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[Swprograms] RA Previews #692; 28-31 May '04
- Subject: [Swprograms] RA Previews #692; 28-31 May '04
- From: John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 00:15:02 -0400
RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 692
May 28-31, 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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GRANDSTAND [abc.net.au/grandstand/].
Radio Australia also relays the domestic weekend live sport program
"Grandstand" every Saturday and Sunday from 0210-0700 on 17750, 15240*,
12080 and 9660 kHz. only. (*best frequency for North America-ed.) Major
Australian, Asian, Pacific and international events are covered, some
live and extensively. This week on Saturday: AFL Round ten. This week
on Sunday: NRL rugby - Panthers v Bulldogs at Penrith Stadium with
reports from Roosters v Warriors at Sydney Football Stadium and Tigers
v Parramatta Eels.
*****indicates premiere of a new program or a new time for an existing
program.
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)
Friday
1605 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with
Michael Mackenzie. [%]
1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program with Sandy
McCutcheon. [%]
Today: "Week in Review", the four topics--on Marketing taking over
ABC Kidz TV. What the rising oil prices mean. Will getting rid of
pokies mean fewer problem gamblers? And why won’t people take farm jobs?
1805 -
PACIFIC REVIEW - the week that was in the Pacific with Bruce Hill.
1830 -
COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]
1905 -
RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country Australia.
1930 -
AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John Nutting.
2005 -
PACIFIC REVIEW - the week that was in the Pacific with Bruce Hill.
2030 -
THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained. This week: "Talking
Money to Intelligent Ears". Close your eyes and try to tell the
difference between $10, $20 and $50 notes. It's not easy, especially
for blind people, but we'll meet a machine that makes money talk. We'll
also hear about a new digital hearing aid with artificial intelligence.
[%]
2105 -
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;%]
2130 -
IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: "Richard Fortey" has just won the Lewis Thomas Prize for
science writing. He’s an expert on trilobites but has moved from
fossils to a bigger picture, that of the Earth itself. How can you
write an ‘intimate’ history of an entire planet? Michele Field in
London finds out. [%]
2205 -
ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2230 -
SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]
2305 -
COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2330 -
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;%]
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Saturday
0005 PACIFIC REVIEW* (refer to Fri. 1805)
0030 OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "Megacity
Future?" David Singleton, Global Director of a Melbourne engineering
consultancy, gives us a glimpse into the life of “David”, living in
2050 as he goes about his daily life in a sustainable Megacity of the
future. [%]
0045 LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Linguistics: Soviet
Style". In his 1968 novel 'The First Circle', Alexander Solzhenitsyn
conjures up a darkly comic image of Joseph Stalin. He's dreaming not of
the Gulag or of purges, but of linguistics. Indeed, the Soviet leader
had actually written on this subject, and a 50-page pamphlet of his
collected thoughts was published posthumously by the Soviet government.
Humphrey McQueen takes a look at Stalin's ideas on the subject, as
elaborated in his pamphlet 'Marxism and Problems of Linguistics'; and
considers why linguistics, of all things, became the focal point of an
ideological contest in the Soviet Union. [%]
0105 ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* (refer to Fri. 2205)
0130 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.
0205 BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Renovators Fright".
Asbestos is not something bad that happened a long time ago. In high
places, insiders are concerned about how much of the stuff is still out
there in old homes and workplaces, as Stephen Skinner
reports. [T;%]
0255 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK* - background to the news.
0305 RURAL REPORTER* (refer to 1905 Fri.)
0330 AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE (refer to 1930 Fri.)
0405 BOOKS AND WRITING - in-depth discussions focusing on books,
ideas and writing with Ramona Koval. This week: Irish writer Colm
Tóibín expresses his love for the work of Henry James, the subject of
his latest novel titled 'The Master'. Tóibín explains to Ramona Koval
his audacious decision to write himself into the character of Henry
James. [T;%]
0434 BOOK TALK - a mix of reviews, critical discussion and a look at
the latest developments in publishing with Amanda Smith. This week:
"Status Anxiety". Hear Alain de Botton's entertaining account at the
Sydney Writers' Festival of the subject of his book "Status Anxiety".
