Nights for Thursday 11 July 2024
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A sport sceptic's guide to watching the football
10:45 PM.The Spinoff's Lyric Waiwiri-Smith speaks to Emile Donovan about the experience of joining England fans at a pub downtown Auckland Read more Audio
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Aotearoa's first queer history month
10:30 PM.Sarah Buxton is the director of The Charlotte Museum, New Zealand's only lesbian museum. She joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio
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Putting 3000-year-old armour to the test on modern day soliders
10:17 PM.Researchers at University of Thessaly in Greece set out to determine if the suit of armour was used in combat, or just for ceremonial purposes. Andreas Flouris joins Emile Donovan to discuss what they… Read more Audio
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Steve Braunias: 'I was becoming an unhappy figure in court'
9:35 PM.Award-winning writer Steve Braunias tells Emile Donovan why The Survivors - his third book of New Zealand crime narratives - will also be his last. Read more Audio
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Philosophy Now!
9:15 PM.We explore the classic moral thought experiment, the trolley problem, but with an AI twist. Read more Audio
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: Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones
The seventh episode of a 12 part series with Ziyande Matshe and Brian Sergent reading the 'Hand Me Down World' by Lloyd Jones.
An African woman becomes pregnant while working as a cleaner in a Tunisian hotel but, just weeks after the birth, her baby is stolen away by the father. Her journey to find him relies on the barest of resources as she tracks him across continents.
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 Philosophy Now!
We all have a life, but what should we do with it?
Dan Weijers is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Waikato. Every month on Nights, he'll be unpacking some of life's big issues, whether it's love, death, happiness, or whether it's morally right to keep a pet goldfish.
Tonight Dan is exploring the classic moral thought experiment, the trolley problem, but with an AI twist
9:35 True Stories of Death and Desperation
Some have violent tendencies, ruining lives indiscriminately. Some seal their own fate in slow motion; others do so in the blink of an eye.
In The Survivors, award-winning true-crime writer Steve Braunias retells twelve mysteries of human nature - unusual stories of how people choose to survive their own lives, and their decisions, desires, impulses... and failings.
He joins Emile Donovan.
In The Survivors, award-winning true-crime writer Steve Braunias retells twelve mysteries of human nature - unusual stories of how people choose to survive their own lives, and their decisions, desires, impulses... and failings. Photo: Supplied/TheSurvivors
10:17 Putting 3000-year-old armour to the test on modern day soliders
Researchers at University of Thessaly in Greece set out to determine if the suit of armour was used in combat, or just for ceremonial purposes.
The lead author of the research paper and the director of the FAME Lab at the University of Thessaly in Volos, Greece, Andreas Flouris joins Emile Donovan to discuss what they found.
Volunteer marine soldiers in simulated combat wearing the Dendra armour replica during the empirical study (right) and an artistic photo shoot (left). Photo: Supplied/Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković
10:30 Aotearoa's first queer history month
This month is New Zealand's first queer history month - a chance to look back on the progress we've made as a country, and perhaps reflect what still needs to change.
Sarah Buxton is the director of The Charlotte Museum, New Zealand's only lesbian museum. She joins Emile Donovan.
A march in support of homosexual law reform in Wellington on 24 May 1985. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library / http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22878952
10:45 A sport sceptic's guide to watching the football
The Spinoff's Lyric Waiwiri-Smith joined a crowd of England fans at a pub downtown Auckland at 7am on a cold July morning to watch the Three Lions take on the Netherlands in the semi-final of the European Championships in Germany.
She speaks to Emile Donovan about the experience.
England forward Ollie Watkins celebrates after scoring his team's winning goal against the Netherlands in their Euro 2024 semi-final. Photo: AFP
11:07 The Mixtape
Our guest on the RNZ Mixtape is Colin Hogg, a legendary music journalist covering New Zealand's biggest acts throughout the 80s and 90s.
He's also worked for decades in newspapers, magazines, television, and also published several books.
In this time Colin has covered all manner of topics including adultery, cinema, cannabis, and Sam Hunt! He joins Charlotte Ryan.
Author Colin Hogg Photo: Supplied
