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[Swprograms] RA Previews #684; 10-14 May '04
- Subject: [Swprograms] RA Previews #684; 10-14 May '04
- From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 17:59:06 -0400
RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 684
May 10-14, 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: "Golden
Celebrations for the Academy". The Australian Academy of Science is 50
years old and celebrates this week with a dinner at Parliament House,
Canberra. We hear Sir Gustav Nossal delivering the address at that
celebration. [%]
Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of
the week. This week: "Tax Cuts or Public Services?" The Treasurer is
hinted at tax cuts prior to Tuesday's federal budget and conventional
wisdom dictates that a government that puts money back into voters'
pockets will be rewarded at the ballot box. However Dr Shaun Wilson
from the Australian National University has identified a shift in
public mood, with more and more voters demanding better services rather
than lower taxes. Also on the program, Australia's foremost historian
of migration, Dr James Jupp on a story we take for granted - the
history of English in Australia. [%]
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Developing Darwin--Too
Much, Too Fast?" Thongs and a slab won’t do in Darwin now. It's selling
itself as an industrial hub, and a CBD with a skyscraper--Australia's
fast-track gateway to Asia with an expectation of riches from oil, gas
and investment. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "In
the Wake of the 'Caledonia'" A real-life pirate adventure story set in
the South Pacific. Captain George Browning's diary recounts the piracy
of the schooner 'Caledonia', which was overrun by convicts at Moreton
Bay in 1831 and eventually wrecked off Samoa. [%]
0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Graded Exercise in
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". An Australian study has shown that graded
exercise for people with chronic fatigue syndrome improves functional
ability. The researchers from Western Australia conducted a randomised
controlled trial with 61 patients aged between 16 and 74 years who were
diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. [T;%]
Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick.
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/] [T;%]
Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: "Ada
Cambridge". [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. [%]
Tue.: "For Fear of Pain". Pain is more than merely biological, and
has a history in different cultures and contexts. Nowhere can this be
more clearly understood than when looking at the story of surgery
before the advent of anaesthesia. Peter Stanley, official historian of
the Australian War Memorial, discusses some of the misconceptions and
myths surrounding this part of medical history.
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.: Dr. Elsina (Ellie) Wainwright, Program Director for the
Strategy and International Program at the Australian Strategic Policy
Institute.
Tue.: Peter Mews, author and bookseller.
Wed.-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:
"Australiana for Children". In the past, most children's books in
Australia were centred on European animals and plants. We hear from
Victorian author and nature lover Pauline Reilly who has set out to
rectify this situation. [%]
Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: John Maynard Smith was a legend in his field of evolutionary
theory. He brought maths and engineering – game theory – to the field.
As an old Etonian who became a socialist he was famous for his radical
views on most things. His books are admired all over the world. This
riveting speaker, who died last Thursday at 84, is celebrated with a
conversation about his work. [%]
Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Lost For Words". Try
to imagine a world without language; a world where words, grammar and
syntax suddenly become meaningless. This is what happens to people with
aphasia. It's a kind of brain damage that wipes out the ability to
comprehend and communicate in spoken or written word. Aphasia can be a
permanent condition. For radio producer and author Mark Wakely it was
temporary, the result of a head injury. His language slowly came back.
Here he tells the story of the terrifying weeks he spent in hospital,
when words failed him. [%]
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: "A Poet of Substance--Nasir Khusraw".
Celebrating the 1000th anniversary of Ismaili Muslim poet Nasir
Khusraw, who towers above his romantically inclined contemporaries such
as Omar Khayyam. [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. This week:
"Port Macquarie Sounds". We go to Port Macquarie for a concert
featuring Sara Tindley from Lennox Head, Jodi and Robyn Martin from
Lismore, Bill Chambers singing some blues, and Sydney band The Flood.
[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.: "America's Credibility In Iraq And The Middle East". America’s
international image is suffering after revelations of torture and abuse
in Iraq. President Bush has been forced on Arabic TV, and there are
calls for senior administration figures to resign. So what will this do
to the credibility of the US in Iraq & the Middle East?
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.: "Solomon Islands Special". Phillip Adams broadcasts out of
Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, as Late Night Live
observes Australian Foreign Policy in
action. In this discussion, two of the Solomon's leading political and
cultural figures talk about how and why their country reached the point
where it had to ask for outside help to restore civil society.
Tue.-Thu.: tba.
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.: Today’s featured artists make so-called “old-timey” music, yet
they live in the present. A telling attack on the nostalgic urge drives
one of the stand-out cuts on “Guest House”, the new CD by Laurie Lewis
& Tom Rozum, Equally fine as singers & players, both are
multi-instrumentalists. Laurie is a particularly fine fiddler & Tom an
excellent mandolinist. Dirk Powell is likely the most significant young
musician in so-called “old-timey” American music. Even if you’ve never
heard his name, you’ve probably heard him. The “Cold Mountain”
soundtrack is but one of many possibilities. He’s now collaborating
with rapper Danja Mowf & you just may have heard Dirk’s banjo where you
least expect that instrument – in a Spike Lee film. Dirk sings, picks,
plucks & bows up a storm on his new CD. “Time Again” is 100-proof
Appalachian, & wonderful in both its high lonesome & its celebratory
moments.
