Nights for Tuesday 29 November 2022
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Leading expert on living with migraines
10:35 PM.Migraine is a common neurological disorder, affecting over one billion people worldwide. Read more Audio
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How to get rid of flies
10:25 PM.Summer's here, and so are the flies. How do we get rid of them? Pest control expert Shane Warland joins Karyn on the programme. Read more Audio
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Fieldays is back in Waikato
10:18 PM.Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Waikato is back. The gates open tomorrow, and big crowds are expected. New Zealand National Fieldays Society Chief executive Peter Nation will be among them. Read more Audio
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Ancient cooking more complex than we thought
9:30 PM.A team of scientists examining 70,000 year old food remains has found that ancient humans were seasoning and preparing their food in more complicated ways than previously thought. Dr Ceren Kubukcu is… Read more Audio
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Why we blush
9:07 PM.Why do some people blush more than others? Associate Professor Dr Gina Grimshaw at the Victoria University of Wellington Laboratory for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience explains why blushing is… Read more Audio
7:12 Tech Tent
Smart Speakers are not as popular as the companies who created them had hope - what's next for them? We also hear from three people who say Twitter changed their lives. Plus, the issue of video game addiction among young people and how dogs can be trained to find electricity faults.
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7:30 The Sampler
Elliott Childs reviews new records by Canadian indie band Alvvays, Ōtautahi's Senica and singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop.
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.
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8:30 Window on The World: Food Chain
Samuel Ikua is championing urban farming in his city, Nairobi in Kenya. In this programme Ruth Alexander hears about the challenges Samuel faces, a lack of space and land, and local attitudes to farming in a big city.
Samuel's commitment to food security in Nairobi saw him chosen by a panel of international judges as the winner of The Food Chain Global Youth Champion Award 2022.
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9:07 Why we blush
Why do some people blush more than others? Associate Professor Dr Gina Grimshaw at the Victoria University of Wellington Laboratory for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience explains why blushing is nothing to be ashamed of.
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9:30 Ancient cooking more complex than we thought
A team of scientists examining 70,000 year old food remains has found that ancient humans were seasoning and preparing their food in more complicated ways than previously thought.
Dr Ceren Kubukcu is an archaeo-botanical scientist at the University of Liverpool and lead author of the paper Cooking In Caves.
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10:18 Fieldays is back
Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Waikato is back.
The gates open tomorrow, and big crowds are expected.
New Zealand National Fieldays Society Chief executive Peter Nation will be among them.
Photo: Carol Stiles
10:25 How to get rid of flies
Summer's here, and so are the flies. How do we get rid of them?
Pest control expert Shane Warland joins Karyn on the programme.
Photo: 123RF
10:35 Living with migraines
Migraine is a common neurological disorder, affecting over one billion people worldwide.
Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths is an active and respected molecular geneticist with more than 30 years' experience. She is the Director of the Genomics Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and one of the world's leading migraine genetics researchers.
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11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.
Tonight, an interview recorded with American professional musician, Drake Mabry who has adopted the Ney, an end-blown flute that figures prominently in Arabic music, for his principal instrument.
