Nights for Tuesday 14 February 2017
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Eric Crampton
8:10 PM.This week we're going to work through some of the economics of dating and marriage. Audio
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Lara Shepherd on the DNA of seabirds
7:10 PM.Lara Shepherd is a specialist in DNA - especially the DNA of seabirds, not just seabirds that live around New Zealand's coast now, but also ones long since vanished. One of those is the Scarlett's… Read more Audio
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7:12 Lara Shepherd
Research scientist Lara Shepherd and vertebrate curator Alan Tennyson have looked at the relationships of extinct seabird, the Scarlett's shearwater.
Shearwater bones from Te Papa's natural history collection. Photo: Te Papa
7:30 The Sampler
Nick Bollinger discusses the orchestral variations of alt-rock supergroup Minor Victories; a collaboration between Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini and Belgium's Colorist Orchestra; and the latest set of existentialist pop from Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman.
8:12 Eric Crampton
This week we're going to work through some of the economics of dating and marriage.
8:30 Window on the World
From the BBC World Service a documentary following one of the darkest chapters in American history - the eugenics programme which began almost 100 years ago and which saw an estimated 70 thousand people forceably sterilised.
9:07 Tuesday Feature
First in a series of three programmes was recorded in association with the Royal Society and the Embassy of France about how to make the places where we live more appealing and sustainable, with host Kim Hill.
10:17 Late Edition
A roundup of today's RNZ News and feature interviews as well as Date Line Pacific from RNZ International.
11:07 Worlds of Music
Trevor Reekie hosts a weekly music programme celebrating an eclectic mix of 'world' music, fusion and folk roots.Tonight,