[%]
0505 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - a magazine about life in Australia, with
Roger Broadbent. This week the 'Australian Express' is on the move. We
join a 'Charity Cycling
Challenge' that takes a group of energetic Australians, including our
very own Heather Jarvis, on a 400 kilometre tour through Vietnam and
Cambodia. There's a report from Katherine in the Northern Territory
where lovers of that cultural icon known as the Ute or Utility show-off
their wares, we do our bit to revive a dying Australian music form--the
bush ballad--and bring you the first of two reports recorded on the
streets of Melbourne in the company of the Salvation Army to find out
how our homeless fare after dark. That's the 'Australian Express' with
Roger Broadbent.
0532 ALL IN THE MIND - a weekly foray into the mental universe, the
mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "Aotearoa
Minds--Maoris Taking on Mental Health". Colonisation, drug abuse,
domestic violence and poverty have taken their toll in New Zealand.
Mental health is a critical concern for indigenous communities. Natasha
Mitchell explores the situation with leading Maori movers and shakers.
[%]
0605 VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)
0630 HIT MIX* (refer to 2332 Fri.)
0705 ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* (refer to Fri. 2205)
0730 THE BUZZ (refer to 2030 Fri.)
0805 PERSPECTIVE* - informed commentary.
0810 GRANDSTAND WRAP
0830 EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development
with Alexandra de Blas. This week: "Migratory Birds". Earthbeat skims
across the mudflats of the Hunter Valley estuary in NSW, where
scientists and twitchers alike are considering the
declining number of migratory shorebirds dropping in for the summer.
[T;%]
0905 THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Two Missed
Anniversaries". David Rand from CSIRO helps us celebrate the
anniversary of the first steam engine journey in 1804. And one hundred
years later the strange man who oversaw the science in the Manhattan
Project, Robert Oppenheimer, was born. [%]
0955 BUSINESS WEEKEND*
1005 BACKGROUND BRIEFING (refer to 0205)
1055 CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK*
1105 ASIA PACIFIC Weekend Edition* (refer to 0105)
1130 ALL IN THE MIND (refer to 0532) [T;%]
1205 THE MUSIC SHOW - a mix of music, interviews and information
about the latest developments in music, hosted by composer Andrew Ford.
[abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/] for details. [T;%]
1405 BACKGROUND BRIEFING (refer to 0205)
1455 CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK
1505 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: "#13: Scenario Mapping." The big issues we need to
work through as a society - access and equity, public interest and
private gain, the North / South divide, and the relevance of a national
culture in a digital world are but a few important issues. What
choices do we have? And what do we want? We map a range of scenarios
to try to make sense of the debate which often polarises into
techno-utopian and techno-dystopian positions. [T;%]
1532 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 0505)
1605 HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "A
Short History of a River" - Part Two. This is the second and final part
of our history of the culture of water, using the path of Coopers Creek
from the headwaters of the Thomson to its end at Lake Eyre, as our
route through a watery obsession. Last week we looked at the mythology
of the inland sea, the predilections of the explorers and we took a
trip down the Cooper itself, meeting some of the pastoralists there. We
finished with the birth of a new industry – hydro engineering, and the
enthusiasm of 19th century artists and writers for altering river flow.
The deserts, however, remained deserts. In today’s program we’ll see
how Australians attempted to use water to transform them into
productive environments, for food and for settlement, and how we
employed moral arguments to make water a political tool. Alfred Deakin,
the Chaffey Brothers, Ion Idriess and JC Bradfield all had grand
schemes for making the deserts bloom – and in its own way, the cotton
industry that’s burgeoned since the 1960s has tried to do the same
thing. So join us for another trip down Coopers Creek, following the
combined history of rivers and irrigation. (Ed. Note: There are many
illustrative pictures to accompany this series from
[abc.net.au/rn/history/hindsight/].) [%]
1655 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.
