Nights for Monday 30 January 2023

7:12 Bad Blood

From the BBC's Discovery Team, this is Bad Blood: ....Today - You Will Not Replace Us

We follow the story of eugenics from its origins in the middle-class salons of Victorian Britain, through the Fitter Family competitions and sterilisation laws of Gilded Age USA, to the full genocidal horrors of Nazi Germany.

"You will not replace us" was the battle cry of white supremacists at a rally in Charlottesville in 2017. They were expressing an old fear - the idea that immigrants and people of colour will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'.

Exactly the same idea suffused American culture in the first decades of the 1900s, as millions of immigrants arrived at Ellis island from southern and eastern Europe.

 

7:35 Short Story Competition

Today we bring you the first of the winning stories from the 2021 Short Story Competition. Firstly a funny and character filled cautionary tale about the perils of impulse shopping.

Flamingoes by John Ewen told by Duncan Smith.

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: Science in Action

On Science in action today does this mammalian outbreak of bird flu pose a risk to humans? How India's caste system is stifling fair representation in academia, liquid robots, and snotty echidnas.

Science in Action is brought to us from the BBC

9:10 Bryan Waddell: Nights Sports Commentator

Sports commentator Bryan Waddle joins me for a rundown of the latest sporting news. He talks to Karyn about the Australian Open and why despite after all his success Novak Djokovic still doesn't garner the same level as fandom as his fellow tennis superstars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal

9:30 Sara Chatwin: Resilience

It's been an incredibly tough four days for those in Auckland and other areas of the north island impacted by flooding and severe weather

And with more rain expected there's no doubt it will be impacting people's mental and physical health.

Psychologist, Sara Chatwin talks to Karyn about how people can stay resilient and find healthy ways to respond to the situation they're finding themselves in.;

10:17 Ken Turner: Auckland Clean Up

Auckland is in its fourth day under a state of emergency due to the flooding...

And as the clean-up effort continues, the scale of the damage caused by the extreme weather event is evident.

Northern suburbs of Auckland and Titirangi have been hit particularly hard by flooding and slips.

Waitakere ward councillor Ken Turner talks to Karyn on on how the region is recovering.

 

10.30 Peter Griffin: Technology Commentator

Tech commentator Peter Griffin joins Karyn to talk about the rise and rise of artificial intelligence, anti-trust action against Big Tech, and the National Party's tech vision for the future of New Zealand's economy.

 

10.45 Evalyn McGregor: Blade Shearer

Evalyn McGregor is New Zealand's only full-time blade shearer.

She talks to Karyn about what she loves about her job and her aspirations to compete at the World Blade Shearing championships

 

11:07 Nashville Babylon

Every week on Nashville Babylon Mark Rogers presents the very best in alt.country, Americana, Soul. Blues, Folk and Reggae…

It's a special Nashville Babylon this week with Mark Rogers selecting some of his favorite reggae tracks featuring music from the likes of Horace Andy, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo and Toots and The Maytals