Tue.: Omara Portuondo has been described as “the Cuban Billie
Holiday”. She's also a subtle, uncommonly elegant singer. Like
Billie’s, her power does not depend on decibels or multiple octaves.
Her grasp of the bittersweet is likewise acute. But the Cuban is
definitely neither a tragic nor shortlived diva. Deserved, worldwide
success may have come late (courtesy of that “Buena Vista Social Club”
phenomenon), but not too late. Born in Havana in October 1930, Omara is
in her prime, artistically. “Flor de Amor” (flower of love) is her
second album for World Circuit. It has a large, shifting cast of superb
players, is still capital “C” Cuban, but this time the music is more
diverse & a Brazilian element sometimes present.
Wed.: Said Chraibi was born in Marrakech in 1951. He started his
studies on the oud at the age of 13 and won first prize for his playing
in Iraq in 1986. He’s an innovator in the design and playing of the
instrument, with little regard for rules that others may proscribe
about ‘proper’ playing. The title of his CD ‘The Key to Granada’ refers
to those who held the keys to their houses in Spain generations after
their expulsion and relocation to North Africa. Two pieces on the album
reflect on the Andalusian strains of Moroccan music, showing that it is
a relative of flamenco.
Thu.: Every note he plays tells you that Michel Camilo is an
exceptional “Latin jazz" pianist. Listen more closely, & you’ll soon
hear that he’s very capable in many other fields, including classical &
flamenco. Born in the Dominican Republic in 1954, the child prodigy
composed his first song as a five year old. At age 16 he was a member
of the National Symphony Orchestra. In 1979 he moved to New York. “Live
at the Blue Note” is a superb, highly interactive trio set. His
colleagues are both from Cuba. The amazing drummer Horacio “El Negro”
Hernandez, has worked with Camilo for the last 8 years. Newcomer
Charles Flores is a fine acoustic bassist. The leader’s delicacy is as
impressive as his power. It's hard to believe that only six hands are
involved, & these players obviously have huge ears, too!
Fri.: In 1972, The Flatlanders recorded what most thought was their
only album – a weird mix of bluegrass, country and saw playing that
sank without a trace, but the three main members – Joe Ely, Butch
Hancock and Jimmie Dale Gilmore went on to have successful and creative
individual careers. So when they recorded a second album 30 years after
the first, Joe Ely called it a ‘damn miracle’. On that record, ‘Now
Again’, they co-wrote 12 of its 14 songs. On their new, third CD
‘Wheels of Fortune’, they take a different tack – as a rule, if one
person writes a song, another member will sing it. This method works
surprisingly well.
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.
[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.
[abc.net.au/rn/history/verbatim/] for details. [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: "Environmental Research Cuts".
"Public good" environmental research took a blow this week when funding
bids for solar energy research, tropical rainforests and the Great
Barrier Reef were unsuccessful. Alexandra de Blas examines the
implications. [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: "#11: Digital Democracy". National governments have
existed to manage the economy, defend national boundaries and foster a
sense of national identity. Because digital networks operate outside
of the nation state, questions of nationhood are now being contested.
Is public interest a part of policy making in the information age? Can
digital communications reinforce the value of community? Should we, as
citizens of a participatory democracy, act locally while thinking
globally? Or should we attempt to act globally and risk losing any
sense of national identity? [T;%]
Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind,
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "Thomas
Willis--The Soul Made Flesh". The physician Thomas Willis was the guy
who placed the Soul back into the body. In the 17th Century, his
extraordinary efforts to document the brain's anatomy and function came
at a time when the heart was considered the seat of all sensory
experience, the Soul was an immaterial and immortal beast, and the
brain was little more than a unimpressive "bowl of curds". But despite
setting the agenda for 21st Century neuroscience, the world's first
neurologist remains unknown to most of us today. Award winning science
journalist Carl Zimmer joins Natasha Mitchell this week to put Willis
firmly back on his heady pedestal. [T;%]
Fri.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
[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 with Keri Phillips. This week: "Growing Pains".
Although Poland is now part of the European Union, its fierce
independence is challenging the old European alliances. And with UK PM
Tony Blair now committed to a referendum on the EU constitution,
what are its chances for success? [%]
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: "Duck
for Cover". The Buzz explodes at Woomera this week. The Department of
Defence is detonating five tonnes of high explosive - hundreds of times
more than a missile warhead - to test the effects on buildings and
glass. Our reporter is jostling for a front-row seat as we explore the
science of controlled explosions. [%]
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
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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