1705 THE SPIRIT OF THINGS - religion and spirituality. This week:
"Talking to Spirits".
Lily Dale, founded in 1879 in New York State, is the oldest and largest
Spiritualist community in the world. Christine Wicker has spent years
researching Lily Dale and she reveals the community that talks to
spirits. [T;%]
1755 THE PULSE - Australian new music.
1805 THE BEST OF LATE NIGHT LIVE - a reprise of interviews and
analysis from the weekday programs of Philip Adams.
1905 EARTHBEAT (refer to 0830)
1934 THE MAKERS - the creative process as used by artists,
musicians, directors and performers. [%]
1949 HEALTH BITES
2005 AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - a celebration of what makes Australians
Australian with Ian "Macca" McNamara. [%]
2100 AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - continues from 2010.
2145 ABC NEWS
2150 ASIA SUNDAY - regional week in review.
2205 CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT - the ABC's overseas reporters give
their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events, and offer
perceptive observations about the countries and regions in which
they're based. [T;%]
2230 MUSIC DELI - folk, traditional, acoustic and world music with
Paul Petran. [T;%]
2255 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.
2305 THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on
European societies with Keri Phillips. This week: "Iron Lady--Margaret
Thatcher and Her Legacy".
Depending on their ideological persuasion, Britons this month either
celebrated or derided the 25th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's
election victory. Was she Britain's saviour or a stubborn ideologue? [%]
2330 INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and
ingenuity. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. [T;%]
Sunday
0005 KEYS TO MUSIC - Graham Abbott breaks down the barriers to
enjoying classical music for non-musicians, revealing basic concepts,
discussing composers and exploring pieces of music inside-out. (from
ABC Classic FM.) [%]
0105 CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT (refer to 2205 Sat.)
0130 IN CONVERSATION (refer to 2130 Fri.)
0205 MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest,
playing their favourite music and telling their own stories.
[www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo] for details. Today: Oliver
James, Psychologist. "They F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life" is
published by Bloomsbury. [%]
0305 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)
0330 JAZZ NOTES* - with Ivan Lloyd.
0354 HEYWIRE* - the views of rural Australia's young people.
0405 THE EUROPEANS (refer to 2305 Sat.)
0430 THE CHAT ROOM* (refer to 0130 Sat.)
0505 ALL IN THE MIND (refer to 1130 Sat.)
0530 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 Religion of 'The Lord of the Rings'”.
J.R.R. Tolkien wrote that "The Lord of the Rings is of course a
fundamentally religious and Catholic work...for the religious element
is absorbed into the story and the symbolism." Stratford Caldecott
reveals the religion behind the tale. [T;%]
0550 THE PULSE* - Australian music now.
0605 THE BUZZ (refer to Fri. 2030) [%]
0630 IN CONVERSATION (refer to Fri. 2130)
0705 CORRESPONDENTS REPORT (refer to Fri. 2205)
0730 INNOVATIONS* (refer to Sat. 2330)
0805 PERSPECTIVE* - informed commentary.
0810 GRANDSTAND WRAP
0830 IN THE PIPELINE* (refer to Sat. 1505)
0905 THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of
the week. This week: "Fostering Sustainable Behaviour". Lane talks to
Canadian environmental psychologist Doug McKenzie-Mohr about getting
people to behave in more environmentally friendly ways. He offers an
alternative approach to the public awareness campaigns that often fail.
[%]
1005 KEYS TO MUSIC (refer to 0005)
1105 SUNDAY PROFILE - - In-depth analysis of the major news in
Australia and around the world with Geraldine Doogue. This week: "This
week: Colonel Patrick Lang and the strange story of Ahmed Chalabi".
