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9:25 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to Associate Professor Nic Rawlence, Director of the University of Otago's Palaeogenetics Laboratory. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.To explain what's drawing so many travelers, Emile speaks to Lonely Planet's Oceania editor Jessica Lockhart. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Few people are more closely linked to the ship than author and journalist David Robie, who spent eleven weeks on board during its final voyage through the Pacific. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.The 'Temple of Transition' will be publicly, and ceremoniously, burnt into a heaping pile of rubble. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.InternetNZ CEO Vivien Maideborn joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Tennis correspondent Dave Worsley joins Emile Donovan to discuss some dubious use of electronic judging technology used at Wimbledon over the weekend. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.David Smith, an associate professor with the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, joins Emile Donovan to assess Musk's prospects. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Andrew Lensen, senior lecturer of artificial intelligence at Victoria University of Wellington, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Amy Errmann is a senior lecturer in marketing and international business at AUT and joins Emile Donovan to discuss how our desire to age better (or not at all) is fueling a hungry mega-market. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.BBC World Service journalist Jonathan Frewin joins Emile Donovan to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally including Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the weekend of sport, including the All Blacks' narrow victory over the French in Dunedin and what the visiting rugby journalist thought about… Read more Audio

8:25 PM.Back in 1992, Nights listener Dean met his holiness and got to spend an afternoon with him - and even gave the Dalai Lama a hot tip. Read more Audio

Former MP and cabinet minister Peter Dunne thinks MPs have an obligation to the public to serve out their full terms, after New Zealand First list MP Tanya Unkovich became the seventh MP to resign… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring tracks from Celtic experimental musician Brìghde Chaimbeul, indie band Speed of Light, and Christchurch bedroom pop artist Pickle Darling. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Jessica Lange film The Great Lillian Hall (2024), buddy comedy Heads of State (2025) streaming on Prime Video, and Walking to New Orleans… Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Producer Bonnie Harrison turns the tables on the quizmaster and takes a closer look at some of this week's quiz questions. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Dhargyey Buddhist Centre Trust chairperson Peter Small joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.After more than a decade at the helm, the current owners have decided it's time to hang up their bar mats and put the place on the market. Co-owner Cade Thornton joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Biological age tests claim to measure how old your body is on a cellular level. Hassan Vally at Deakin University in Australia and is an expert when it comes to interpreting health data and joins… Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Tim Hunt is a Melbourne-based lighting designer who constantly thinks about how humans interact with light and how better lighting can make our cities safer, more welcoming and more beautiful. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.University of Waikato senior lecturer in philosophy Dan Weijers joins Emile Donovan to ponder immortality. Read more Audio

8:25 PM.After being stumped during Midweek Mediawatch with Hayden Donnell, Emile Donovan calls up Nights' resident sociolinguist, associate professor Julia de Bres from Massey University, to weigh in on… Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Metservice meteorologist Stephen Glassey joins Emile Donovan for an update on the severe thunderstorms in Taranaki and other wild weather around the country. Read more Audio