Nights

William Yang joins us once again from Taipei.

There's a silver lining in the covid cloud that kept New Zealand from hosting the world choral symposium this year.

Our philosopher Ann Kerwin introduces us to Post Truth and the work of Lee McIntyre, a philosopher of science, wrote Post-Truth in Spring 2017. It is even more true, insightful and alarming today.

Karl Maughan has garnered an international reputation painting gardenscapes for more than three decades. He joins us in the studio to talk about a new book about his work.

Our overseas correspondent from Sudan, Reem Abbas joins us from Khartoum.

On Sunday, Orchestra Wellington will end 2020 on a high note with the Sugar Plum Fairy Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker making a special appearance. We speak to ballerina Kate Cockerton-Holmes about dancing the role.

Professor Bill Williams, MacDiarmid Institute Principal Investigator and Professor in Biophysics and Soft Matter at Massey University gives us his scientific take on Superman's Kryptonite, the green crystalline material that emits radiation and weakens Superman.

Ahead of the new series of Heritage Rescue on Choice TV, Brigid Gallagher joins us to talk about her mission to help transform some of the country's struggling heritage institutions.

Nights' mathematician and Associate Professor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, Dillon Mayhew chats about the classification of finite simple groups.

Karyn Hay speaks to the UK MP for Rhonnda, Chris Bryant about his new book, The Glamour Boys - a fascinating story about 10 gay UK MPs who, when Hitler came to power in Germany, saw clearly that war was inevitable and were prepared to take a stand against the appeasement policies of the government at the time.