Nights for Wednesday 28 September 2022
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Linguistic and Cultural Heritage
10:30 PM.Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University is back and is looking at our linguistic and cultural identity, including her own dutch heritage. Read more Audio
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Brian Easton and When Does Market Liberalisation Work
9:05 PM.Economist Brian Easton returns with more economic insights looking at China's belt and road initiative, the legacy of the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the first budget from UK's… Read more Audio
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Economics with Eric Crampton
7:12 PM.Chief Economist at The New Zealand Initiative Dr Eric Crampton is in the studio to talk economics. Tonight he's talking competition and antitrust laws. Audio
7:12 Economics with Eric Crampton
Chief Economist at The New Zealand Initiative Dr Eric Crampton is in the studio to talk economics. Tonight he's talking competition and antitrust laws.
A cartoon by American Joseph Keppler first published in 1889 depicts corporate interests –from steel, copper, oil, iron, sugar, tin, and coal to paper bags, envelopes, and salt–as giant money bags looming over the tiny United State senators at their desks in the Chamber Photo: United States Senate
7:30 At The Movies : Out Of The Comfort Zone Again!
Simon Morris reviews three films he wouldn't necessarily have gone to by choice - a light-hearted road movie from Iran, a French couple who bonded over their love of volcanoes, and a film about Superman's dog. He really likes two of them …
DC League of Super-Pets wonders what would happen if Superman's best friend was a dog called Krypto. With the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jemaine Clement as Aquaman.
Fire of Love remembers French celebrity volcanologist couple Katia and Maurice Krafft. Their passion for volcanoes is only matched by their love of each other. Directed by Sara Dosa (Tricky Dick and the Man in Black) and narrated by Miranda July (Me and you and everyone we know).
Hit the road is a family road movie from Iran - the mishaps when a family tries to get the oldest boy a ticket to a better world - and yes it is a comedy! With breakout star 8-year-old Rayan Sarlak.
8:10 The Hump
The Hump is our Wednesday night Quiz Night where we take a dive into the archives of Nga Taonga Sound and Vision for some audio gems and we want to see if you can identify them.
Tonight's prize is
8:15 Pacific Waves
Koroi Hawkins presents 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.
Photo: RNZ Pacific
8.30 Linguistic and Cultural Heritage
Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University is back and is looking at our linguistic and cultural identity, including her own dutch heritage.
Dr Julia de Bres, sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey University uses her own Dutch heritage to explore our collective linguistic and cultural identity. Photo: Supplied
8:30 Crowd Science
The BBC CrowdScience team answers more of your questions today - Why don't some things burn?
9:05 Brian Easton and When Does Market Liberalisation Work
Economist Brian Easton returns with more economic insights looking at China's belt and road initiative, the legacy of the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev and the first budget from UK's new Prime Minister Lizz Truss.
Photo: AFP / Anadolu Agency
9:25 Quiz Answer
We find out who is tonight's quiz whizz.
9:35 Digital Planet
From the BBC it's Digital Planet - Tiny robots cure mice with deadly pneumonia.
Microrobots have been created and used to treat the most common form of pneumonia that infects patients in ICU.....Internet shutdowns in India - on what grounds are they allowed?...and The National Robotarium opens in Edinburgh.
Photo: 123rf
10:17 Lately
Photo: RNZ
Lately with Karyn Hay with an eye on live events, an ear for music, a great sense of humour and a genuine interest in people and their stories.
11:07 Inside Out Jazzing the Beatles
Nick Tipping hosts a journey through the jazz spectrum playing favourites, standards and new releases along the way.
On Tonight's show Nick dedicates the programme to the music of Lennon and McCartney with jazz tunes that reinvent the Beatles - from Herbie Hancock and Lonnie Smith to fusion players Allan Holdsworth and Marcus Miller.
Photo: Collection Roger-Viollet / Roger-Viollet via AFP