Nights for Wednesday 4 May 2022

 

7:12 Te Marama Puoro O Aotearoa | NZ Music Month 2022

Rodney Fisher rom the New Zealand Music Commission joins us to talk about TE MARAMA PUORO O AOTEAROA NZ MUSIC MONTH 2022.

7:30  At The Movies

Simon Morris checks out the second Downton Abbey movie, subtitled A new era.   And he also goes to two Film Festival winners - from Iran, A hero, and from South Korea, the nail-biting Escape from Mogadishu.

8:10 The Hump

The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where we take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.

Tonight's prize is the new book from star cricketer and bestselling author, Freddie Flintoff! - The Book of Fred.

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 

Crowd Science team poses the question How do you balance on a bicycle?  Lots of us can do it without even thinking about it, but probably very few of us can say exactly HOW we do it. Well, CrowdScience listeners want to understand what's going on in our heads when go for a cycle, and how we learn to do it in the first place.

9:07 Lockdown in Shanghai

Lisa Kane joins us from her apartment in Shangai where she's been in lockdown with her partner and daughter for comingup to 33 days now - and she's pretty stoic about it.

9:30 Quiz Answer

We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.

9:40 Soul Music

We begin a new 4-part Documentary series called Soul Music.  Tonight it's Feeling Good - The surprising history behind a track made famous by Nina Simone. The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. 

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 Inside Out

Nick Tipping checks out Chet Baker, along with NZ pianist Mike Nock, Sarah Vaughan, and the bass double act of Christian McBride and Ron Carter.