Nights for Tuesday 24 January 2023

 

7:15 Music 101: The man behind the TV theme song of the moment

RNZ music presenter Tony Stamp talks to Chilean-Canadian composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer, about his theme for The White Lotus, and ten years making inventive, ear-catching music for film and TV.

 

7.40 Short Story

Another of the runners up from our 2022 Short Story Competition.

Finding your feet in this world can be challenging.

That sense of isolation and disconnection in this story is palpable. Here is Do You Feel the Air Shake? by Kelsey Dahlberg told by Dennis Lim.   

 

8:15 Pacific Waves

Koroi Hawkins presents a daily current affairs programme that delves deeper into the major stories of the week, through a Pacific lens, and shines a light on issues affecting Pacific people wherever they are in the world.

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8:30 Window on The World: Food Chain

Who wrote the cook books on your kitchen shelves? For many celebrity chefs, a cook book, or several, is an obvious way to extend their brand. But if they don't have the time or the skills to write one, they may hire a ghost writer or co-author to work with them.

It's not just writing, the work can involve project management, recipe testing, meeting deadlines and handling some big egos.

Sometimes writers are credited on the cover of the book, sometimes in the introduction, sometimes not at all.

In this programme Ruth Alexander meets two people who have worked as ghost writers on cookbooks.

The Food Chain comes to us from the BBC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct38p2

 

9:07 Dr Franz Strydom: Melanoma detecting AI

Artificial Intelligence developed in New Zealand will soon to soon be used to screen thousands of patients in the early stages of melanoma

Developed by the melanoma diagnostic service MoleMap, it is hoped the AI will help address a chronic shortage of dermatologist and skin cancer doctors in New Zealand.

Joining Karyn to discuss the technology is MoleMap medical director Dr Franz Strydom

 

9:30 Nina Hall: Feminist foreign policy in Germany

Assistant Professor in International Relations at Johns Hopkins University Nina Hall joins us once again.

Tonight she's chatting to us about feminist foreign policy in Germany

In Particular she  takes a look at the German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock

 

10:17 Richard Fitzwilliams: What's Next for Megan and Harry?

The Netflix doco raised a few eyebrows, the headline-grabbing memoir's hit the shelves and ruffled plenty of feathers - as well as being the fastest-selling non-fiction book in history.

It's been a right-royal soap opera...

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams joins Nights from the UK.

 

10:30 Joanne Mallon: Quiet Quitting

 

It all started on TikTok and other social media... as many trends do...

The phrase "quiet quitting"  took on a life of its own last year...

A bit of context, if you were out of loop... "quiet quitting"  is a bit of a misnomer - it has nothing to do with quitting your job, or even quitting it without telling anyone.

Has the trend quit itself, or is it still a thing?

UK-based career coach and host of podcast 5 Minutes to Change Your Life, Joanne Mallon, answers those questions.

 

10:45 Bob Dolven: World adventurer gifts motorbike 

After a global search for the perfect place to display his trusty companion world adventurer Bob Dolven decided on Invercargill.

The American airline pilot his motorbike Andiamo, a 2004 BMW GS1150, will now be part of the E Hayes Motorworks Collection in the southern city.

Bob talks to Karyn about his adventures and what made him choose Invercargill.

 

11:07 Worlds of Music

Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.

Tonight features an eclectic collection of trans global sounds from all around the planet including a quick chat with a gentleman named Albert Mazibuko, who we interviewed at Womad - Albert was the Choir leader for the highly acclaimed Ladysmith Black Mambazo who played Womad NZ in 2016.