Follow this podcast
Direct XML Feeds
The link(s) below can be pasted into your podcasting software.
Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)
Recent items from Nights
-
Myth Takes: Dictators and despots
9:15 PM.Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson presents a pantheon of dictators and despots, including Nero, Caligula, and a bloke called Draco. Read more Audio
-
The future of free speech in the social media era
10:18 PM.Professor Nigel Biggar is an ethicist and theologian at the University of Oxford whose experience being 'cancelled' for an opinion piece on Britain's imperial history led to him championing the UK's… Read more Audio
-
Politics by Night with Dan Brunskill
9:30 PM.Emile Donovan chats to interest.co.nz reporter Dan Brunskill to talk about all the big political news from the week. Read more Audio
-
Shower Thoughts: What are dreams?
9:15 PM.Dr Rosie Gibson from the Sleep/Wake Research Centre discusses dream characters, lucid dreaming, and whether everyone dreams. Read more Audio
-
BBC World Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
10:45 PM.BBC World reporter Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan and takes a look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including the latest United Nations conference on tackling climate… Read more Audio
-
Sports with Kayla Hodge
10:30 PM.Otago Daily Times sports reporter Kayla Hodge joins Emile Donovan to talk All Blacks, Fast5 netball, and tomorrow's Super Rugby squad announcements. Read more Audio
-
A teenage social media star on Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s
10:18 PM.Leo Puglisi started his online news channel 6 News at the age of 11, and now has an online audience in the tens of thousands, interviewing juggernauts like Australian prime ministers Scott Morrison… Read more Audio
-
How fences shape the living world
9:30 PM.They've been around for millennia. Today, fences zigzag every continent, marking property, keeping livestock in, and keeping pests out. But much of their impact on wildlife is still mysterious. Read more Audio
-
Whakataukī of the Week with Dr Reuben Collier
9:15 PM.Dr Reuben Collier is the lead researcher on a Marsden-funded project exploring the nuances of Māori dialects with a particular emphasis on the Tūhoe dialect. Read more Audio
-
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
10:30 PM.Tonight, a track from Portland spiritual jazz band The Cosmic Tones Research Trio, futuristic Istanbul rock’n roll outfit BaBa ZuLa, and local club night producers Lerm Werld. Read more Audio
-
Students struggling to find summer jobs
10:18 PM.Young people are finding themselves pitted against hundreds of other applicants for entry-level positions. Read more Audio
-
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
9:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to review French film Suddenly (2024), two music documentaries, and Saving Private Ryan (1998) streaming on TVNZ+. Read more Audio
-
This Weekend: Scarecrow's Big Day Out
9:15 PM.Gladstone, a 15-minute drive from Carterton in Wairarapa, is putting on its annual Scarecrow's Big Day Out, where locals and school kids make their own scarecrows to line the school fence, culminating… Read more Audio
-
Architecture graduate turned illustrator celebrates beauty of New Zealand houses
10:45 PM.Josh Currie sells hand-drawn illustrations of houses, including requests from people whose much-loved homes were lost to tragedies like housefires or the Christchurch earthquakes. Read more Audio, Gallery
-
Polio: The disease that doesn't go away
10:30 PM.A programme in Gaza is trying to vaccinate 100,000 children against polio after it was detected there for the first time in 25 years. Though largely eradicated around the world, thousands of Kiwis are… Read more Audio
-
Tariffs are coming, so what does that mean for our exporters?
10:18 PM.New Zealand producers, exporters and trade negotiators will be anxiously waiting to see if president-elect Donald Trump carries through with his pledge to hit all imports into the US with a 10 to 20… Read more Audio
-
Carl Shuker tackles death and copy editing in new novel
9:35 PM.The Royal Free follows recently bereaved medical journal editor James Ballard, as the mundane world of misplaced apostrophes collides with a civil society on the brink of chaos. Read more Audio
-
Celebrating Leonard Cohen eight years after his death
9:15 PM.David Cohen (no relation) is the author of Book of Cohen which is the the story of a "famous singer and his not-so-famous lifelong New Zealand fan". Read more Audio
-
Dunedin sports fan's lifelong dream set to become a reality
10:45 PM.Otago sports fanatic Stephen Gibson, also known to many as Stephen from Dunedin, has always dreamed of sitting in the crowd at an NBA basketball game. A fundraiser has made it a reality. Read more Audio
-
Cooking in the coldest environment on earth
10:30 PM.Chef Paddy Rietveld has just returned to New Zealand after spending a year at Scott Base cooking up meals for the few residents there. Read more Audio
-
The state of play as Election Day in the US comes to an end
10:18 PM.Professor Brendon O'Connor is from the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Originally from New Zealand, he is the author of seven books on anti-Americanism and an expert in US… Read more Audio
-
New Zealand's first boat register launches
10:45 PM.Currently 1251 boats are listed as stolen with NZ Police. They can be easy to steal and difficult to reunite with their owners. Read more Audio
-
The chemistry behind big fireworks displays
10:30 PM.Waikato-based Martin Van Tiel owns Van Tiel Pyrotechnics - and has been responsible for some of the biggest fireworks displays New Zealand has seen, including the Auckland Millennium celebration and… Read more Audio
-
Prostate cancer roadshow hits the tarmac
10:18 PM.A survey of men who have had prostate cancer treatment shows 93 percent experience erectile dysfunction, with many saying they felt robbed of their confidence and their mental health took a hit. Read more Audio
-
Politics by Night US Presidential special with Laura Walters
9:40 PM.Newsroom.co.nz's political editor Laura Walters joins Emile Donovan from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the eve of the US presidential election. Read more Audio