Nights for Tuesday 15 March 2022

 

7:12 The Geography of Wine.

Louise Richards Vice President of the New Zealand Geographical Society joins us once again. Tonight she has invited alon Professor John Overton, from School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at VUW to dicuss the Geography of Wine.

7:30 The Sampler

Tony Stamp reviews a lengthy new album by prolific folk-rockers Big Thief, an experimental set from Mutton Bird-turned-screen-composer David Long, and takes a look back at the second album by seventies funk legend Betty Davis, who died earlier this year.

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's Food Chain team look at drink spiking - slipping drugs or extra alcohol into someone's drink - and why myths and misconceptions around drink spiking persist, and what can be done to move the crime out of the shadows and into the open. 

9:07 Sci-Fi/Sci-Fact

Dr Nate Davis, Associate Investigator with the MacDiarmid Institute and Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at Victoria University of Wellington gives us the science behind Jack and the Beanstalk.

and there's mention of theis critter: the scaly-foot snail.

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 artists who have played Womad New Zealand over the years including British Jazz- Funk band Ezra Collective, Trio Da Kali & the Kronos Quartet, Indian prodigy Anandi Bhattacharya, Malian Kora genius Toumani Diabates and  Moana and the Tribe.