Nights for Tuesday 12 November 2024

8:10 The House

Tonight on our Parliament show - The House - Louis Collins looks at where sentiments shifted during the first reading debate for the abuse in state care legislation.

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.

Featuring:

First Cut is the Deepest by Rod Stewart - requested by Sonia

Street People by Bobby Charles - requested by Robin

8:45 The Reading

Tonight's reading is Lessons to Learn by Natasha Leitch read by Jean Copland.

An evocative story about a young teacher working in Korea, tormented by an accident that has disrupted of one of her former pupils.

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: What are dreams?

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. Each Tuesday, here on Nights we're aiming to answer those unshakable questions lurking in the back of your mind.

Tonight, Dr Rosie Gibson from the Sleep/Wake Research Centre helps us answer the question: What are dreams?

9:30 Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill

Emile Donovan chats to interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill to talk about all the big political news from the week.

10:18 The future of free speech in the social media era

Professor Nigel Biggar is an ethicist and theologian at the University of Oxford.

In 2017, he had an article published that suggested Britain's colonial legacy had causes for both pride and shame, and that the benefits of colonisation should not be erased by feelings of guilt.

The backlash and criticism was almost instant - his ideas were rejected, he was denounced as a racist and white supremacist by some groups both online and in academic circles, and the experience left him feeling like an important conversation was being shut down by culture wars.

He is now the chair of the Free Speech Union in the United Kingdom and was recently hosted by the New Zealand Free Speech Union as the keynote speaker at their AGM over the weekend.

Professor Biggar spoke to Emile Donovan about how he found himself at the forefront of the free speech debate and why issues of free speech are so fraught in the internet age.

11:07 Worlds of Music

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