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[Swprograms] RA Previews #671; 5-9 Apr '04
- Subject: [Swprograms] RA Previews #671; 5-9 Apr '04
- From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:43:36 -0400
RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 671
Apr. 5-9, 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: "Germs for
All". Humans contain more germs than they do cells, if they're lucky.
Bacteria and viruses live with us providing nutrients, vitamins and
keeping nasty germs away. But chickens can miss out. We hear about a
plan to provide needy birds with a full bacterial smorgasbord. [%]
Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of
the week. This week: "Supercharging". Federal government Ministers are
debating whether or not superannuation funds should be forced to
disclose their fees and charges to consumers. What has the industry got
to hide? "What's wrong with ethanol?" The federal government has
extended the tax-free holiday for ethanol until 2011 to encourage the
development of a local biofuels industry. Ethanol enthusiasts says the
government should go further and mandate ethanol in petrol for a
cleaner, greener future. "Noisy Miners - the indigenous pest". Noisy
miners are the mafia of the bird world and their aggressive behaviour
is driving out other native bird species. [%]
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Energy in the Wind". A
Danish company is transforming the northwest Tasmanian economy and
landscape with its windpower plant. Australia could get twenty percent
of its power from wind farming. But, as Alexandra de Blas reports, we
are hooked on coal. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week:
"Waifs and Strays-- The Children of the Randwick Destitute Children's
Asylum". From 1858 to the time of its closure in 1916, Sydney's
Randwick Destitute Children's Asylum had housed 6,000 neglected
children. More than two hundred of those children died at the Asylum,
and
for over a century lay buried and forgotten in the nearby cemetery. We
explore the Asylum's history, and its impact. [%]
0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Maryke Steffens. This week: "Trauma". April
7 is the World Health Organisation's World Trauma Day. Last year 1634
people died on Australian roads and many thousands were injured. What
can be done to reduce these statistics and how can we most effectively
deal with trauma? [T;%]
Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick. This week: After 16 years at
the helm - Alistair Nicholson is stepping down as Chief Justice of the
Family Court. His departure comes at a time when the Federal Government
is considering a radical shake-up of the Family Law system. We speak
with the Chief Justice (and various commentators) about the work of the
Family Court, its often fraught relationship with government and its
future direction. [T;%]
Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: " [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.: David Williamson, playwright.
Tue.: Paul Grabowsky, composer and pianist.
Wed.: Professor Michael Intriligator, noted econometrician and writer
on international security.
Thu.: Professor Anthony Snodgrass, Assistant Professor of History,
Cambridge University.
Fri.: tba
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: "Safe,
Legalised Euthanasia is a Myth". Dr Brian Pollard is a retired
anaesthetist and founder of the first full-time Palliative Care Service
in Sydney. He argues that believing euthanasia would be a socially
desirable practice, and making a safe law about it are totally
different things. [%]
Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: "The Lady on the Postage Stamp". Nancy Millis is one of
Australia's great scientists; she's even appeared on our stamps. Millis
talks about her work in genetics and discusses why some GM crops may be
of value to the world and why others may be a worry. [%]
Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Public Speaking".
Does the prospect of having to 'say a few words' at a gathering of
people fill you with dread? If so, you're in the majority. Most people
equate public speaking with public humiliation. And yet so many of us
long to be able to get up in front of a crowded room and be articulate,
insightful and witty. Steven Alward takes us on his journey of becoming
accustomed to public speaking. [%]
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: "The Quest for the True Cross". Carsten Pieter
Thiede is well known for his "discovery" of the earliest known fragment
of the Gospel of Matthew. Now he's found a piece of the true cross in a
church in Rome. He tells Rachael Kohn why he's sure it's authentic.
[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 with Paul Petran. This week:
From the Port Fairy Folk Festival, Chris Smither performs and talks
about songwriting. Also from Port Fairy, we hear Irish
singer Niamh Parsons and guitarist Graham Dunne in concert.
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. [%]
Tue.: "Afghanistan--Is Regime Change a Success or a Failure?" Has
regime change in Afghanistan been a success or a failure? The Taliban
is making a return. Security outside Kabul is deteriorating. And now
we've been asked to give more help. Should Australian troops go back to
Afghanistan to finish the job?
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.: John Howard.
Tue.: The remarkable life of "Morrison of Peking".
