Nights for Tuesday 21 June 2011

7:10 Our Own Odysseys: The National Drink

Ben Clark and his wife travelled throughout Europe, Eastern Europe, onwards to Scandinavia and beyond - and in each country they sampled the national drink.

Ben & Joanna's blog from their journey.

9:30 The Sampler

A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 The World At Night - Mexico

Reporting from the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Hispanophone country in the world is our correspondent Susana Seijas... calling for the end of drug war, Slut Walk hits Mexico City and homemade narco tanks.

9:00 News and Weather

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: 2011 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival

Radio New Zealand has selected some of the most thought-provoking and entertaining sessions from one of New Zealand’s top celebrations of literature, the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, for a five-part series of programmes from this week in our Sunday Feature slot. The encounters range from food to science by way of contemporary history, with speakers from the UK, India, USA, and the former Yugoslavia.

10:00 News and 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.

11:06 Tapestry of the Times

Join Arron Henkin on an open-ear voyage back in time and around the globe as he takes listeners on a weekly tour through the wide ranging sound archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Smithsonian/WYPR).