Nights
Kanaal Besonderhede
Nights
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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362 episodes
What's the secret behind IKEA's global success?
Emile Donovan speaks to University of Otago consumer behaviour expert Professor Lisa McNeill.
Quakes: Can we predict when the 'big one' will hit?
It's been about 2,600 since New Zealand's last large earthquake of magnitude six or more. Are we 'overdue'? Earthquake geologist Dr Rob Langridge join...
The power of eye contact with Julia de Bres
After nearly two years of chatting about language on the radio, Emile and Julia are meeting in person for the first time!
How concerned should we be about hornets arriving in New Zealand?
Hornet-watcher Phil Lester is a professor of ecology and entomology at Victoria University of Wellington.
Why clear and easy-to-understand language matters
The annual Plain Language Awards aim to fight back against that and highlight good examples of clear and easy-to-understand language. Founder Lynda Ha...
Science with Ezzy Pearson
Science correspondent Ezzy Pearson talks about orcas that have developed a new way of hunting sharks, why men need to exercise more to get the same he...
Should MPs be attending Taiwan celebrations?
Former MP Peter Dunne — who visited Taiwan several times as an MP — says New Zealand's Chinese ambassador has “lost the plot” in warning MPs about cel...
The New Zealand artist creating 'risky' playgrounds
New Zealand-born, Australia-based artist Mike Hewson creates playgrounds that, at first glance, look more like construction sites than places to play....
Shower Thoughts: How do you write an obituary?
Jeremy Rees is the executive editor of specialist news at RNZ and a former editor of the Weekend Herald, NZ Herald website, and the Herald's head of n...
How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age
Greti Dinkova-Bruun is a Fellow and Library Director at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and has been looking into medieval t...
The hidden rise of organised crime networks in New Zealand and the Pacific
In the past seven years, the price of methamphetamine has dropped by 36 percent. In that same period, food prices have risen by about 37 percent. Writ...
90 years on, Monopoly remains a global obsession
The best-selling licensed board game of all time was released 90 years ago, and chances are there's a Monopoly set tucked somewhere in your home, read...
BBC World Service Lookahead with Rob Hugh Jones
Tonight he's looking at the United Nations' latest report on global emissions of greenhouse gases, the escalating conflict in Sudan and Hungarian Prim...
Sports with Richard Irvine
With RNZ reporter Jamie Wall covering the All Blacks in Chicago, our sports correspondent tonight is sports writer and author of the weekly newsletter...
Small Histories of New Zealand with Emma Kay
Tonight she's talking about New Zealand's history with Guy Fawkes.
Te Pāti Māori president demands MPs resign as party feud intensifies
To give us some context around what's happening, Emile Donovan speaks to political editor at the NZ Herald, Thomas Coughlan.
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan for some Friday night reviews.
How Halloween cobwebs make frighteningly good DNA collectors
University of Waikato Senior Lecturer of Ecology, Biodiversity and Animal Behaviour Dr Ang McGaughran joins Emile Donovan.
Why do we love horror movies?
Mathias Clasen, associate professor and director of the Recreational Fear Lab at Aarhus University in Denmark is a horror researcher., and he joins Em...
What was behind the global Microsoft outage?
Dev Singh from the University of Auckland's Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering school.joins Emile Donovan to explain.
Why Fonterra farmers voted to sell consumer business to French dairy giant
Julia Jones is an independent advisor in ag industry and joins Emile Donovan.
Inside the world of competitive pumpkin growing
Sam Elton-Walters from Giant Pumpkins NZ joins Emile Donovan.
The significance of the PM's meeting with Donald Trump
Sam Sachdeva is the national affairs editor at Newsroom dot co dot nz and is on the ground in Korea.
Outgoing police association president Chris Cahill reflects on tenure
Detective Inspector Chris Cahill served as president of the New Zealand Police Association for nine years, from 2016 to 2025.
Kiwi team out to reclaim title in annual trans-Tasman sheep dog trials
Lloyd Smith has been competing in dog trials since the 1970s and joins Emile Donovan from his farm near Palmerston in Otago
The pros and cons of a social media ban for young people
We are joined by two experts who come down on different sides of the issue, clinical psychologist Dr Danielle Einstein and media lecturer Dr Alex Beat...
Shower Thoughts : How do you write a sermon?
Reuben Munn has been a pastor for twenty years and joins Emile Donovan to explain.
What can New Zealand learn from the Irish arts benefit?
Jenny Dagg is a sociologist and researcher at Maynooth University in Ireland and wrote the cost-benefit analysis for the scheme. She joins Emile Donov...
European correspondent Christian Smith
Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan to discuss news making headlines in Europe.
How much is your flatmate’s love life costing you?
Economist Ed McKnight has crunched the numbers and built a calculator that can tell you.
What you need to know about Labour's capital gains tax
Tax expert Terry Baucher joins Emile Donovan.
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music
Short-Cuts with Dan Slevin
Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan with some viewing recommendations for your long weekend.
New book to focus on Southland's tragic and odd events
The author is historian, columnist, and former Invercargill city councillor Lloyd Esler, who joins Emile Donovan.
The man behind the 'world's best' bar
Lorenzo Antinori from Bar Leone in Hong Kong joins Emile Donovan.
Rainbow's End iconic pirate ship returns
Susan Mudie is the Rainbow's End CEO and she joins Emile Donovan.
UK's former schools minister Sir Nick Gibb
Sir Nick Gibb oversaw a dramatic turnaround in England's school reading and maths performance during his tenure as schools minister through the rollba...