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Tune in to Nights with Emile Donovan every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.
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Thinking deeply about deepfakes
Deepfake technology seems to be flooding online spaces and as AI-generated gets more sophisticated, the challenges will grow. Dr Yuki Watanabe from th...
How kids' TV consumption has changed in 10 years
Senior writer and head of audience at The Spinoff Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Emile to talk about NZ On Air’s latest research on children’s media use -...
Myth Takes: The Roman soldier
Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson talks to Emile Donovan what it took to run the Roman army.
How prepared are we for solar storms?
Last night, stargazers were treated to a spectacular show as the Southern Lights lit up the skies in the south. Thanks in part to Dr Daniel MacManus f...
Europe correspondent Christian Smith
Europe correspondent Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan for the latest on the BBC, a German court ruling against Open AI/Chat GPT for misusing music...
The Prime Minister mulls asset sales
Dan Brunskill is interest.co.nz's political and economics reporter based in the parliamentary press gallery. He joins Emile to discuss.
The psychology behind The Celebrity Traitors
Dan Baumgardt is from the University of Bristol's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and is also a Traitors megafan. He joins Emile Donovan.
Shower Thoughts: What does a ghostwriter actually do?
Margie Thomson discusses how she became a ghostwriter for musician Stan Walker, and mental health advocate Sir John Kirwan and what it all entails.
A blueprint for iwi-led housing in New Zealand?
In Vancouver, the Squamish Nation is building an apartment complex on its reserve land which will be home to at least 9,000 residents. Under Canadian...
Booker Prize's 2025 winner's 'bare bones' prose
RNZ's executive editor of specialist news Jeremy Rees has read the shortlist. Is Flesh a worthy winner?
Scathing report into upper echelons of NZ Police
RNZ political reporter Lillian Hanly joins Emile Donovan.
Chris Kohler: The journalist helping keep money in people's pockets
He joins Emile Donovan to discuss his new book How They Get You, a guide to hanging on to your hard-earned cash and spotting the tricks designed to ma...
BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
BBC World Service reporter Rob Hugh-Jones drops by to take a look at events making international headlines.
Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ's Jamie Wall joins with the latest sports, including the All Blacks' victory over Scotland.
History with Emma Kay
Emma runs Small Histories of New Zealand, where she digs up curious stories, funny articles, and lost treasures from our past and shares them on socia...
When winning in court still costs you
Even after winning $200,000 in costs, Siouxsie Wiles' court case has left her $400,000 out of pocket. Is this fair? Barrister Steve Keall joins Emile...
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 Predator prequel Prey (Disney+), eight-part western-noir series T...
The Quiz Appendix: See how it runs
Producer Bonnie Harrison joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in quizzes.
This Weekend: Robot Rampage
Jack Barker, organiser of Robot Rampage and part of the team behind End Game, New Zealand’s world champion combat robot, speaks to Emile Donovan.
New Zealand's top tertiary teacher
After 25 years as an automotive mechanic, Richard Hope transitioned into tertiary teaching in 2019. Since then, he has transformed his classroom into...
What's the secret behind IKEA's global success?
Emile Donovan speaks to University of Otago consumer behaviour expert Professor Lisa McNeill.
Quakes: Can we predict when the 'big one' will hit?
It's been about 2,600 since New Zealand's last large earthquake of magnitude six or more. Are we 'overdue'? Earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge join...
The power of eye contact with Julia de Bres
After nearly two years of chatting about language on the radio, Emile and Julia are meeting in person for the first time!
How concerned should we be about hornets arriving in New Zealand?
Hornet-watcher Phil Lester is a professor of ecology and entomology at Victoria University of Wellington.
Why clear and easy-to-understand language matters
The annual Plain Language Awards aim to fight back against that and highlight good examples of clear and easy-to-understand language. Founder Lynda Ha...
Science with Ezzy Pearson
Science correspondent Ezzy Pearson talks about orcas that have developed a new way of hunting sharks, why men need to exercise more to get the same he...
Should MPs be attending Taiwan celebrations?
Former MP Peter Dunne — who visited Taiwan several times as an MP — says New Zealand's Chinese ambassador has “lost the plot” in warning MPs about cel...
The New Zealand artist creating 'risky' playgrounds
New Zealand-born, Australia-based artist Mike Hewson creates playgrounds that, at first glance, look more like construction sites than places to play....
Shower Thoughts: How do you write an obituary?
Jeremy Rees is the executive editor of specialist news at RNZ and a former editor of the Weekend Herald, NZ Herald website, and the Herald's head of n...
How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age
Greti Dinkova-Bruun is a Fellow and Library Director at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and has been looking into medieval t...
The hidden rise of organised crime networks in New Zealand and the Pacific
In the past seven years, the price of methamphetamine has dropped by 36 percent. In that same period, food prices have risen by about 37 percent. Writ...
90 years on, Monopoly remains a global obsession
The best-selling licensed board game of all time was released 90 years ago, and chances are there's a Monopoly set tucked somewhere in your home, read...
BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh Jones
Tonight he's looking at the United Nations' latest report on global emissions of greenhouse gases, the escalating conflict in Sudan and Hungarian Prim...
Sports with Richard Irvine
With RNZ reporter Jamie Wall covering the All Blacks in Chicago, our sports correspondent tonight is sports writer and author of the weekly newsletter...
Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
Tonight she's talking about New Zealand's history with Guy Fawkes.
Te Pāti Māori president demands MPs resign as party feud intensifies
To give us some context around what's happening, Emile Donovan speaks to political editor at the NZ Herald, Thomas Coughlan.
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan for some Friday night reviews.