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10:45 PM.Tonight we're speaking to Rob Hugh-Jones about a row engulfing German politics ahead of the federal elections later this month, Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads off on his first… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Tonight Richard is chatting about the Super Smash cricket finals, Chris Woods scoring more goals, Auckland FC winning - again and the NBA mega trade which left people dazed and confused. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to former diplomat and Executive Director of the New Zealand International Business Forum Stephen Jacobi. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Professor Lynette Tippett, a professor of psychology at the University of Auckland and the National Director of the Dementia Prevention Research Clinics joins Emile Donovan to explore the science of… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Deidre Brown is the director at the Centre for Māori and Pacific Housing Research and in 2023 was awarded Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects Gold Medal, the first wahine Māori to… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.The cover of the new Wellington Yellow Pages features a stunning image of a mountain biker on a hill trail, surrounded by lush bush, overlooking a modern city by the ocean. The only problem is, it's… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The new plan has fifty-nine fewer beds than originally planned, though the government ensured the finished space would have flexibility to add on facilities to match demand when the hospital opens… Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Nights' resident screen critic is back for a bumper set of reviews, including films Maria (2024) and The Haka Party Incident (2025), as well as TV picks The Franchise, Shrinking, Silo season 2 and The… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.We're touching down in Christchurch where this Sunday, Alan Wenmoth from BBQs Direct is cooking up a barbecue degustation competition, with 25 competitors firing up their grills. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Dave Clayton is an animation supervisor at Wētā FX. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Professor Andrew Geddis from the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago joins Emile Donovan to looks at the pros and cons. Read more Audio

9:50 PM.Michael Wynd is the researcher and military historian at the National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. and joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Nicola Legat is the chair of the New Zealand Book Awards Trust and joins Emile Donovan to preview the list. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nights' resident sociolinguist Dr Julia de Bres joins the show to discuss something host Emile Donovan has been pondering over summer. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.What does the squeeze mean for coffee-lovers Read more Audio

10:30 PM.' Enshittifaction' was crowned 2024's word of the year by Australia's oldest dictionary of Australian English. Blogger and journalist, Cory Doctorow coined the word and talks to Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Professor of Human Geography, University of Canterbury, Simon Kingham joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Emile Donovan is joined by the brain behind RNZ's premiere science podcast. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.What can you expect to be told in a job interview around salary expectations? Shannon Barlow from Frog Recruitment joins Emile Donovan to discuss. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.A new survey shows monarch butterfly populations are dwindling, and advocates are reintroducing a tagging system (yes, you can tag a butterfly) to keep track of numbers. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Professor of international law Al Gillespie joins Emile Donovan to explain how the CIA came to its finding, and why they had jurisdiction to make a claim. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.A social media backlash is underway in the United Kingdom with well-known milk brands being poured down drains and people vowing never to buy them again. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.New Product Development Manager at Whittaker's Megan Sinclair joins Emile Donovan to indulge his questions about chocolate flavour creation. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Nights' resident tech correspondent Finn Hogan joins Emile Donovan to talk about the shock fall of Chinese AI app DeepSeek, and the race between China and the US to achieve sustainable nuclear fusion… Read more Audio