Nights

The Wairarapa Walking Festival is already underway, running through to Sunday 23 November. The festival takes in the region's varied urban and rural geography with a varied programme. To tell us more, organiser Celia Wade-Brown speaks to Emile Donovan.

Wikipedia describes Subbuteo as a "tabletop football game in which players simulate association football by flicking miniature players with their fingers". Auckland-based artist Bob Moore transforms the miniature player models into well known pop culture figures. The launch of his exhibition Arty Little Flickers takes place in Grey Lynn tonight. Bob tells Emile what to expect.

Founder and editor-in-chief of Folly, Emily Makere Broadmore, joins Emile Donovan.

Deepfake technology seems to be flooding online spaces and as AI-generated gets more sophisticated, the challenges will grow. Dr Yuki Watanabe from the University of Otago studies interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the profound impacts of deepfake technology. She says we should be proactively shaping the future of this technology with human-centered approach. Dr Watanabe speaks to Emile Donovan.

Senior writer and head of audience at The Spinoff Anna Rawhiti-Connell joins Emile to talk about NZ On Air’s latest research on children’s media use - the third iteration of the study. Anna and Emile also look back at the golden age of kids' television, when those with Sky TV could tune in and watch iconic shows on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.

Classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson talks to Emile Donovan what it took to run the Roman army.

Last night, stargazers were treated to a spectacular show as the Southern Lights lit up the skies in the south. Thanks in part to Dr Daniel MacManus from the University of Otago, our infrastructure got through it unscathed.

Europe correspondent Christian Smith joins Emile Donovan for the latest on the BBC, a German court ruling against Open AI/Chat GPT for misusing music lyrics, Milanese prosecutors investigating 'sniper tourists' from the siege of Sarajevo, and what the English are saying about All Black's visit to London this weekend.

Dan Brunskill is interest.co.nz's political and economics reporter based in the parliamentary press gallery. He joins Emile to discuss.

Dan Baumgardt is from the University of Bristol's Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and is also a Traitors megafan. He joins Emile Donovan.