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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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Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights’ resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to look at what’s new on the big screen as well as a few things worth watching from the comfort of...
Can an octopus really play the piano?
An octopus named Takoyaki or Tako, for short, has become an internet sensation after Swedish YouTuber Mattias Krantz rescued him from a fish market an...
Christchurch welcomes big new sports and aquatic centre
Emile Donovan speaks to Warren and Mahoney architect Brett Diprose about what it takes to design and build such a colossal community asset.
Is true crime as a form of entertainment ethical?
Jen Eastwood is a writer, reader, and host of the Sick Sad Lit podcast and joins Emile Donovan.
Why some typefaces feel different
Lecturer in Psychology, Edge Hill University Andrea Piovesan has been exploring how the shapes of letters can subtly influence our feelings.
What is a Silent Divorce?
Amanda Cox registered psychotherapist and co-founder of Auckland City Therapy and spoke to Emile Donovan.
Myth Takes with Ben Jackson
Ben is taking us on a festive time-travel adventure through the toys and games kids played with in the ancient world.
Glyphosate safety paper retraction exposes ghostwriting in science
New Zealand-based scientist Dr Sasha (Alexander) Kaurov formally requested the retraction, and he joins Emile Donovan.
Award winning criminal justice advocate's call to the next generation
Tā Kim Workman joins Emile Donovan.
European correspondent Christian Smith
A round up of the European news making the headlines.
Century-old voices reveal evolution of New Zealand accent
Postdoctoral fellow Dr Brooke Ross from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan.
Day one of Australia's social media ban for under-16s
Leo Puglisi is chief anchor and managing director at 6 News Australia and he joins Emile Donovan for his thoughts.
Shower Thoughts: How did the 111 emergency number come about?
MOTAT Telecoms Volunteer Brian Potter joins Emile Donovan to talk about the history of emergency phone services in New Zealand.
The internal journey of the injested Fabergé egg
Dr Cameron Schauer is a gastroenterologist, interventional endoscopist and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland and he joins Emile...
What is a culture war? Nights expert Dr Julia de Bres explains
Our resident science expert, Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University has been giving this some thought and joins us.
The Richardson v Willis fiscal boxing match
Deputy political editor at The Post Henry Cooke joins Emile Donovan to discuss the challenge.
The clouded legacy of Dr Truby King
Emeritus Professor of History Barbara Brookes, who wrote King's entry for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography joins Emile Donovan.
BBC World News with Rob Hugh Jones
Rob Hugh Jones from the BBC World Service joins Nights to take a look at some of the events making international headlines.
Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall talks with Emile Donovan about the biggest stories in the sporting world.
Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
This week Emma has been combing the archives of the personal advertisements also known as the classifieds of papers past.
One year since fall of Syrian leader as humanitarian crisis remains
Founder & Executive Director of ReliefAid, Mike Seawright joins Emile Donovan.to discuss on-going crisis.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review new fantasy rom-com Eternity, Winner of this week's New York Film Critics Circle award fo...
The Weekend: Wellington Bike Rave
Wellington's Light the Lanes Bike Rave is being organised by Darcy Snell, who joins Emile Donovan to preview the excitement.
Walking 144 kilometres in impeccable vintage
Russell artist Jacqui Madelin is walking 12 kilometres for 12 days to fundraise for Project Island Song, but she's doing so in style. She joins Emile...
Words of greeting and words of the year
Linguist Rory O’Sullivan joins the show to give us his take on email etiquette and various dictionaries' words of the year for 2025.
Laser Kiwi: From flag design to icon
While her design never came close to becoming the official flag, Lucy Gray has certainly left a lasting impact. She chats with Emile about the legacy...
The dos & don'ts of Secret Santa
For all the answers, Chief MyHR Evangelist Sylvie Thrush Marsh joins Emile Donovan.
IKEA opens its modular doors to Auckland
The prime minister was there, a giant Swedish meatball mascot was there, and so was Nights' traffic correspondent Hayden Donnell.
What we borrowed from the library in 2025
Emile Donovan speaks to Auckland Libraries Manager of Public Engagement Krissy Taylor.
Science with Ezzy Pearson
Tonight she's talking about Mayan cosmology, tiny T-Rex and gravitational waves.
New Zealand's obsession with property might finally be coming to an end
Duncan Greive asks whether our collective fear of sharemarkets is finally recovering from the eighties.
Shower Thoughts: Why does frozen ice cream get harder?
To help answer this we're joined again by friend of the show, Professor Richard Easther, from the University of Auckland.
The man who came close to designing New Zealand's official flag
Ten years ago, New Zealand started the process of picking - and ultimately not picking - a new flag. Designer Kyle Lockwood was at the centre of it al...
'Wicked' problems need a new approach
Former chief science advisor and now Director of the Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures, Sir Peter Gluckman, says we can't begin to solve New Zealand'...
Sheila Fitzpatrick: The death and lasting legacy of Stalin
In her latest book, Sheila Fitzpatrick, one of the world's leading scholars on the history of the Soviet Union, examines both the immediate aftermath...
BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh-Jones
Tonight, he’ll discuss the deadly flooding in Asia, the latest negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, and the upcoming draw for next year’s...
Sports with Jamie Wall
RNZ sports journalist Jamie Wall talks with Emile Donovan about the biggest stories in the sporting world. Tonight, sports gambling.
History with Emma Kay
Tonight she's talking about how the newspapers reported the 1893 election, the first time women voted in Aotearoa.
Chef Al Brown on surviving the restaurant 'silly season'
Al Brown is an restaurateur and businessman, the owner of Auckland stand-outs Depot Oyster Bar and Federal Delicatessen. He joins Emile Donovan to sha...
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.