers has a birthday tune for Big Mama Thornton, reggae courtesy of Johnny Clarke plus tunes from the Flaming Lips, the Animals, Pokey LaFarge and John Prine.