[Swprograms] RA Previews #700; 21-25 Jun '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 700
June 21-25, 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: "The Science 
of Networks". What do actor Kevin Bacon, a firefly, Al Qaeda and the 
World Wide Web all have in common? They all organise themselves in a 
network. Annamaria Talas examines the new science of networks, the 
connectedness of nearly everything. [%]
	Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. This week: "Australia's Role in Iraq". As the US-led 
coalition prepares to hand the country back to Iraqi sovereignty on 
July 1. Terry will be joined by Defence Minister Robert Hill and by 
Sydney Morning Herald correspondent Paul McGeough in Baghdad. [%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Alien Rights". Prisons 
and detention centres are a global growth industry, lucrative 
investments for international money. But around the world asylum 
seekers, economic refugees, or "aliens" have fewer rights than convicted
criminals. Tom Morton reports. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "Inga 
Clendinnen".
From the recent Sydney Writers' Festival, historian Inga Clendinnen 
reveals her own secret history behind the writing of her book "Dancing 
with Strangers", and the fact that, until quite recently, she thought 
Australian history was rather dull. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Hormone 
Replacement Therapy and Memory". Hormone replacement therapy in 
postmenopausal women is highly controversial. We look at research being 
undertaken in WA to find out if, under certain circumstances, oestrogen 
replacement therapy may improve memory functioning. [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/] for details. [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 with Rebecca Gorman. [%]

0410 -
	BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with 
Michael Mackenzie. [%]
		Mon.: "Country Football". We hear from a forum at Victoria's Rural 
Press Club that explores how the changing nature of country towns is 
being played out on the footy oval. We hear from the player, the 
supporter, the demographer and the sociologist.

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: "John 
Gould's Place in Australian Culture". Matthew Stephens from the 
Australian Museum Research Library, working with colleagues in 
developing an exhibition exploring the life and work of this celebrated 
ornithologist and his wife Elizabeth, gives us an insight into the 
background of this talented man who became an Australian icon in spite 
of the limited time spent in this country. [%]
	Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. 
This week: "Peter Currie". A couple of million years ago a mutation 
occurred in our forebears that escaped apes and monkeys.  Our jaw 
muscles were reduced.  As a result brain expansion and, eventually, 
speech became possible.  Peter Currie is at the Victor Chang Institute 
which we normally associate with heart transplant research.  But they 
also study fossil fish and the evolution of muscles.  This unlikely 
path led to insights into how we evolved and became the brainy, 
garrulous species we are today. [%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Secret Chinese 
Women's Business".  In remote villages of southern China, there's a way 
of writing that was known only to the women of the villages. None of 
the men understood it or used it. Nobody's sure exactly when or why 
this Women's Script - 'Nushu' (noo-shoo) - was invented. What is known 
is that women would often have to move away from their home villages 
when they got married, and so used this private way of communicating to 
tell each other about their lives. [%]
	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: "Was There Religion in the Greco-Roman World?" 
The classical world knew gods and goddesses, cults, and sacrificial 
rites, but it did not know "religion”, according to Edwin Judge, 
Professor Emeritus of History at Macquarie University. Today, 
contemporary spirituality is taking up where the ancient Romans left 
off. [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.: "The Beatles". Its 40 years since Beatle mania hit Australia. 
And many are re-living their memories of the fab four’s tour down 
under. The Beatles went on to push the boundaries of pop music and 
became the template for the modern rock group.  Has it all been 
downhill for pop music since then?