Ahmed Chalabi is head of the Iraqi National Congress and until recently
a darling of the Bush administration. He was the channel for much of
the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program. This
information has now been shown to have been false. What has also
started to emerge is that Chalabi had close connections with the
Iranian government at the same time as he was working for the CIA. Is
it possible that Chalabi was serving the interests of Tehran when he
exaggerated the nuclear threat posed by Saddam Hussein? Colonel Patrick
Lang, a former head of the Middle East desk at the Defence Intelligence
Agency talks to Geraldine Doogue about the case of Ahmed Chalabi. [%]
1130 SPEAKING OUT - a program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people. This week: Karen Dorante talks to Aboriginal composer
David Page about his life and family. [%]
1205 THE SPIRIT OF THINGS (refer to Sat. 1705)
1255 THE PULSE - Australian new music.
1305 ENCOUNTER - the religious experience of multicultural
Australia. This week: "A Dialogue with Winds". From Hinduism, Judaism
& Christianity come splendid tales of wind as energy [T;%]
1355 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.
1405 THE SCIENCE SHOW (refer to Sat. 0905)
1455 BUSINESS WEEKEND
1505 THE NATIONAL INTEREST (refer to 0905)
1555 PERSPECTIVE
1605 BOOKS AND WRITING (refer to Sat. 0405) [%]
1634 BOOK TALK (refer to Sat. 0434) [%]
1705 SOUND QUALITY - an hour of music with Tim Ritchie that grabs
the mould and gives it a good shake.
[www.abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/] for playlists and program
details. Tim writes, "This week is out of control.... please report to
the cockpit for all instructions - or better put, we have had round
about access to a solid steel radio show. Because it's via a back door,
there is no tracklisting. So we'll need all musical train spotters to
don their listening ears and report back." [T;%]
1810 PACIFIC BEAT* - daily magazine covering the people, issues and
events of the Pacific Islands with Myra Mortenson.
[www.abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/] for details. [T;%]
1829 HEADLINES
1830 SPORT
1835 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)
1910 PACIFIC BEAT* (continues from 1810)
1929 HEADLINES
1930 SPORT
1935 *****BUSH TELEGRAPH - a shortened edition of the program listed
at 1605 Sat., with Myra Mortensen. [%]*****
2010 PACIFIC BEAT* (refer to 1810)
2029 HEADLINES
2030 SPORT*
2035 PACIFIC BEAT* (continues from 2010)
2110 AM - ABC Radio's morning news magazine. [%; T]
2130 *****RNZI PACIFIC DATELINE - news and current affairs from New
Zealand, as part of the Pacific Radio Network*****
2210 AM (refer to 2110)
2240 AUSTRALIA WIDE - a national news roundup from ABC Newsradio.
2254 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary
2305 ASIA PACIFIC* - interviews and reports from the region. (T;%]
2330 VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)
Monday
0010 AWAYE! - Aboriginal arts, culture and politics with Ursula
Raymond - This week: "Flash Blak". Produced for the Message Sticks
festival of Indigenous art at the Sydney Opera House, "Flash Blak" is
acclaimed photographer, Mervyn Bishop's memoirs
transferred to the stage. "Flash Blak" uses performance, music and of
course photography to tell Merv's story. He talks to Awaye! about his
award-winning career, his life as the boy from Brewarrina, and his
place in history - as the creator of some of the iconic images of
Aboriginal 20th century life. [%]
0105 ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2305 Sun.)
0130 HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan.
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/] for details. [T;%]
0210 THE WORLD TODAY - a comprehensive lunchtime current affairs
program with Tanya Nolan. [T;%]
0310 SPORT*
0320 LIFE MATTERS - social change and day-to-day life in Australia.
[%]
How to Listen to Radio Australia---- ***NOTE NEW FREQUENCY
SUGGESTIONS***
Via shortwave:
Best noted in eastern North America -
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740 (usually reliable)
0000 - 0200 UTC: 17715 (usually reliable)
0200 - 0700 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable) [15240 also noted at times]
0700 - 0800 UTC: 13630 (usually reliable) [15240 also noted at times]
0800 - 1400 UTC: 9580 (reliable) [6020 and 9590 also noted (reliable)]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (reliable until fade out)
(European listeners are invited to report reception experience to this
editor.)
(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 Mon. 0500 UT.
Good Listening!
John Figliozzi
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