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9:25 PM.Screenwriters Kathryn Burnett and Nick Ward, who have worked on shows like Wellington Paranormal and Outrageous Fortune, have encountered a fair few dickheads in their time, and have now become… Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Do the banks know something we don’t? Or are they just taking a punt, hoping to sign up a few more borrowers before their competitors do? Frances Cook joins Nights to explain. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.From elephants in the room to blue moons, Nights' resident sociolinguist, Dr Julia de Bres from Massey University, is going the extra mile and talking about idioms. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to constitutional lawyer Graeme Edgeler about why former ministers weren't compelled to attend the Royal Commission of Inquiry. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Arohanui: My Aotearoa New Zealand compiles the perspectives of one hundred New Zealanders, including names like Beauden Barrett, Miriama Kamo, and Winston Peters. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.University of Canterbury Professor of Marketing Ekant Veer joins Mark Leishman to explain why free things tickle our brain. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Property photographer joins Emile Donovan to discuss the art of real estate photography. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.How do drugs get their names? Emile is joined by Dr Krishan Thiru, Medical Director for Pfizer Australia and New Zealand, to delve into the details. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Te Papa's colossal squid turns one hundred this year. Te Papa curator and resident squid expert Kerry Walton joins Emile Donovan to mull it over. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Dr Martin Kear joins Emile Donovan to discuss increasing calls for a two-state solution in the Middle East. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to Dr Rachael Sumner, senior research fellow at the University of Auckland, about the poorly-understood role that hormones play in women's health, from epilepsy to premenstrual… Read more Audio

8:50 PM.Emile speaks to Jonathan Frewin from the BBC World Service to take a look at some of the events making headlines internationally. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.RNZ sports whiz Jamie Wall joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week that was in sport. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Emile Donovan speaks to Shamubeel Eaqub, Chief Economist at Simplicity. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music including tracks from Satin Sheets, jackaltheblackal and Dale Kerrigan. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile to review Riviera Revenge (in cinemas), The Friend (in cinemas) and The Pickup (Prime Video). Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Nights producer Bonnie Harrison revisits the week in quizzes, and looks at why some words are better known to some people than others. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Craig is director of Moller Architects which has been in practice since 1969 and has designed the likes of the Sky Tower and ASB Waterfront Theatre in Auckland. He tells Emile what he thinks makes a… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Professor Aaron Smith from the University of Canberra and Loughborough University is the author of The Psychology of Sports Fans and Football on The Brain: Why Minds Love Sport, which looks at the… Read more Audio

8:55 PM.A shirt strikingly similar to the one worn by Canterbury in the 2001 NPC championship is now being sold by London-based Palace Skateboards, a brand beloved by celebrities like Justin Bieber, Seth… Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Political scientist Natalia Albert joins Emile Donovan to revisit what New Zealand's 'wellbeing era' of governance got right, and got wrong. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.When we fail to open a jar, and we pass it to our spouse who opens it without breaking a sweat, have we helped to loosen it or not? Richard Easther, professor of physics at the University of Auckland… Read more Audio