Nights

Earth scientist from the University of Wollongong Nicolas Flament on the emerging science of "massive blobs" under the earth's surface.

Permaculture designer Ami Kennedy of The Germinate Collective talks about their new Germinate Workbook which offers a week-by-week guide for beginner gardeners.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused huge uncertainty in the fuel market. We're joined by Massey University Emeritus Professor Ralph Sims to look at the impact of this and how it fits in with today's IPCC Working Group III report.

Zoe George, Senior Sports Journalist at Stuff is our sportscaster tonight.

Deborah Challinor is one of NZ's biggest selling authors and every one of her books has made the bestseller chart here. Her PhD in history means her work is incredibly well-researched but highly readable. Her new novel, The Leonard Girls is set at the end of the 60s with the Vietnam war as a backdrop.

Andrew Learmonth joins Bryan from Scotland to talk, politics, war and ferries.

What do we know about vampires and where does that lore come from? This year marks the centenary of a very special piece of Hollywood history. Professor of Film and Popular Culture at AUT Lorna Piatti-Farnell takes Bryan back in the world of Nosferatu in popular culture over the last hundred years.

Entries have opened for the Sargeson Prize short story competition. The ultimate winning author will carry away a hefty purse of ten thousand dollars, but it's a great opportunity for New Zealand writers to practise and celebrate the form. It's a literary form with a proud heritage and promising future in Aotearoa. Bryan is joined by New Zealand Author and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Waikato Catherine Chidgey to discuss the health of the short story in 2022.

Otago University's Dr Nic Rawlence talked to Bryan says about the impact of climate change and human contact.

In tonight's episode of Sci Fi/Sci Fact Canterbury University Physicist Rodrigo Martinez Gazoni investigates Batman franchise and the science behind the wide variety of gadgets featured in it.