Wed.: Who is going to fix Aboriginal Health?
Thu.: A Brief History of the Human Race.
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.: It's "First Monday": when "The Planet" looks fondly back at
the best new releases of the month that just was. It's not just a
nostalgia trip: we always save some of the finest cuts for a debut
airing.
Tue.: From their probable origins in Rajasthan westward to the
farthest reaches of Europe, Romany musicians have created and preserved
music in their host lands to an astonishing degree. Flamenco, Gypsy
Swing, and Balkan Brass Bands have been powered and pioneered by Romany
players who also preserve and enliven Irish, Scottish, Romanian,
Egyptian and Afghani musical traditions. In this show, we cover the
world as we delight in this alive and varied musical culture.
Wed.: One's a mighty, African river; the other a modest, Australian
one. What's the audible connection between the Nile & the Condamine?
"Song Links" has the answer! "Song Links" is a good idea, executed
well: to celebrate the connections/affinities/differences between
English traditional songs & their Australian variants. The
lavishly-presented double-CD's stellar cast includes many of both
countries' greatest folk musicians. All performances were especially
recorded for this project.
Thu.: Mané was born in Lisbon and spent part of her youth in
Mozambique, which may account for why she sings Fado, Portugal’s
national music, a blend of styles from Portugal and its southern
colonies that first emerged in the 19th century. Although she has been
singing professionally since 1975, ‘Subtil’, recorded in February 2003
in Paris (where she has lived for 10 years) is her debut album. It is a
live in the studio affair that highlights the subtleties (for a Fado
singer) of her voice and the skills of her accompanists, Nel Garcia
(Guitar) and Samuel Cabral (Portuguese Guitar).
Fri.: On Good Friday we explore a fine new album of contemporary
string trio music – definitely contemporary, but connected to thousands
of years of history in & around what some call “The Holy Land”. John
Zorn is its composer & the new CD by the Masada String Trio is the
first of a series of “live” recordings made as part of Zorn’s 50th
birthday celebrations. Zorn also conducts the Masada String Trio –
violinist Mark Feldman, cellist Erik Friedlander & acoustic bassist
Greg Cohen - who play his compositions beautifully & very playfully.
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:
Italian-born Josephine Cabassi's father emigrated to Australia in 1925.
The family rejoined him in 1937. She talks with Bill Bunbury about
their reunion and his subsequent internment as an "enemy alien" in
World War Two. [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: "Natural Capitalism". We hear from
"Natural Capitalism" guru Hunter Lovins who's here to sell the message
that sustainability is good for business. And we look at the process of
including Indigenous concerns in north Queensland's land management
practices. [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: "6--The Wired Marketplace". During the Asian
economic crisis, we witnessed the havoc caused by the rapid movement of
vast amounts of capital in and out of some countries. And yet,
electronic commerce is being touted as a major growth industry in the
21st. Century and will have significant impact on economic growth. What
can Australia do to stake its claim to a share of global commerce as
increasingly, corporations, small businesses and individuals alike will
buy, sell and invest on-line? [T;%]
Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind,
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "The
Evolution of Depression--Could It Be Beneficial?" In a controversial
thesis, we hear from evolutionary biologists who argue that our
capacity to be depressed has evolved over millennia to help us respond
to and cope with difficult social circumstances.[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: "Athens' Olympic Hurdles". Recent
reports here have suggested that the Athens authorities are hopelessly
behind with their building plans for a number of key Olympic venues,
and that some won’t be completed in time. Just to compound the
situation, building workers in Athens have started taking strike
action, partly for better pay and conditions, partly in protest at the
new conservative government of Costas Karamanlis. The Australian media
of course have been quite happy to point up the differences between
Sydney’s smooth handling of the 2000 Olympics and the present situation
in Athens, but is it all as bad as it seems? [%]
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:
"Radar Replacement". Australia's about to roll-out a new aircraft
tracking system that could one day replace radar. The Automatic
Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast, or ADS-B, uses the Global
Positioning System to ensure that each aircraft knows where it is.
"Training for Ethical Hackers". Hackers are a problem for computer
network security teams. To stop a hacker you have to think like a
hacker, but how do you do this? "The Artist in the Machine".
New media art is the application of computer technologies to an
artistic vision. But increasingly artists are encouraging the
technology to take a real role in creativity by working with Artificial
Life (AI). [%]
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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