[Swprograms] RA Previews #677; 19-23 Apr '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 677
Apr. 19-23, 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.

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Weekdays (No Midweek Update this week)
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

0010 -
	Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "The End of 
the Computer Revolution?" Is it the end of the computer revolution? "No 
way!" says Kevin
Scofield, the head of research at Microsoft in Seattle. Scofield is 
adamant that there will be a second part of the "revolution", which 
will bring massive social benefits not just for Bill
Gates. [%]
	Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. This week: "Open Source Genetics and Myer Family 
Philanthropy". Lane bites into the debate about genetically modified 
food. Internationally renowned geneticist Dr Richard Jefferson says the 
world stands to benefit from genetic engineering but he warns the 
technology should not be monopolised by big companies wielding legal 
patents. Also, Michael Liffman, discusses the history of Australia's 
great philanthropists, the Myer family. [%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Chemical Consequences". 
Some batches of 245-T were made from contaminated ingredients of Agent 
Orange illegally imported into Queensland and Western Australia during 
the Vietnam War. This kind of common weedkiller was used until the 
early 1990s. Now at least one state government is finally confronting 
the effects. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: 
"Hasluck's Grand Plan" (part 2 of 2). When Paul Hasluck was appointed 
Commonwealth Minister for Territories in 1951, he effectively became 
the Government's Minister for the NT. In this two-part series we hear 
about Hasluck's Grand Plan and Assimilation Campaign. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Growing Your Own 
Teeth". Instead of having to use dentures or having synthetic teeth 
implants, people with missing or damaged teeth may soon be able to 
replace them with new 'living' teeth, grown from their own cells. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/] for details. [T;%]
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/] [T;%]
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/] for details. [T;%]
	Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield.
[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. 
[abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo] for details. (from ABC Classic FM) 
[%]
		Mon.: Pamela Griffith, Artist.
		Tue.: Don Watson, Author. "Death Sentence: The Decay of Public 
Language" is published by Knopf.
		Wed.: Jo Baier, Documentary maker. "Swabia Children" and "Operation 
Valkyrie" are screening as part of The Festival of German Cinema 2004. 
(Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane).
		Thu. & 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: 
"Genetically Modified Plants" (part 2 of 2). Author of "Seeds of 
Concern", Dr David Murray is a scientist and conservationist. He 
criticises both extreme positions of the genetically modified plant 
debate and sets the scene for the eventual acceptance of some GM 
plants. [%]
	Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. 
This week: "Arlene Judith Klotzko".  'A Clone of your Own?'  It’s the 
title of Arlene Judith Klotzko’s book and asks why we are so incensed 
by the prospect of human clones?  Identical twins are, of course, 
clones and we survive them.  Is it the waste of resources, the 
extra-terrestrial con tricks, the vanities – or simply an abhorrence of 
production-on-line people manufacture that makes us cross?  Arlene 
Judith Klotzko is a lawyer and ethicist at the Science Museum in 
London. [%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "The Infinite 
Present". Journalist and broadcaster Sian Prior explores the ubiquitous 
use of the present participle in the media. Film-makers are obsessed 
with the 'ing' in movie titles, from 'Finding Nemo' to 'Bowling For 
Columbine' to 'Saving Private Ryan'. [%]
	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 Mortara Affair". We examine how the 1858 
abduction of a Jewish child by the Catholic Church became an 
international incident involving Pope Pius IX, Napoleon III and the 
Mortara family of Bologna. [T;%]
	Fri.: INSIDE OUT - presented by Isabelle Genoux. A weekly programme 
that brings out personal views from the Pacific region and stories 
gathered in Australia, within Pacific communities. [%]	
0633 -
	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.  [T]
	Wed.: JAZZ NOTES* - presented by Ivan 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 - 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]

0910 -
	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. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/] for details. [%]
		Mon.: "Should The Courts Be Allowed To Change Gender?" Should a 13 
year old girl be allowed to change her gender? In a landmark decision 
the Family Court has said yes. So what do you think? Should the courts 
have the power to make these sort of decisions?

1005 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
	
1105 -
	SPORT - reports and scores.
1110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
	Mon.-Thu.: BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around 
Australia. (Digest version of the full program broadcast daily at 1605.)
	Fri.: THE CHAT ROOM* (refer to 0633 Fri.)

