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Fourteen breweries have submitted unusual flavours, and tomorrow expert judges and regular punters alike will be taste-testing them. The challenge is run in tandem with a fundraiser for Rare Disorders… Read more Audio

An experiment developed by a Canadian behavioural scientist asking you to think of ten words that are as unrelated as possible can predict your verbal creativity. Read more Audio

Some commentators have called it an excuse to cut Goff from the post of UK high commissioner, but analyst Geoffrey Miller says diplomats simply can't have political opinions. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.The managing editor of Te Herenga Waka University Press joins Emile Donovan to brave the challenge of rereading a significant book from her past: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. Read more Audio

Was caesar salad named after the famous dictator? What about the caesarean section? Read more Audio

Upper Hutt may have once shied away from its bogan side but is now set to embrace and celebrate it with a two-day festival of all things bogan. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Sophie Hughes has just picked up her record-breaking fifth nomination for the International Booker - more than any other single translator - for translating Italian writer Vincenzo Latronico's novel P… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.The last seven years have been among the toughest in our economy's history, and the Reserve Bank has drawn both praise and criticism for its moves to get inflation under control. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Every year millions of people from all around the world eagerly tune into a livestream broadcasting from a body of water in the Netherlands hoping to catch a glimpse of a fish waiting at a door, so… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.A humble food truck in the 40-strong town of Papatowai in the Catlins has taken out the top spot in the Burger Nation competition. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Mark Leishman talks to the creator of the Stolen Bikes Christchurch and Canterbury Facebook Page Noel Andrew. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Today marks one hundred and seventy years since one of New Zealand's most enduring folk heroes was arrested for rustling sheep. Historian Annette Bulovic joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

10:17 PM.Jenny Douglas is a paediatric dietician and joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:45 PM.Emeritus Professor, Geo. Cumming from La Trobe University in Australia joins Mark Leishman.  Read more Audio

9:25 PM.In a new Nights feature, we talk to ambassadors and high commissioners to New Zealand. Tonight, we meet H.E. Keith Smith, High Commissioner of Canada. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.New Zealander Jenny Clark is heading to Mauritius in a few weeks' time to defend her champion croquet title. She joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

10:45 PM.Pete Ross speaks to Emile Donovan about the latest in the fallout following Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the Whitehouse, President Trump's tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods… Read more Audio

10:30 PM.We're talking sport with veteran broadcaster Bryan Waddle who's had his eye on the Black Caps and their semi-final run in the Champions Trophy, Super Rugby and the future rugby's television rights… Read more Audio

10:18 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to Professor Brendon O'Connor from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney about the dramatic altercation between Trump and Zelensky. Read more Audio

9:35 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to David Mowbray, president of the New Zealand Taxidermy Association, about the intricate process of taxidermy. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Legendary New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera joins Emile Donovan to share about new mentoring opportunities for emerging Māori writers, run by group Te Kaituhi Māori. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights resident film critic Dan Slevin joins the show to share his thoughts about the winners and losers at the 97th annual Academy Awards. Read more Audio

10:30 PM.Featuring music from Cat Clyde, Cameron McCurdy and Farewell Spit. Read more Audio

10:18 PM.While medicinal cannabis has been legal in New Zealand since 2020, only doctors can prescribe it, often making legal access difficult for patients. Read more Audio