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Tune in to Nights with Emile Donovan every weekday from 8pm to midnight for a delectable buffet of creative ideas, open-minded conversations, music, musings and daily stimulation.

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October 7 · 12 min
European correspondent Christian Smith
Tonight: protests in France, a mysterious plague case in Russia, accusations against Germany’s former spy chief, and whiskey in space
October 7 · 9 min
IceCube neutrino research wins Nobel Prize
More than 50 institutions are involved in the project, including a team from the University of Canterbury, led by Professor Jenni Adams.
October 7 · 11 min
Do we need an independent referee for election promises?
Several parties have proposed creating an independent agency to analyse policies and cost election promises. But would it improve the quality of election debate, or simply create another institution for parties to fight over?
October 6 · 14 min
Shower Thoughts: Can you smoke on a private plane?
It's time for Shower Thoughts, our weekly segment where we answer unshakeable questions...
October 6 · 10 min
Can bad music drive shoppers away?
A new survey by a music licensing initiative found nearly 40 percent of people will walk out of a store because of bad music.
October 6 · 12 min
The internet has thoughts about Buck the Kiwibank sheep
Its new mascot, an animated sheep called Buck, has attracted plenty of attention online - though probably not the kind they hoped for.
October 5 · 15 min
Nights at the Museum: Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum
Tonight: more than 20,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers at the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains.
October 5 · 6 min
Sports with Ben Strang
Journalist and commentator Ben Strang joins the show with the latest sports news.
October 5 · 11 min
Is a sleeper train between Auckland and Wellington really feasible?
The Greens want to bring back an overnight passenger train between the two cities. On paper, it sounds simple enough. But is it?
October 5 · 10 min
A family affair: Father and daughter update freshwater field guide
Peter Hamill first put together a field guide to Marlborough’s freshwater plants and animals more than twenty years ago.
October 5 · 14 min
Is the overhang a threat to MMP itself?
Extra seats being added to Parliament because a party has one more electorate seat than its share of the party vote would normally give it is nothing new. But this year, the possibility of parties and their supporters, deliberately trying to engineer an overhang to skew the proportionality of Parliament in their favour has put the issue firmly in the spotlight.
October 2 · 32 min
Out Lately with Finn Johansson
He's back, and no doubt ready to inform, educate and entertain us with an array of eclectic music.
October 2 · 11 min
Auckland's Button Fest
Auckland's Hannah Bennett is the founder of Thread Lightly and runs community events that are all about helping people donate, swap and take fabric and craft supplies out of the landfill.
October 2 · 16 min
The Kiwi muso becoming a Silk Way Star
We've seen many a kiwi representing us on the world stage... But what about representing us on a televised singing competition in China?
October 2 · 6 min
All aboard for Aotearoa’s biggest model train show
Tomorrow, New Zealand's biggest model train show pulls into Christchurch's Cowles Stadium.
October 2 · 9 min
Left brain, right brain: What does the science actually say?
For years, we’ve been told personality types might come down to whether we’re more “left-brained” or “right-brained." But how much of that is actually true?
October 1 · 15 min
Lawrence Patchett on new collection Have This Heart
Lawrence Patchett joins Emile Donovan to discuss his new short story collection, Have This Heart.
October 1 · 10 min
Short-cuts with Dan Slevin
Night's resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review: Verity (In Cinemas), Anemone (Netflix), and The Social Network (TVNZ+).
October 1 · 10 min
Danyl McLauchlan on Francis Spufford's "Red Plenty"
Friend of the show, writer and all-round thinker Danyl McLauchlan, joins us to explore some of the best political novels of the 21st century.
October 1 · 9 min
The great golden retriever gathering
This weekend, nearly 200 golden retrievers and their humans are getting together in Taupō for what promises to be a pretty spectacular sea of gold.

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