Nights for Thursday 23 May 2024
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Guitarist and designer up for five Aotearoa Music Awards
10:45 PM.As well as playing guitar for the Best Group-nominated band Mermaidens, Lily Paris West is the artist behind two of the three album covers in contention for Best Album Artwork. Read more Audio
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Call a mathematician, we've got a Monty Hall problem
10:30 PM.During the Nights quiz, when eliminating one of the three options, we encountered the classic Monty Hall problem. If given the opportunity, should you switch your choice? Read more Audio
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Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Father Greg Boyle
10:18 PM.When Father Greg Boyle became priest of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, at least nine gangs were active in the vicinity of the parish. Now, his initiative Homeboy Industries helps tens of… Read more Audio
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"Drowning Street": Rishi Sunak calls the next UK general election amid downpour
9:50 PM.Writer Henry Cooke joins Emile Donovan from London to update us on the forthcoming UK election and a damning poll. Read more Audio
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How borders have shaped the modern world
9:30 PM.From ancient Roman attempts to define the edge of civilisation to European powers drawing straight lines on maps, borders have shaped the modern world, writes British journalist Jonn Elledge. Read more Audio
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An eye-catching recruitment strategy
9:15 PM.Dunedin's Hard to Find (But Worth The Effort) Quality Secondhand Bookshop is looking to hire up to two full-time workers. According to the ad those wanting the job must: love books, be honest and… Read more Audio
8:10 The House
Today on our Parliament programme - The House - Phil Smith watches the opening of the Justice Committee's new inquiry into last year's election. It got some pretty solid and very polite suggestions right up front.
8:15 Pacific Waves
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. Hosted by Susana Suisuiki.
8:30 Nights Jukebox
Emile Donovan plays your requests - as long as you've got a compelling reason, or a good story to go with it.
Send in your requests to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.
8:45 The Reading: Lisa's Story
Lisa's Story adapted as it is from Vincent O'Sullivan's novel All This By Chance focuses on Lisa and Fergus whose stories are inextricably intertwined though they only spent a few years together in the 1960's.
The story takes us with Lisa as she journeys through life and from NZ to London, Greece, Africa and Italy.
Tonight, part five
9:07 Nights Quiz
Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quizmaster hat.
If you get an answer right, you move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, your time in the chair is up, and the next caller will be put through. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the run goes in the draw for a weekly prize.
The quiz is themed - find out more about tonight's theme on Nights' Facebook page.
9:15 An eye-catching recruitment strategy
A job ad in the classifieds of the Otago Daily Times caught our eye this week.
Dunedin's Hard to Find (But Worth The Effort) Quality Secondhand Bookshop is looking to hire up to two full-time workers.
According to the ad those wanting the job must: love books, be honest and reliable, and have "good teeth".
Those with "real life" or sporting ambitions are discouraged from applying.
The Bookshop's founder Warwick Jordan joins Emile Donovan.
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9:35 How borders have shaped the modern world
From ancient Roman attempts to define the edge of civilisation to European powers drawing straight lines on maps, borders have shaped the modern world.
Writer and journalist Jonn Elledge is the author of the new book A History of the World in 47 Borders.
He speaks to Emile Donovan about what attracted him to the idea of borders and why we underestimate how much they influence our lives.
In his book A History of the World in 47 Borders writer Jonn Elledge looks at the history of the world told through its borders. From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Photo: Jonn Elledge
9:50 "Drowning Street": Rishi Sunak calls the next UK general election amid downpour
Writer Henry Cooke joins Emile Donovan from London to update us on the forthcoming election and a damning poll.
10:17 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Father Greg Boyle
When Father Greg Boyle became priest of Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, at least nine gangs were active in the vicinity of the parish.
Two years later he and others from the church decided to do something about it, and founded what would eventually become the most successful gang rehabilitation programme in the world.
Now called Homeboy Industries, the foundation attracts nearly 10,000 people a year wanting to better their lives.
It's been so successful and changed so many lives, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States, and May 19 is now Father Greg Boyle Day in Los Angeles.
He's currently visiting New Zealand as a guest of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa the Māori Anglican Church and spoke to Emile Donovan about the work he does and why compassion is at the core of everything he does.
Father Gregory Boyle is the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world Photo: Homeboy Industries
10:30 Call a mathematician, we've got a Monty Hall problem
On Wednesday night's quiz, we played some music and listeners had to identify what instrument was playing.
During that quiz, when eliminating one of the three options, we encountered the classic Monty Hall problem.
Lo and behold, we got not only a text, a comprehensive email from a listener, explaining in excellent clear terms the Monty Hall Problem and why you should do what you should do in this situation ... it was from Dr Chris Tuffley, a senior lecturer in mathematics at Massey University.
He helps Emile Donovan with his math and explains how the problem can be tackled.
The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal and named after its original host, Monty Hall. Photo: Creative Commons: Cepheus
10:45 Guitarist and designer up for five Aotearoa Music Awards
Lily Paris West is a member of Wellington band Mermaidens, but by day, she's a visual designer.
She's the artist behind two of the three album covers in contention for Best Album Artwork at the 2024 Aotearoa Music Awards.
She joins Emile Donovan from Los Angeles to share about her artistic process.
Photo: Lily West
11:07 The Mixtape
This special NZ Music Month Mixtape celebrates the hero guitars played by some of our most legendary musicians.
Country singer/songwriter Glen Moffatt wrote a definitive list of the ten hero guitars of NZ music on Audioculture.
He's now a music historian at Audioculture, sharing his knowledge and appreciation for Kiwi music.
