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Nights for Monday 8 June 2009

7 pm News & Weather

7:20 Modern Men

Dr Christopher Forth - historian, Humanities & Western Civilization Program, University of Kansas.

Do the ideals of a masculine physique clash with roles and lifestyles promoted with modern civilisation?

8 pm News & Weather

8:15 Windows on the World:

International public radio documentaries.

8:45 The Final Whistle

Penny Miles - sports journalist, Dominion Post.

Analysis of the state of play from recent recreational activities...This week; The French Open.

8:59 Conundrum: Clue 1

9 pm News & Weather

9:06Insight:

A current affairs programme direct from RNZ news.

9:40 Solomon Islands Report

Dorothy Wickham - freelance correspondent.

News and cultural insights from The Solomon Islands in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands, pop. 552,438 (2005) ... A Melanesian attitude to what Fiji is up too, also what the Solomon Islands government is doing about climate change and environmental issues.

9:59 Conundrum: Clue 2

10 pm News & Weather

10:17 Late Edition:

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11 pm News & Weather

11:06 The Birth of the Blues

Willie Dixon, one of America's greatest songwriters, put it this way, "The blues is the roots and the rest are the fruits."

Today the roots have born fruits all over the world.

Jazz, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul music, even rap all have blues as a foundation. On the surface blues is simple, sometimes just three chords, sometimes just one chord with lyrics that repeat themselves. But below the surface there is an emotional sophistication that makes the blues one of the most intense music forms you'll ever hear.

Sweet Hone Chicago

Part 6 of 13

The 1950s was the blues' golden era. With the advent of the electric guitar and amplification, the music grew louder, bolder, and hotter.

Produced by EMP Radio/Ben Manilla Production