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9:25 PM.Researcher and author of The Stone Tower: Ptolemy, The Silk Road, and a Two-thousand-Year-Old Riddle' Riaz Dean, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.BBC World journalist Rob Hugh-Jones joins Emile Donovan for a wrap of world news stories. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.RNZ's sport journalist Jamie Wall shares his analysis of the All Blacks squad. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.The former Prime Minster and Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Tonight, Finn waxes lyrical about Feel Good Aura by Melodownz, Noise by Forty Winks and Stand Up Now by Jo Tongo. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin shares his thoughts on Elio (in cinemas), The Eternaut aka El Eternauta (Netflix) and In My Father’s Den (TVNZ+). Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights' resident sociolinguist, Associate Professor Julia de Bres is back to talk ... retronyms. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.If you shopped at a New World or Pak'nSave in the North Island last year, there's a chance your face was scanned by facial recognition technology. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.As the conflict between Israel and Iran rages on, we watch missiles and drones being launched and intercepted between the two countries. 

And you may have heard a lot about Israel's Iron Dome -- an… Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Today, Statistics Minister Shane Reti announced the Census, which has existed in a similar format for more than 70 years, will be replaced with a combination of administrative data from other… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Some stories taking up just half a page, new anthology Poto features bite-sized stories from some of New Zealand's literary luminaries, including Bill Manhire, Paula Morris and Owen Marshall. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Can you stutter in sign language? Does New Zealand Sign Language have the equivalent of mispronunciation, mistakes or sarcasm? Professor of NZSL studies Rachel McKee joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:25 PM.Our man in London, Christian Smith, is chatting to us about the UK launching a grooming gangs inquiry after claims officials avoided the ethnicity issue, protests against over tourism erupting in… Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Minister for Housing Chris Bishop joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Historian and Maurice Gee biographer Rachel Barrowman joins Emile Donovan to reflect on the life of one of New Zealand's most beloved and enduring novelists. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.BBC World journalist Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to look at some of the events making headlines internationally, including Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, an upcoming debate in… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Last week, the Grey District Council decided to throw the struggling theatre a lifeline and voted to take over its financial troubles. West Coast Theatre Trust chairman Andy Ross joins Emile Donovan.

8:20 PM.RNZ sports whiz and journalist Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in sport. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Former Australian ambassador to Lebanon and research scholar at ANU's Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies Ian Parmeter joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring new music from Mokomokai, High Altar, and vegetabke.machine.animal. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Mark Leishman to review match-making rom-com Materialists (2025), documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender (2025) streaming on Apple TV+, and free streaming… Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Event organiser, and New Zealand's first barista champion, Emma Barkland Webster joins Mark Leishman. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.The creative arts programme for young people living with disabilities is the brainchild of Fiona McKenzie, with her son Jasper helping bring the vision to life behind the scenes. They join Mark… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.When Australian comedian Michelle Brasier was scammed by a stranger, she didn't report it. Instead, she extended her hand in friendship and turned the experience - into a cabaret. Read more Audio

8:50 PM.Books from ten emerging New Zealand writers will be celebrated and amplified in a new initiative from The Coalition for Books. Read more Audio