Nights for Wednesday 17 August 2022
7:12 Eyesight in The Womb
Professor Vincent Reid is Head of the School of Psychology at the University of Waikato and he's leading some groundbreaking research into how human vision starts to develop in the womb.
7:30 At The Movies
Simon Morris looks at three one-offs - Jordan Peele's new tale of mystery and imagination, Nope... French smash hit Employee of the month... and a sex comedy starring Emma Thompson - Good luck to you Leo Grande
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 Roger Horrocks' book "A Book of Seeing"
8:15 Pacific Waves
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.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8:30 Window on The World
Imagine waking up to the smell of freshly baked bread. Doesn't it make your mouth water? Now imagine the smell of a fish market on a warm day… still feeling hungry? One CrowdScience listener is intrigued by the effects of smell on our appetite, and wants to know whether certain aromas can make us feel more full than others.
If you look up into the night sky, there are around 7,000 active satellites orbiting the Earth and countries and satellite companies are planning to launch hundreds of thousands more in the next decade....so things are about to get crowded.
9:30 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:40 Digital Planet
With the US midterm elections only a few months away Twitter has announced how it plans to "enable healthy civic conversation" on its platform i.e. how they plan to control political disinformation. Journalist Emma Woollacott who has written about the new measures for Forbes is on the show, as is New York Times Reporter Tiffany Tsu to tell us about political misinformation on TikTok.
Photo: LEONELLO CALVETTI / SCIENCE PHOTO / LCL / Science Photo Library via AFP
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
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 hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way.