1005 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
	
1105 -
	SPORT - reports and scores.
1110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
	Mon.: 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;%]
	Tue.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development 
with Jackie May.  This week: "Her Deepness". We meet "Her Deepness", 
Sylvia Earle, a world famous marine biologist who continues to dive to 
the depths well into her seventh decade. She talks of her love for the 
world beneath the sea, and her ideas on how to protect it for the 
future. [T]
	Wed.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country 
Australia.
	Thu.: DISTANT MIRRORS DIMLY LIT - a six-part radio series developed 
and presented by Australian born classicist Peter Toohey. It examines 
how the lives of the ancients relate to ours, through the exploration 
of six contemporary themes: Anger, Privacy, Leisure, Depression, Family 
and Memory. This week: "Depression". The Western world is depressed. 
Record numbers of people are diagnosed with the malady. Young people, 
the aged, women, men, rural workers, immigrants, blue-collar, managers; 
no one seems immune. Not even the multi-million dollar leisure industry 
can keep it at bay. Is it unique to our modern world? Did the Greeks or 
Romans get depressed as we understand it? Did they conceive of suicide 
as a solution, as, unfortunately, many do in our world? [T;% 
(abc.net.au/rn/learning/lifelong/features/classics/)] [T;%]
	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. [%]
	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.: That over-worked word – “unique” – applies. So do “beautiful” & 
“aboriginal” & “Taiwan”, but NOT “Australian”, nor “Chinese”. Taiwan’s 
indigenous peoples are not Han Chinese. The island’s “aborigines” are 
the northernmost Austronesian peoples, among whom are the Bunun. They 
live in high valleys surrounded by mountain forests. The Bunun have an 
extraordinary polyphonic song tradition, often singing whilst engaged 
in the activity a particular song depicts. They’ve always sung a 
cappella, accompanied only by the natural sounds around them. What 
happened when one of the world’s more “worldly” masters of the cello 
(he was making “world music” before the term was in use) visited the 
remote village of Wulu? Together, they made beautiful, unprecedented 
music. Those who made it were surprised & delighted, as surely will be 
anyone who hears the CD by David Darling & The Wulu Bunun.
		Tue.: “Lantana Lovers” is the best album of Brazilian guitar music 
that we’ve heard in a good while. Not just a another dose of 
bossa/lounge, its versions of classic Brazilian tunes are anything but 
routine (for example, a splendidly deep, extended exploration of 
Jobim’s “Stone Flower”) & ten of its sixteen cuts are the 
guitarist/leader’s own compositions. Most are examples of choro – a 
sophisticated, loosely-defined genre which has been developing in Rio 
for three centuries or so. It typically marries European 
“salon/chamber” elements, African-derived rhythms, very intricate 
instrumental interweavings, romantic sentiments & catchy melodies. 
Surprise: this CD's main man is Australian! Those familiar with Doug De 
Vries may not be quite so surprised. This Melbourne-made CD would 
surely delight even a discriminating resident of Rio.
		Wed.: To Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gesesse is simply known as THE VOICE. 
His sinuous, emotional voice wraps itself around 17 love songs on a new 
reissue, number 17 in the excellent Ethiopiques series that introduced 
us to the unique flowering of Ethiopian pop music in the late '60s and 
early '70s.  Tlahoun rose above ethnic and linguistic divides (and an 
arrest in 1960 for a protest against imperialism disguised as a love 
song) to unite his country in grooves that mix US soul music sounds 
with Ethiopian tonality. This collection of his recordings from the 
'70s is culled from an LP and 45s, backed on standout tracks by the 
(Imperial) Body Guard Band and the innovative Mulatu Astatqe.
		Thu.: For forty years - so far – two adjectives could always be 
applied, safely, to one of England's seminal groups: “vocal” & 
“English”. The Watersons are a family band: members are Watersons, 
their offspring or their spouses. Their singular vocal blend is always 
coherent, but never merely “smooth”; each voice stays its individual 
self. Many adjectives apply only in part to the Watersons, their many 
offshoots & related projects. This “traditional”, “folk” group has had 
two brilliant contemporary songwriters in Mike Waterson & the late Lal 
Waterson. Martin Carthy - who married into this “a cappella” band - is 
a brilliant guitarist. His & Norma Waterson’s daughter – Eliza Carthy – 
is equally potent as singer, fiddler & songsmith.
		Fri.: Dr. John’s new CD is called "N’Awlinz Dis Dat or D’Udda" but it 
could have been titled ”Return of "Goin’ Back to New Orleans” because 
of its resemblance to the Dr.’s great 1992 album of that name. Mac 
(Rebennack – Dr. John’s real name) puts together a core band of New 
Orleans legends –  (at one time, the world’s most recorded drummer), 
horn player/arranger Wardell Quezergue and singer/guitarist Snooks 
Eaglin for a fun-fest that focuses on New Orleans R&B songs. Then 
there’s the special guest list: Nicholas Payton, Willie Nelson, BB 
King, Randy Newman, Mavis Staples, Cyrille Neville, Eddie Bo, The Dirty 
Dozen Brass Band, Gatemouth Brown and the first musical meeting of 3 
traditionally rivalrous Mardi Gras tribes.

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 -
	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. James Curran, Historian. He is curently the John Curtin 
Prime Ministerial Library Visiting Scholar for 2004. "The Power of 
Speech: Australian Prime Ministers Defying the National Image" is 
published by Melbourne University Press.
		Tue.: Dr. Jane Roscoe, Head of the Centre for Screen Studies and 
Research at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School.
		Wed.-Fri.: tba

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;%]
1830 -
	Fri.:  COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]
1835 -
	Mon.-Thu.: ON THE MAT* - Where the Pacific comes together to chat and 
discuss issues of regional interest.	

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 1930.
1930 -
	Fri.: AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John 
Nutting.
1935 -
	Mon.-Thu.: THE BEST OF BUSH TELEGRAPH* - Myra Mortensen with a 
selection of stories and reports of rural and regional issues. [%]	
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: " [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.-Thu.: RNZI PACIFIC DATELINE - Pacific news and current affairs 
from Radio New Zealand International.
	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: "Sea Change in 
Europe". Over the past 50 years, Europe's coastal population has more 
than doubled to seventy million. Sixteen per cent of people in the 
European Union now live by the sea. What effect has this had socially 
and
environmentally? [%]
	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: "Pipe 
Dream?"
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle - the buzzword for the next 
generation of power stations that use coal, or any material containing 
hydrogen and carbon. Integrated: bringing together chemical and 
mechanical technologies. "Solar Sacred Site". Creative thinking at the 
University of New South Wales sets new world records for the ability of 
solar cells to convert light into electricity. "Beyond Trough Lollies". 
The perpetual waterfall is used everywhere to clean men's toilets, but 
simpler technologies make large water savings and actually work better. 
A number of Sydney municipal councils are turning off the taps in 
public urinals, with the help of some useful microbes. [%]
	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:  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 Wed. 0500 UT.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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