[Swprograms] RA Previews #687; 17-21 May '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 687
May 17-21, 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
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

0010 -
	Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Aboard the 
Dreamliner". Jet-setting used to be fun. Now it's an endurance test 
unless you pay squillions. Will the next generation of planes really 
recapture that sense of occasion, even comfort?  We go aboard Boeing's 
radical new 7E7 Dreamliner to find out. [%]
	Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. This week: "Parliamentary Reputations, Political Donations 
and Muckraking". Lane talks to Dr Ken Coghill about his research into 
public perceptions of parliament. Dr Coghill, a former speaker of the 
Victorian parliament, says we continue to hold the insitution in high 
regard, despite our low opinion of politicians. Also, the inadeqate 
disclosure of political donations and a social history of compost - 
writer Margaret Simons discusses her new book 'Resurrection in a 
Bucket'. [%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Cairo Conversations". 
Not all Cairo conversations are about war. There’s getting a job, money 
and marriage. Millions of young people are confused. “They are all 
virgins, they have no experience of life. They fear their bodies. They 
have emotions, but disturbed emotions or frustrating emotions.” Out of 
the pressure cooker - a new, cool Islam is too popular for government 
comfort. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "A 
Short History of a River" - Part One. The first of two programs that 
explore the cultural history of rivers and irrigation in Australia. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Sexual Abuse By A 
Doctor - A Personal Story". One of the worst transgressions in the 
doctor patient relationship is when the doctor uses his power to have 
sex with the person who's put her trust in him. Today, in what might be 
the first broadcast of its kind anywhere in the world, Radio National's 
Health Report will play a secretly recorded tape of a session between a 
psychiatrist and the patient who he was sexually abusing. [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. [%]

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.: Salvatore Accardo, Violinist. In Australia for concerts with 
the Adelaide and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
		Tue.: Wendy Sharp, Artist.
		Wed.: John W. Dean, Former White House Counsel during the Nixon 
Administration. His latest book is "Worse Than Watergate: The Secret 
Presidency of George W. Bush".
		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: 
"Food--What's Smell Got To Do With It?" Brisbane dietician Joan Breakey 
on the role of flavour as a warning via smell. She discovered that 
strong flavoured foods remain high risk for some. Others are able to 
tolerate stronger flavours providing the foods are very fresh. [%]
	Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. 
This week: "Exploiting Your Genes". Now that more is known about your 
genes there is room for exploitation. Employers and insurance companies 
may try to gain advantage from any problems your genome reveals. Has 
this already happened? Sandy Taylor from the University of Queensland 
has launched a major survey to find out. [%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "The Language of 
Chaucer".
When Geoffrey Chaucer died in 1400, no big deal was made of his 
passing. It wasn't until 1556 that Chaucer's tomb was moved to its 
current place in Westminster Abbey, the place that became known as 
Poet's Corner. So what impact did Chaucer have in his own day on 
English language and poetry And what was his influence on subsequent 
generations of poets? Stephanie Trigg, who lectures in Medieval English 
Literature at the University of Melbourne, discusses why Chaucer is 
known as the "Father of English poetry". [%]
	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: "Wang Wei: Buddhist, Civil Servant & Poet". 
Retired neurosurgeon and Buddhist Ian Johnston moved to Bruny Island 
off the coast of Tasmania, where he devotes himself to translating from 
the Chinese the poems of Tang dynasty poet Wang Wei (699759) and 
others. [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.

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.: "It's An Olympic Nightmare". Two lots of bomb blasts in Athens 
in the last fortnight. And while Greek authorities say security 
coverage will be the tightest of any games Australia has issued a 
travel warning for the country. Should we go to the Games?

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* - 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.

