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Tonight, Dan takes on perhaps the ultimate question in Western philosophy: if God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-beneficent, how can there be so much suffering in the world? Read more Audio

8:20 PM.In the proposed high school curriculum, home economics would cease to be a stand-alone subject and instead be taught within health. Home economics teacher Tina Williams joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.We speak to RNZ journalist Lauren Crimp about the latest on the wild weather which hit much of the country today. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.What is his secret? How has he stayed at the top for so long, Flinders University sports scientist Dr Dylan Hicks joins Emile Donovan to explain. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Tonight, the 2025 Ig Nobel winners, does a mother eating garlic change the smell of their breast milk, and how physics can help cook the perfect pasta sauce. Read more Audio

9:08 PM.We talk to the Metservice for an update on the red weather warnings in place across the country for tomorrow. Read more Audio

8:15 PM.Mike Grimshaw is a sociologist at the University of Canterbury and joins Emile Donovan to put the case. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.RNZ reporter Lauren Crimp joins us from Wellington. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Rapper, producer and educator joins Emile Donovan in our Auckland studio.  Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Our guest Alec Frydman is a carpenter in Laguna Beach, California and joins Emile Donovan to share how he survived for 13 days lost at sea. Read more Audio

8:30 PM.Roger Harker is a principal scientist at Plant and Food Research, and a banana enthusiast. He joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.Tim Carpenter is the former lead investigator of the FBI's Art Crime Team in the US and speaks to Emile Donovan from the States. Read more Audio

9:50 PM.Pete Ross looks at some of the events making international headlines. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Why do some songs get stuck in our heads so easily? Read more Audio

8:35 PM.We recap the weekend in sport. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Tonight she's chatting about letters to the editor sent by dogs. Read more Audio

8:15 PM.Some residents are not happy at a rubbish collection trial being proposed in parts of Auckland Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Featuring new music from Fables, Huia, and Lianne La Havas. Read more Audio

8:40 PM.Nights' resident screen critic joins Emile Donovan to review Black Phone 2 (2025), PIRAHNHA DD (2012) streaming for free on ThreeNow, and Kim's Video (2023) streaming on DocPlay. Read more Audio

8:25 PM.Run by The Open Fort for Auckland's Play Month, the tournament is part of Midtown Market happening across the CBD this weekend. Read more Audio

8:20 PM.Dunedinites are being encouraged to don their finest tweeds and spring frocks for the 10th anniversary of Dunedin's Tweed Ride. Co-organiser Ruth Barton joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

8:10 PM.A total of 38 chicks have fledged from Pukekura/Taiaroa Head colony - the most on record. The Department of Conservation's Coastal Otago albatross ranger, Sharyn Broni, joins Emile Donovan. Read more Audio

9:25 PM.This phenomenon is the subject of a new book by social anthropologist Professor Susanna Trnka from the University of Auckland. Read more Audio

8:45 PM.Newsroom's Jonathan Milne has been investigating, and he joins Emile Donovan to answer this question and more.  Read more Audio

8:35 PM.In our monthly chat with classics educator and enthusiast Ben Jackson, we are meeting the ancient world's furry friends.  Read more Audio