Nights for Wednesday 13 March 2024

8:15 Pacific Waves

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. Hosted by Susana Suisuiki.

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8:30 Jukebox

Emile Donovan plays your requests - as long as you've got a compelling reason, or a good story with it.

Send in your picks to nights@rnz.co.nz or text 2101.

8:45 The Reading 

Tonight, part eleven of 'Fake Baby', written by Amy McDaid and read by Alisha Jacob and Nigel Collins.

9:07 Nights Quiz

Do you know your stuff? Come on the air and be grilled by Emile Donovan as he dons his quizmaster hat.

If you get an answer right, you move on to the next question. If you get it wrong, your time in the chair is up, and the next caller will be put through. The person with the most correct answers at the end of the run goes in the draw for a weekly prize.

The quiz is themed - find out more about tonight's theme on Nights' Facebook page.

 

9:20 Myth Takes: The Ides of March

Our monthly chat with Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson.

He joins Emile Donovan on an auspicious time in the ancient world - the Ides of March.

 

9:30 Midweek Mediawatch

Colin Peacock joins Emile Donovan to debrief the week in media, including a remarkable moment when several news events unfolded at once.

 

10:18 How the sacred month of Ramadan is marked in Aotearoa

Those observing Ramadan fast from sun up until sun down in religious observance.

Ayyan Ali is one of the many young muslims observing Ramadan - he is the president of the Muslim Students Association at the University of Auckland. He talks to Emile Donavan.

 

10:30 Auckland Writers Festival reveals full 2024 programme

Mark your calendars: 'A week with the world's most interesting people' is back.

The Auckland Writers Festival is returning this May for its 24th year, with more than 40 international authors and over 200 events planned for the city of sails.

The programme has just been released this morning, and the festival's artistic director Lyndsey Fineran joins Emile Donovan in studio.

 

10:45 How to choose the right salt 

Our tabletop saltshakers have got a bit more colourful in the last few years with artisanal rock salts and flaky salts taking the place of the old familiar blue Cerebos bottles.

But we may be missing out on key minerals all in the name of flavour.

Associate professor Helen Eyles is a public health nutritionist in the Faculty of Medical and Health sciences at the University of Auckland and is here to help.

 

11:07 Pocket Edition  

On this week's episode of Pocket Edition Maggie Tweedie takes us on an adventure across genres sharing new ambient music to relax you - and funk and jazz to revive.

We meet the award winning American- Pakistani musician Arooj Aftab ahead of her performances in Wellington and New Plymouth this week.