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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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The death of the paperback
What's behind the demise of what used to be the most popular reading format in the world?
Shower Thoughts: Why are we more exposed to sunburn than the rest of the world?
Ben Liley is an atmospheric scientist at Earth Science's Lauder research station and joins Emile Donovan to explain.
Reversing the flow on toilet inequity
Architect Daniel Thompson joins Emile Donovan to discuss the issue of inequality when it comes to toilet queues.
Why is the Christchurch mosque shooter back in court?
Public law expert professor Andrew Geddis from the University of Otago joins Emile Donovan.
Could you be the government?
Amidst a swathe of government shutdowns and mass redundancies in the United States of America, Alexandra Petri decided she would find out for herself....
Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile in the studio to talk about the sports stories making the news, including Super Bowl Monday.
Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
This week Emma looks at the history of school holidays and how we ended up with the four-term system in use today.
Where to now for Auckland's flip-flop housing plan?
Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland and joins Emile Donovan to discuss uncertainty around Aucklan...
Trading in nostalgia
Did you collect comics as a kid? Or trade Weet-bix cards? Collector Scott Waldrom explains why nostalgia is such big business.
Flexing it: The Push-Up Challenge
Thousands of Kiwis are gearing up to get moving for mental health with the nationwide launch of The Push-Up Challenge.
Calling all curlers in the north!
Auckland is about to get its own slice of curling history - a dedicated rink is opening in the city this year.
Nights at the Museum: The Disgusting Food Museum
Based in the Swedish city of Malmo, the Disgusting Food Museum features more than 80 foods from dozens of countries, including fermented shark, baby m...
What words would you find in a New Zealand-specific dictionary?
Nights' resident sociolinguist Julia de Bres spent her summer break, as all linguists do, reading a dictionary: The Book of New Zealand Words (2013) t...
The psychology of queuing
Chief Social Scientist at the Curiosity Company Carl Davidson explains why human beings love forming single-file queues.
Becoming Australia
Lawyer and political commentator Liam Hehir joins Nights to give the counter-argument for New Zealand becoming the seventh state of Australia.
Exploring the mysteries of the wild pigeon
Nottingham University's Will Smith has been studying them in Scotland's Outer Hebrides since 2019 and joins Emile to share his research.
Shower Thoughts: What do 'best boys' do?
Tonight, we demystify the title of best boy, as well as many other obscure film jobs, with none other than talented New Zealand filmmaker Rob Sarkies.
Kiwis find bad language on air increasingly offensive
Broadcasting Standards Authority chief executive Stacey Wood breaks down the findings with Emile.
Te Papa's unseen national art collection
The Listener's Paul Little has spoken to critics, artists and gallerists who argue that a significant part of our visual story remains unseen and unto...
How embracing the hard tasks can actually be good for you
Heard of 'friction-maxxing'? Director of the New Zealand Institute Wellness and Resilience Dr Denise Quinlan joins Emile Donovan to discuss whether th...
European correspondent Christian Smith
Christian Smith joins Emile to discuss the latest news from Europe including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor facing more scrutiny over the release of the l...
Sport with Jamie Wall
Nights sports ace Jamie Wall joins Emile in our Auckland studio to talk about Bangladesh’s withdrawal from the men’s T20 World Cup and New Zealand run...
Epstein files expose power and influence
Peter Field, who is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Humanities at Canterbury University, joins Emile to discuss.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic, Dan Slevin, is back for the first edition of Short-Cuts for 2026! Tonight he's taking a look at It Was Just an Acciden...
The Weekend: Latin Festival
Time to highlight a weekend event - and we're heading to Christchurch! Tomorrow you can feel the beat of salsa and cumbia, and smell fresh empanadas a...
Are trading card thefts being taken seriously enough?
Trading cards might sound like child games - but some are worth more than a house. One Pokémon card sold for nearly nine million dollars. And where th...
A new public work for Wellington
City Gallery Wellington is on the hunt for a crowning glory to sit atop its reclaimed site in Ngakau Square, inviting pitches from local artists for a...
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlist revealed
The 2026 longlist for The Ockham New Zealand Book Award was announced today, with familiar names like Dominic Hoey, Duncan Sarkies and Catherine Chidg...
Wētā FX put their mark on Stranger Things
In the midst of receiving Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for their work on Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wellington's own Wētā FX have been celebrating t...
AI building tools come with risks
It's never been easier to design your dream home using AI-generated tools.
But a leading construction expert warns that New Zealand hom...
What is hyrox and why is everyone talking about it?
Gary Moodie, owner of Flex Fitness gyms in Kaiapoi and Rangiora is about to compete in his very first Hyrox race.
Nights Science with Ezzy Pearson
Nights science correspondent Ezzy Pearson joins Susana Lei'ataua to talk clever cows and moon landings.
Young New Zealanders say the system is broken and they feel powerless to fix it
Susana Lei'ataua talks to Outward Bound CEO Malindi MacLean.
Humanity’s oldest known cave art
Professor Renaud Joannes-Boyau led the team that discovered handprints more than 67,000 years old in Indonesia.
Shower Thought: Why are agapanthus everywhere?
To help us unpack Nights speaks to Murray Dawson - a botanist at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research who has spent years breeding low‑fertility and ster...
Legs out, rain or shine: Just the Kiwi way?
New Zealanders are famous for many things, but apparently nothing makes us stand our more than wearing shorts in the freezing rain or snow while out i...
Two thirds of New Zealanders have seen extreme content online
The internet has long been seen as a wild west and a new report shows it might be even worse than previously thought.
Our enduring fascination with Stonehenge
Stonehenge expert Julian Richards will be at the Whanganui Regional Museum this Thursday to give a public talk about one of the world's enduring myste...
BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
We cross to the BBC World Service to take a look at some of the events making international headlines.
Sport with Jamie Wall
It's been a whirlwind few weeks in New Zealand rugby with the shock sacking of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson after a couple of years that were mayb...