Nights for Tuesday 10 September 2024

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.

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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:

We pickup the story of Tama and Marnie in part two of The Axeman's Carnival, written by Catherine Chidgey and told by Nigel Collins.

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 Shower Thoughts: Who owns human ashes?

Have you ever been standing in the shower, when suddenly, the noise in your brain clears and, in its place, appears the perfect thought?

That's a Shower Thought, and RNZ's Nights is aiming to answer those unshakeable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight's question: Who owns human ashes?

Claire Tyler is a partner at Rainey Collins lawyers in Wellington specialising in property law and joins Emile Donovan.

9:30 Remembering actor James Earl Jones

Nights film critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to discuss the career of revered actor James Earl Jones, who has died at the age of 93.

9:45 Nights Politics with Peter Field

US Republican candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris are set to will square off this week in their first presidential debate since President Joe Biden quit the race.

Peter Field is an associate professor and head of the school of humanities at Canterbury University and joins Emile Donovan to discuss the upcoming debate.

10:17 Security in space: What does Operation Olympic Defender mean for NZ?

New Zealand has signed on to a Five Eyes security.

'Operation Olympic Defender' was announced by Minister for Space Judith Collins yesterday.

Dr Priyanka Dhopade is a senior lecturer in mechanical engineering at the University of Auckland and joins Emile Donovan.

10:35 Understanding the human soul

Historian and writer Paul Ham has traced how our definition and understanding of the human soul has changed over thousands of years.

Human beings have been probing their own inner voice, what it means and how it makes us feel, since the Stone Age.

The human soul has long thought to be an invisible, inner essence that makes each of us distinctively different from the rocks and trees, and which also separates the living from the dead.

But where did it come from? Who invented the concept of the soul? And do we still believe in the soul as inextricably linked to the human spirit?

11:07 Worlds of Music

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.