1205 -
	Mon.-Thu.: LATE NIGHT LIVE - Phillip Adams hosts a discussion of 
current events in politics, science, philosophy and culture. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/] for details. [%]
		Mon.: Cosa Nostra--In the belly of the Mafia beast.
		Tue.: Liberal Women--Carriers of the flame.
		Wed.:  Political cartoonists--A licence to mock, or not?
		Thu.: Partition Part 2--The ongoing legacy of Jinnah
	Fri.: SOUND QUALITY - For 25 years, Tim Ritchie has been seeking out 
music: the interesting, the evolutionary, the inaccessible and the 
wonderful. [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. 
[abc.net.au/rn/music/planet/] for playlists and further details. [T;%]
		Mon.: Welcome back a master of finger-style & slide guitar! The late 
John Fahey founded so-called “American Primitive Guitar”, which turned 
the hitherto-“humble” steel-stringed acoustic guitar into a concert 
recital instrument. Leo Kottke is the surviving big name of the new 
genre, which drew deeply on old bluesmen. It used to have a third 
acoustic guitar hero: Peter Lang. But Lang seemingly disappeared soon 
after his last twentieth century album, issued in 1978. Good news: 
Peter Lang is back, & not just with reissues. His new CD “Guitar” 
vindicates his 1999 decision to forsake animation & return to music. 
Highlights include a beautiful requiem for John Fahey, who Lang still 
thanks “for putting an abrupt end to my career in public health.”
		Tue.: "Ottomania" is a ‘Sufi-Jazz Project’ by a prominent Turkish 
instrumentalist & composer who says “99% of the ‘fusion’ music produced 
today is simply badly pasted together collages.” How to be in the 
better one percent? Kudsi Erguner believes the answer is “mutual 
respect, sensitivity & openness”. Flutist Erguner is the leading player 
of the Turkish version of the ney. The ney is a rim-blown, reed flute; 
its Turkish version has a mouthpiece inserted. “Ottomania” is a meeting 
between Erguner's regular ensemble & jazz virtuosi: American drummer 
Mark Nauseef, German saxophonist Cristof Lauer & Frenchman Michel 
Godard, whose amazing tuba & serpent flights are also integral to most 
of Rabih Abou-Khalil’s music. Today’s show will also explore some other 
Sufi connections, via Senegal & Morocco.
		Wed.: ‘Fusion’!  In music this is the dreaded ‘F’ word often 
associated with marriages between musical styles that should never have 
wed.  Shotgun weddings that skip the natural fusion that happens over 
time can be downright clumsy.  But in this show, we hear successful 
fusions – players from widely differing musical backgrounds stretching 
themselves to their limits to make something new and exciting.  These 
pairings are a mainstay of the Planet and we’ll pick some of our 
favourites – the best of ‘Fusion.’
		Thu.: Although the Planet plays very little Western Classical music, 
we play classical music of other kinds – Hindustani, Arabic, Persian 
and Carnatic.  If you count musical styles that change little over 
decades, you can also include Fado, Tango, Choro, Bluegrass, Calypso, 
Early Jazz and Japanese as classical musics.  In this show, we’ll 
listen to examples from these genres that show that that quantum change 
isn’t always necessary to maintain quality.
		Fri.: Insingizi were established in 1987 in a secondary school in 
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s ‘second city’. Their Mbube vocals and traditional 
dances won them prizes and fame at home and the group moved to Austria 
in 1996 after touring Europe. Although they have trimmed back to trio 
size, their new album, ‘Voices of Southern Africa', uses their voices 
and occasional percussion to make a very full sound, reminiscent of 
Ladysmith Black Mambazo who Insingizi’s bass singer Ramadu used to 
imitate as a 15 year old in the family dining room. His reward then for 
a 30-minute family concert was sweets and an extra piece of meat at 
dinner. We understand that his fee is considerably higher now.

1405 -
	SPORT
1410 -
	PM (refer to 0810)

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: "Little 
Pattie". Part of an occasional series about the life stories of 
Australian entertainers, this interview with Patricia Amphlett (better 
known to you as Little Pattie), is one of the gems from our archives. 
From discovery at a talent quest on Sydney's Maroubra Beach, through 
teenage stardom (when 'Real Gone Surfer Boy' hit the charts), her years 
on the road (which included a life-changing tour of Vietnam during the 
war years), and her strong commitment to social justice, Patricia 
Amphlett talks about a career and a life lived to the full. [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: "Totem Turtles". In Australia's 
north endangered turtles are being found dead or dying. The culprit is 
damaged fishing nets and other rubbish. We look at a project that aims 
to clean up the waterways and protect the turtles. [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: "#8- The Paperless Office".  In the global push for 
speedy data transfer, governments and business alike are busily 
installing the pipelines for the digital revolution. For some time now, 
computers have been a dominant fixture in every office. But the digital 
pipeline is extending beyond the office. Increasingly it is allowing 
more and more people to work from home - it’s called ‘telecommuting’ 
and it’s a growing feature of businesses around the world. And while it 
may free us up for more time with the family and take the pressure off 
congested roadways, will this brave new world improve our quality of 
life and economic well-being?  [T;%]
	Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind, 
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week: 
"Meditation and the Mind: Science Meets Buddhism". Last year the Dalai 
Lama joined behavioural scientists and other Buddhist intellectuals at 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in what has become a regular 
meeting of minds. Can modern science make use of Buddhism's 2,500 year
investigation of the mind? Mattheiu Ricard, a Buddhist monk at Shechen 
Monastery in Kathmandu and French interpreter for the Dalai Lama, and 
neuroscientist Richard Davidson both think so. [T;%]
	Fri.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. 
This week: "A Clone of Your Own?" (part 2 of 2). Arlene Klotzko asks 
why we're so incensed by the prospect of human clones. Is it the waste 
of resources, the extra-terrestrial con tricks, the vanities or simply 
an abhorrence of production-line people? [%]

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: "Who the CAP Fits". The European Union's 
Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP, is on the nose with 
free-marketeers, but are CAP supporters really protecting the rich 
rural cultural legacy and gastronomic standards of Europe? [%]
	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: "The 
History of Software". When we think about software we tend to focus on 
Microsoft and Bill Gates, but the reality is very different. From a 
standing start in the 1950s the software industry is now the fourth 
largest industrial sector of the US economy. Martin Campbell-Kelly 
talks about the fascinating history of an industry that continues to 
transform our lives. [%]
	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 Fri. 0500 UT.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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