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Our overseas correspondent in taiwan, William Yang joins us from Taipei.

James Rice is a PhD student researching superconducting power supplies for fusion energy applications at the Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington, where he works closely with MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator, Dr. Chris Bumby. - He gives us his scientific take on Ironman's Arc Reactor.

Launching a glossy new magazine in a global pandemic was both a tough call and a dream come true for Ingrid van Amsterdam, editor of multi-cultural publication, BiograView. The magazine is the culmination of her deep commitment to publishing stories that celebrate the people who comprise Aotearoa's multi-cultural richness and diversity.

Dr Olivier Holland, from the School of Music, at the University of Auckland plays us some of the latest compositions from this semester's jazz student's. At just 19 years old, they "blew his socks off"! His teaching has moved to entirely solfege based. Solfege is a music education method used to teach aural skills, pitch and sight-reading of Western music, which he used to teach and test his students in jazz composition.

Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative joins us once again. Following the conclusion of The Commerce Commission's set of hearings on competition in grocery retail, Eric takes a look at supermarkets, antitrust and what he sees as government and council rules that have made it next to impossible for a new entrant to join the NZ market.

Tonight's sportscaster, Rikki Swanell joins us from Auckland.

We speak to Simon Eastwood, a Wellington composer and bass player, who has just won the Open Category of Compose Aotearoa!, our national choral-song-writing competition run by Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand to create a new work for a mixed four-part choir (up to 60 people), in a capella or accompanied by up to three instruments.

HMS New Zealand was arguably the most famous ship to serve this country, even if that was under Royal Navy colours. We speak to historian Matthew Wright about the new 'biography' he has written about the ship.

Charlie Cuff talks about "play to earn" video games and their role in our future.

Richard Fahey from the School of Creative Industries at UNITEC joins us for a regular chat about ceramics.