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What's behind the demise of what used to be the most popular reading format in the world?

Ben Liley is an atmospheric scientist at Earth Science's Lauder research station and joins Emile Donovan to explain.

Architect Daniel Thompson joins Emile Donovan to discuss the issue of inequality when it comes to toilet queues.

Public law expert professor Andrew Geddis from the University of Otago joins Emile Donovan.

Amidst a swathe of government shutdowns and mass redundancies in the United States of America, Alexandra Petri decided she would find out for herself. 

RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall joins Emile in the studio to talk about the sports stories making the news, including Super Bowl Monday.

This week Emma looks at the history of school holidays and how we ended up with the four-term system in use today.

Bill McKay is Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland and joins Emile Donovan to discuss uncertainty around Auckland's housing intensification plans.

Did you collect comics as a kid? Or trade Weet-bix cards? Collector Scott Waldrom explains why nostalgia is such big business.  

Thousands of Kiwis are gearing up to get moving for mental health with the nationwide launch of The Push-Up Challenge. 

Auckland is about to get its own slice of curling history - a dedicated rink is opening in the city this year. 

Based in the Swedish city of Malmo, the Disgusting Food Museum features more than 80 foods from dozens of countries, including fermented shark, baby mice wine, fertilized egg and yes, even Vegemite.

Nights' resident sociolinguist Julia de Bres spent her summer break, as all linguists do, reading a dictionary: The Book of New Zealand Words (2013) to be precise.

Chief Social Scientist at the Curiosity Company Carl Davidson explains why human beings love forming single-file queues.

Lawyer and political commentator Liam Hehir joins Nights to give the counter-argument for New Zealand becoming the seventh state of Australia.