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.: Robert Fisk on War and Abuse.
		Tue.: The Baghdad Blogger, Salam Pax.
		Wed.: Worse Than Watergate; Secrets and Lies in the Bush White House.
		Thu.: More from the Solomon Islands.
	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.: It’s not the first such compilation, but “The Musical Silk 
Road” is a particularly good one. Over two CDs (with a lavish, 
informative booklet) it presents studio & field recordings from Korea, 
across the Asian continent & into Mediterranean Europe. The various 
trade routes collectively labeled “The Silk Road” only became generally 
known by that name in the 19th century. But those trade routes’ history 
covers more than two thousand years & a vast array of different 
cultures: Chinese, Turkic, Persian, Arabic & others. Some of the music 
here is made available on disc for the first time
		Tue.: Canadian songster Sarah Harmer has delivered a homespun set of 
sophisticated songs. Most of her second album - “All Of Our Names” - 
was recorded at her rural Ontario home in Quaker Valley. Her laundry 
was the “vocal booth”, her bedroom the “control” room, & the fridge had 
to be turned off when the recorder was switched on! Sarah Harmer’s 
voice & phrasing are very distinctive. Her songs are intriguing, 
intelligent & intimate. Some are dark, but most of her new ones are 
playful & warm, beguiling, wry & bittersweet. (You’re yet to hear Sarah 
Harmer in her own right, but have Bruce Cockburn’s current CD? She is 
excellent harmony vocalist on most of it.)
		Wed.: Mikael Marin plays the viola and Olov Johansson plays the 
nyckelharpa – the keyed fiddle that is Sweden’s ‘national instrument.’ 
They started playing traditional music together as teenagers around 
1980.  In 1989, they had a jam with guitarist Roger Tallroth that was 
heard by a man who said he would start a record label if the trio 
recorded. The CD was called ‘Vasen,’ which became the name of the 
group.  They added a percussionist and expanded to a quartet, but their 
latest CD, ‘Trio,’ is a glorious return to the original slant on 
traditional music that the original trio had.
		Thu.: Put a leading Irish instrumental ensemble in an ancient castle, 
with an invited audience & a capable sound engineer, & what do you get? 
In this instance the result is a “live” album with “studio” sound 
quality, uninterrupted by chatter or cheers. “The Kinnitty Sessions” 
finds Lúnasa in fine form. It’s not a “greatest hits” set. All cuts – 
at least in their Lúnasa versions – are new. Whether delicate or 
forceful, the music is deftly played on flutes, whistles, fiddle, 
acoustic guitar, double bass, uillean pipes & bodhran. The menu is 
mostly-Irish, occasionally Bulgarian or Scottish, & some numbers are 
altogether new. 		Fri.: Born in Australia of an Australian father and a 
Tongan mother, singers, sisters and best friends Vika and Linda Bull 
came to prominence when they joined the Black Sorrows in 1988.  Since 
going solo in 1994 they have put out 7 CDs, the latest of which, their 
first live gospel album, is called  ‘Tell The Angels.’  Recorded over 
12 Sundays at Melbourne’s Cornish Arms Hotels with an excellent band, 
it shows that the sisters’ voices are even more supple and accurate 
than before.  Sharing the spotlight with Vika and Linda is the Café of 
the Gate of Salvation, the Sydney choir directed by Tony Backhouse, 
with ‘Deluxe,’  their first new album in 9 years.

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. This week: "Charmian 
Clift". Australian writer Charmian Clift died in 1969. This program 
features archival interviews that she recorded, in the years when she, 
and her husband George Johnston, were one of the country's most 
celebrated literary couples. Charmian Clift is best known for the books 
that she wrote based around the decade that she and Johnston, alongwith 
their three children, spent living in the Greek Islands. She was also 
highly regarded as an essayist and newspaper columnist. Featuring 
extracts from Clift's books Peel Me A Lotus,and Mermaid Singing, this 
program is being re-broadcast as part of Radio National's 2004 Greek 
Imprints Festival. [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: "Chemical Nasties". A United Nations 
ban on persistent organic pollutants is about to come into force. But 
commonly used flame-retardants not
covered in the treaty could be affecting our babies. [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: "#12: E-Crime and Punishment".
Electronic crime and electronic counter measures are unavoidable 
by-products  of the digital era. Computer data bases linked to on-line 
security systems now  exist to combat every type of crime from 
smuggling and terrorism to theft and  embezzlement. But computer 
surveillance brings with it legitimate concerns relating to both  
privacy and security. And while computers are being used for law 
enforcement,  at the same time they are creating problems for laws 
relating to copyright and  intellectual property. [T;%]
	Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind, 
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week: 
"Margaret and Pauline:--Resilience in Mental Health". Margaret Cook and 
Pauline Miles are well known figures in WA's mental health advocacy 
community. They talk to Natasha Mitchell and reflect on their 
experiences of hospitalisation in psychiatric wards, the search for 
identity in suffering, and inspiration in healing, activism and 
awareness. [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: "Divisions in 
Cyprus". Reaction to the failure of the recent referendum on the 
reunification of Cyprus was unambiguously critical of the
Greek Cypriots, who'd voted convincingly against it. This week on the 
Europeans - why did Greek Cypriots vote 'no'? [%]
	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: 
"Punching Above Your Weight". The  'boxing suit', an Australian 
innovation, may revolutionise the sport and outrage the 
traditionalists. It provides monitoring of timing and strength for 
training, and computer scoring for accuracy and safety in the ring. [%]
	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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