Nights for Monday 10 August 2015

7:15 Infant Sleep Study

Sleeping like a baby? How New Zealand families are managing night-time sleep for infants (under two years of age) – with Dr Carrie Cornsweet Barber, director of clinical training at University of Waikato's School of Psychology.

7:35 Upbeat Feature

8:10 Windows on the World

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

8:40 Body Parts

Professor Emerita in Science Communication at the University of Otago Jean Fleming, on (quirky) human anatomy – the epididymis, the tubal system that the sperm mature in, after they leave the testis.

9:10 The Gothic Compass

The modern evolution of gothic culture, here and around the world, as explored by Dr Lorna Piatti-Farnell, AUT Popular Culture Research Centre senior lecturer and Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia president; her recently published publication is New Directions in 21st-Century Gothic: The Gothic Compass.

9:30 Insight

10:00 Late Edition

A review of the 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 Beale Street Caravan

First up, a set of blues-inspired gospel from the legendary Rev. John Wilkins at the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic playing slide guitar Hill Country style.

At the same venue is southern singer/songwriter Cary Hudson from the band Blue Mountain, also playing some hot slide.

Crazy ‘bout a saxophone Jim Spake stops by to continue his series on the great saxophone sidemen of the early years of rock 'n roll.