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8:10 PM.Music writer Chris Schulz joins Emile Donovan to discuss the hiatus of another iconic and long-running New Zealand festival. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Professor of avian behavioural ecology at Macquarie University in Australia, Simon Griffith joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Operations Manager at the Auckland Library of Tools, Tom Greer, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:35 PM.Dunedin writer and novelist Fiona Farrell joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Ollie Neas is the co-founder of website Policy.nz, a tool you can use to find out just who is running in your area and what they stand for. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The second of the investigative series into Destiny Church, 'Under His Command', is out today on TVNZ+. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.We cross to our friends at the BBC World Service to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally.  Read more Audio

8:40 PM.RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to recap a big weekend in sport. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Todd Atticus is a designer and has designed plenty of election hoardings and joins Emile Donovan.  Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Child psychologist Doctor Sarah Watson joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring new music from Varda, Blood Orange and Skepta & Fred Again... Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review comedy-thriller Fight or Flight (2024) in cinemas now, documentary My Mom Jayne (2025) streaming on Neon, and sci-fi Ad Astra (2019)… Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Musicians David Selfe and Jeremy Fitzsimons are touring a series of Charlie Chaplin silent movies to towns and cities across the country over the next month, accompanied by a live score. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The Birds Began to Sing is his fifth novel and received the Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript in 2024. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Former editor of The Press, Andrew Holden joins Mark Leishman to reflect on the September 4th quake in 2010. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Brian Sobelis an official Guinness World Record adjudicator and joins Mark Leishman to talk all things world records. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Blake Bennett is a Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching and Pedagogy, University of Auckland, and joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Glenn Fosbraey from the University of Winchester joins us to share some of his favourite songs under one minute. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Psychologist Cailin Jordan joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Stephen Young is an Associate Professor at the University of Otago's Faculty of Law and joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Vivienne Crawshaw is a KC and a leading family law specialist in New Zealand with more than thirty years' experience. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Julia Kasper is the Lead Curator of Invertebrates at Te Papa, she is an insect expert, and she joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

8:35 PM.Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan to discuss news making headlines in Europe. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Celia Hogan is founder and lead educator of Little Kiwis Nature Play and joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio