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[Swprograms] RA Previews #669; 29 Mar-2 Apr '04
- Subject: [Swprograms] RA Previews #669; 29 Mar-2 Apr '04
- From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 22:14:32 -0500
RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 669
Mar. 29-Apr. 2, 2004
Days and times are in UTC. An * indicates that a program is produced by
Radio Australia. All others are produced by Radio National or by other
ABC Radio networks as indicated. Further information about these
programs, as well as transcripts and on-demand audio files of
particular programs, and a wealth of supporting information can be
obtained from
<http://www.abc.net.au>. Additional information and a key to
abbreviations and symbols used appear at the bottom of the page.
---------------------------
Weekdays
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)
0010 -
Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Is This the
Sixth Sense?" Dr Ron Rensink from the University of British Columbia
talks about "Mindsight", the ability to sense changes not immediately
obvious to our five senses. It could be the basis of what's called a
'sixth sense'. [%]
Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of
the year. This week: "The Fight for Sydney". On Saturday, Sydney voters
elect a new Lord Mayor. It is a close and controversial race between
former ALP Federal Minister Michael Lee and high profile independent
state MP Clover Moore. Terry Lane interviews the winner. [%]
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "NGOs watching NGOs". The
role of all Non-Government Organisations, such as Greenpeace and CAA,
is being re-assessed all over the world. In Australia, the Government
is about to consider a report recommending new
regulations. Stan Correy Reports. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week:
"Narrelle--Nursing for Empire". The story of Australian nurse Narrelle
Hobbes, and her experience of the Great War. Narelle spent the most
brutal years of the war nursing wounded and dying soldiers in Europe,
and later Mesopotamia, now modern day Iraq. [%]
0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Maryke Steffens. This week: "Misuse of
Antibiotics in China". The widespread use and misuse of antibiotics
worldwide has led to the emergence of 'superbugs' and other
drug-resistant bacteria. The problem is particularly acute in China
where medicines are freely available over the counter. A new law will
soon make it illegal to buy antibiotics without a doctor's
prescription. However, implementing the new rules is another matter.
[T;%]
Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/> for details. [T;%]
Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: "Diarmaid
MacCulloch" is Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford
University. He is the author of an award-winning biography of Thomas
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry VIII. Now, he's
written an equally distinguished history of the Reformation -
or as he says, "Reformations" plural. [T;%]
Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/> for details. [T;%]
Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/> for details. [T;%]
0210 -
THE WORLD TODAY - the ABC's comprehensive lunchtime current affairs
program. [T]
0310 -
SPORT*
0320 -
LIFE MATTERS - a daily interview program about social change and
day-to-day life in Australia. [%]
0410 -
MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their
favourite music and telling their own stories.
<http://www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo> for details. (from ABC
Classic FM) [%]
Mon.: Tom O'Byrne, long-time ABC Correspondent in China.
0510 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at
0530. [T;%]
0610 -
SPORT* - reports and scores.
0620 -
Mon.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "Thinking
about Light". Melbourne Physics teacher Russell Downie travels back in
time to the ancient Greeks, assembling what people have thought about
light down the centuries to present day discoveries. From Empedocles in
492BC, who imagined the fire of light emerging from the eye and
engulfing the scene to the discoveries of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
[%]
Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: "Nick Webb". They were Douglas Adams’s initials. DNA. Which
may explain why the arts graduate had such an abiding and even expert
knowledge of science. He even gave paid lectures in Silicon Valley.
Nick Webb, who’s just written a delightful biography of Adams, tells
some yarns about the big bloke, how he lived, and why his death was
such a loss. [%]
Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Homer Returns". The
epics attributed to Homer, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey", have been
translated into English more often than the Bible. He may have
influenced western literature more than anyone else, but was Homer
actually illiterate? [%]
Thu.: THE ARK - Rachael Kohn talks to some of the world's leading
religious historians and authors about curious moments in religious
history that shatter the usual perception of the past and illuminate
the present. This week: "Three Letters From Oxyrynchus". In 1897
Oxyrynchus in Egypt was a treasure trove of antiquities and ancient
documents written on papyrus. The discovery of Christian texts
identified the region as important for the early church. Macquarie
University has just acquired three valuable papyri from the 4th and
5th centuries and papyrologist Don Barker explains their significance.
[T;%]
Fri.: THE MAKERS - Julie Copeland interviews artists, composers and
craftspeople. <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/makers.htm> for
details. [%]
0635 -
Mon.: HIT MIX* - presented by Brendon Telfer. Find out what we're
listening to in Australia and what we're giving to the world in our
brand new look at the Australian music scene.
Tue.: MUSIC DELI - international music.
Wed.: JAZZ NOTES* - presented by Ivqn Lloyd.
Thu.: OZ COUNTRY STYLE - from ABC Local Radio.
Fri. - THE CHAT ROOM* - presented by Heather Jarvis. The place to meet
people from the region living lives a little out of the ordinary. From
business, to sport, science and the arts. Community leaders and quiet
achievers. They drop in, share their stories and play a bit of music.
0710 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at
0730. [T;%]
0810 -
PM - the ABC's comprehensive early evening current affairs program. [T]
0905 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program that's a
forum for the discussion of a specific topic with the involvement of
expert guests, Radio National specialists and listeners.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/> for details. [%]
Mon.: "Should Our Troops In Iraq Be Home By Christmas?" Mark Latham
has created a furore by saying they should. The Prime Minister and the
Whitehouse say that's sending the wrong message to terrorists. So what
do you think?
1005 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1105 -
SPORT - reports and scores.
1110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia. (Digest
version of the full program broadcast daily at 1605.)
1205 -
Mon.-Thu.: LATE NIGHT LIVE - Phillip Adams hosts a discussion of
current events in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/> for details. [%]
Mon.: Repatriating asylum seekers--A debate.
Tue.: Hunter Lovins--A 'Hero for the planet'.
Wed.: A social history of testosterone.
Thu.: Morocco--Islam & liberalising laws for women.
Fri.: SOUND QUALITY - For 25 years, Tim Ritchie has been seeking out
music: the interesting, the evolutionary, the inaccessible and the
wonderful. <http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/> for details and
playlists. [T;%]
1305 -
THE PLANET - Lucky Oceans with jazz, blues, folk styles, art music and
more in a show artfully arranged for radio.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/planet/> for playlists and further
details. [T;%]
Mon.: As the double-album’s booklet observes, 'in the small state of
Israel you can find Jewish immigrants from over a hundred countries.'
Behind Israel: A World of Music (subtitled 'Traditional & World Music
from Israel') is the notion that 'Israel is the natural home of global
fusion'. Happily, its vision of Israel’s music is not in the least
blind to non-Jewish elements - Persian, Arabic, Kurdish & Hispanic &
even Brazilian, among them.
Tue.: Sometimes music sounds too good to be real and sometimes……it
isn’t. In this show, we focus on imaginary music – hoaxes such as
obscure bluesman Marvin Pontiac, imaginary groups such as ‘Spinal Tap’
and ‘The Folksmen’ from the film ‘A Mighty Wind,’ Beatles sound-alikes
the ‘Rutles’ and the ‘Black Slavics’ – Afro-Siberian serfs from another
universe. We’ll also hear what ‘imaginary folklore’ sounds like and
wonder what the music of ancient Rome and Egypt sounded like.
Wed.: 'Azza: Music From Sudan' is a well recorded recent release that
gives us an idea of what the urban music of Sudan in the twenties and
thirties sounded like. The vocals of Mohammed al Semary and Salma al
Aasal soar above an all-acoustic group (except for an electric bassist
whose playing is so percussive that he sounds like a hand-drum). An
ensemble of trilling oud, darabukka, framedrums, accordion and violin
accompanies these very danceable love songs. Close your eyes and you
could be at a Sudanese wedding.
Thu.: No fooling – Dave Douglas & Bill Frisell are together again for
the first time! Hard to believe, but true: today’s featured new release
is the first substantial collaboration between longtime mutual admirers
Dave & Bill. Respectively/arguably, each has for some years been North
America’s most interesting improvising trumpeter/bandleader &
guitarist. The new Dave Douglas Quintet CD, “Strange Liberation”
features Bill as special guest/additional player. Freedom & coherence,
grooves & more abstract truths co-exist, to delightful effect. The
music is very “conversational” but never merely self-indulgent,
sometimes haunting & introspective, sometimes very exuberant.
Fri.: ‘Tales of Time and Space’ is the new album from Paul Grabowsky.
As befits one of Australia’s most advanced jazz
pianists/composers/thinkers, it’s a complex weave of improvisation and
dense composition, recorded in New York City with fellow Australian
trumpeter Scott Tinkler and four of New York’s foremost improvisers and
sound creators: tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, soprano saxophonist
Branford Marsalis, drummer Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and bassist Ed Schuller.
Whether it’s a ballad or an up groove, all concerned are wide awake as
they realise Paul’s musical visions.
1405 -
SPORT
1410 -
PM - with Mark Colvin. A comprehensive current affairs program which
backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and
issues of interest and importance to all Australians. [T;%]
1505 -
SPORT - reports and scores.
1510 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1530 -
REPORT programs (refer to 0130)
1605 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with
Michael Mackenzie. [%]
1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK (refer to 0905)
1805 -
Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW - the best of the previous week's PACIFIC BEAT.
1810 -
Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - focuses in on the island nations which
depend on the Pacific Ocean for their existence, drawing on Australian
based reporters and correspondents throughout the region. With
headlines at 1829 and sport at 1830. [T;%]
1835 -
Mon.-Thu.: ON THE MAT* - Where the Pacific comes together to chat and
discuss issues of regional interest.
1830 -
Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]
1835 -
Mon.-Thu.: THE BEST OF BREAKFAST - A roundup of the best stories from
Radio National's Breakfast programme with Peter Thompson.
<www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/> for details. [%]
1905 -
Fri.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
1910 -
Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1810 with headlines at 1929
and sport at 2030.
1930 -
Fri.: AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John
Nutting.
2005 -
Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310)
2010 -
Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1910 with headlines at 2029
and sport at 2030.
2030 -
Fri.: THE BUZZ (refer to 2330 Thu.) [%]
2105 -
Fri.: VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark. This week: "Dis
Proppa English?" His business card reads "PiO, Famous Poet". In this
interview, Melbourne performance poet PiO reflects on his childhood,
his Greek heritage, and his belief in the numeric system that
underlines all poetry. [T;%]
2110 -
Mon.-Thu.: AM - ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program setting
the day's news agenda with concise reports and analysis from
correspondents around Australia and around the world. [T;%]
2130 -
Mon.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development
with Alexandra de Blas. This week's topics: "Sustainability
Initiative". The Australian National Sustainability Inititive aims to
offer a national resource that will introduce new perspeciives and
promote diverse approaches towdards sustainability. "The Waterhole" is
an exhibition that teaches young children about the importance of
waterholes to Australian native animals. It is based on the book by
Australian author, Graeme Base. The exhibition is on now at the
Australian Museum. "Coal 21--National Action Plan". A comprehensive
plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from coal use has just been
announced.
"Toxic Sucking Plants". Plants are being used to clean up toxic soils
by concentrating lead and other metal pollutants in their leaves. [T]
Tue.: INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and
ingenuity. <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm> for
details, audio and further info on the products highlighted. [T;%]
Wed.: IN THE PIPELINE - This thirteen part radio series goes beyond
the current hype surrounding digital technology to examine the
challenges and opportunities it creates for Australia and the Asian
region. This week: "5--Smart Cities". Australia’s capital cities
developed in large part to service the needs of the rural economy. But
now our cities are the hubs for the finance, service and information
industries which are the new engines of global economic growth. Our
cities now compete internationally to become major centres to service
the global economy. According to the techno-optimists geography is no
longer a barrier to participation in global markets. But can remote and
rural communities be truly integrated into this network? We’re being
told that only the ‘information rich’ will survive in the digital age
where skills and knowledge become tradeable commodities? Will cities
lose touch with their hinterlands to the detriment of local
communities? [T;%]
Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind,
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week:
"Ostracism--The Cruel Power of Silence" (Part 2 of 2). The second in
All in the Mind's series on social ostracism. It's a ubiquitous and
ghastly experience, bad for our health and psyche, but rarely discussed
openly. Natasha Mitchell speaks to the leading international
researchers spearheading research into the psychology of this nasty
phenomena. With new evidence from neuroscience for why it quite
literally "hurts" to be left out; when families exclude one of their
own; and the simple power of a "social snack" to stave off social
isolation. [T;%]
Fri.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/incon/> for details. [%]
2205 -
Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2210 -
Mon.-Thu.: AM - (repeat of 2110)
2230 -
Fri.: SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]
2240 -
Mon.-Thu.: AUSTRALIA WIDE - a roundup of "home" news from ABC
Newsradio.
2305 -
Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2310 -
ASIA PACIFIC - current events in the Asia Pacific region. [T;%]
2330 -
Mon.: THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on
European societies. This week: "Iceland--Land of Ice and Fire". A
journey through the breathtaking landscape of Iceland in the company of
Zoologist and photographer Mark Carwardine. [%]
Tue.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
Wed.: THE ARTS ON RA - Julie Copeland interviews artists, composers
and craftspeople and Julie Rigg looks at the movies.
<http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/> for details concerning
possible segments carried in this program, as the program is an
abridged version of the "Sunday Morning" program that is broadcast on
ABC Radio National. [%]
Thu.: THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained. This week:
"Computer Vaccines". Up-to-date anti-virus software is part of the
answer to computer viruses. How you behave can be much more effective.
[%]
Fri.: HIT MIX* - presented by Brendon Telfer. Find out what we're
listening to in Australia and what we're giving to the world in our
brand new look at the Australian music scene. [T;%]
How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best noted in eastern North America - (Please note that reception of RA
in eastern NA in local evenings during the current winter has been less
reliable than recent years' experience.)
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740 (usually reliable)
0000 - 0200 UTC: 15240 [17580 also noted] (heard regularily, but not
daily)
0200 - 0700 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable) [17580
and 17750 also noted (heard regularly, but not daily)]
0700 - 0800 UTC: 15240 (heard regularly, but not daily) [17580 and
6020 also noted
(occasionally heard)]
0800 - 1400 UTC: 9580 (reliable) [6020 and 9590 also noted (reliable)]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (reliable)
Best in UK as reported in Shortwave Magazine (further reports from
readers in the UK/Europe welcomed):
0530 - 0800 UTC: 21725, 17750, 15415
0800 - 1100 UTC: 21820, 21725, 17750, 15415
1100 - 1400 UTC: 21820, 11880
1400 - 1700 UTC: 11660, 9475
1700 - 1900 UTC: 9475
1900 - 2130 UTC: 9500
2200 - 0000 UTC: 13620
(Complete worldwide schedule from
<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/schedule/default.htm>.)
Via Internet audio streaming:
from <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/audio/englishlive.htm>
Via World Radio Network:
<http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=50>
Via CBC Overnight:
<http://cbc.ca/overnight/>
Via satellite:
consult <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/hear/america.htm>
Via the Mobile Broadcast Network, which offers WRN
<http://www.myMBN.com>
Symbols Used:
Within brackets by each program listing, % denotes that the listed
program is available as an on-demand audio file via the Internet. T
indicates that a printed transcript of the program is available via the
RA or via an ABC domestic network Internet site. Consult
<http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/audiovideo.htm> or the particular
program's web page.
To be updated by Wed. 0500 UT.
Good Listening!
John Figliozzi
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