[Swprograms] RA Previews #712; 19-23 Jul '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 712
July 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.

+++++  denotes a new or retimed program.

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Weekdays
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

0010 -
	Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Nine New 
Species of Deadly Jellyfish". Scientists from Townsville's James Cook 
University have discovered, and are breeding, new species of highly 
poisonous jellyfish previously discovered in the waters of Northern 
Queensland. These, however, were found off Broome, WA. [%]
	Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. "Spirited Senators". Terry Lane looks at some of the more 
notable figures in the history of
the Upper House as chronicled in the second instalment of the 
Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate (1929 to 1962). 
Terry's guests are author Ann Millar, and the Clerk of the Senate, 
Harry Evans. [%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Psychos in Suits". You 
need to be a little mad to go into management, and you need to be a bit 
mad to do it well. But, there's a thin grey line. Stressed bosses, and 
staff, often slip into psychopathy. Ian Walker reports. [T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jacqueline Arias. This week: 
"The Jean Lee Story". A feature which explores the story of Jean Lee, 
the last woman hanged in Australia in 1951. Jean Lee was convicted for 
the murder of an SP bookmaker in Victoria, and sentenced to death by 
hanging. This feature retraces the events behind the crime, the life of 
Jean Lee, and the history of capital punishment in Australia. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Maryke Steffens. This week: "Chronic Lower 
Back Pain". Up to 8 in 10 people will experience back pain at some 
point in their lives, and some will go on to develop chronic back pain. 
Why is chronic back pain so hard to cure? [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick. This week: "Freedom Of Speech 
In Public Places; Fencing Off Public Lanes". Freedom of speech in 
public places. Standing on soapboxes, handing out pamphlets, mass 
demonstrations - is there legal enough protection for those who want to 
make a political point in a public space? Also – Fencing off public 
lanes. Should local councils always re-appropriate public land that 
been fenced off by private land owners?  [T;%]
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon. This week: "Anglican 
Melanesian Missionary Murders". The Melanesian Brotherhood - an 
organisation at the heart of peacemaking in the Solomon Islands. Seven 
brothers were murdered during the recent civil conflict, others taken 
hostage, tortured and forced to witness acts of brutality. For the 
first time they speak at length about their experiences, the great toll 
it wrought, and the long road to recovery. They speak to Catholic 
priest and clinical psychologist Father Peter Hosking, who's recently 
visited the Solomon Islands to assist in a three week healing program. 
[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. [%]
		Wed.: "Rural Writing". Rural authors talk about the challenges they 
face in getting their work published, and how living in a small 
community can sometimes be a marketing advantage. We also hear from a 
publisher who specialises in works about rural Australia.

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: "What does 
the Public Really Think about Gene Technology?" Manager of Public 
Awareness for Biotechnology Australia in Canberra, Craig Cormick, 
discusses the contentious issue of genetically modified foods and 
crops. There are an awful lot of people out there telling us what the 
Australian public don't want and do want in relation to biotechnology 
products. Yet while there's a lot of arguing happening, there's little 
real debate. [%]
	Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those 
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. 
This week: "Dick Collins" Part 1.
Dick Collins calls his memoirs “Lots of Scars”. Is he bitter? Not at 
all. In fact, this professor of physics from the University of Sydney 
is fond of jokes and by play. He offers some in this conversation. But 
what about the scars? [%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "On The Euphemism". 
Another chance to hear Robert Dessaix on the euphemism, or how not to 
say what you mean. [%]
	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 Labyrinth". Found across civilisations, 
from the ancient Minoan Palace of Knossos to the Cathedral at Chartres, 
this unicursal design is thought to have been used for ritual purposes. 
 Today there is a Labyrinth in Canberra, at the Australian Centre for 
Christianity and Culture, due to the efforts of Elizabeth Grace, a 
psychotherapist and leader of Labyrinth workshops. [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 War On Terrorism" will cost billions and could take a 
generation to win. That’s the message from a new Government white 
paper. So is this a case of going overboard? Or should we be genuinely 
concerned about the threat in our region?

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: "Every Cloud has a Silver Lining". 
Earthbeat takes to the skies to explore whether Perth's water supply 
problem and changes in rainfall patterns in Western Australia are due 
to land clearing. And we look at cloud seeding with silver iodide in 
the Snowy Mountains. [T]
	Wed.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country 
Australia.
	+++++Thu.: SMART SOCIETIES - a new eleven part education series that 
seeks to explore some of the challenges facing the region. Young 
professionals share their ideas about what is required to build truly 
smart and cohesive societies while regional experts discuss a range of 
issues from international education to creating liveable cities to 
being good corporate citizens. This week: "1. Smart Societies". 
Participants in a youth leadership program at the University of 
Sydney’s Research Institute for the Asia Pacific discuss what their 
generation needs to do to build smart societies in the 21st Century.
	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.: Frontiers of space travel and earth watching.
		Tue.: Independent media: An antidote for 'spin'?
		Wed.: Nikita Khrushchev biographer, William Taubman.
		Thu.: Sprawl-speak--From 'alligator' to 'boomburb'.
	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.: Bruce Molsky is an utterly convincing “Appalachian” fiddler & 
banjo-picker, who comes from the Bronx in New York City. He’s many 
other things too – among them, a phenomenal fingerpicking guitar 
soloist, across genres ranging from Nordic through West African to 
country-blues. As a singer too, he just “has it” - an uncanny, 
seemingly low-key, warm, unassuming knack for expressing a song’s 
essence. “contented must be” is written in the lower case, but Bruce’s 
new CD is capital-“e” excellent. Equally wonderful in its haunting & 
its exuberant moments, it's the work of a highly individual & sometimes 
quite novel "old-timey" musician.
		Tue.: Nass Marrakech were founded in 1991 to explore the tradition of 
the ‘Gnawa’, the former slaves and immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa 
brought to North Africa by the Arabs during the Middle Ages who 
maintain their own dialect and customs and play music in all-night 
trance-inducing ceremonies. “Nass Marrakech” are from Marrakesh, but 
they moved to Spain, where they recorded with other musicians living 
there – Cuban pianist Omar Sosa, Spanish saxophonist and flutist Jorge 
Pardo, percussionists from Senegal and Brazil, and even a Bulgarian 
multi-instrumentalist. The trance element is still there, but the music 
is coloured by these guests. The album is called ‘Bouderbala’ (A hermit 
or a person who has abandoned the pleasures of society).
		Wed.: “Dancing Cheek to Cheek” has very fresh versions of that & one 
other “standard” song, but Danish guitarist Pierre Dørge & The New 
Jungle Orchestra mostly play their own music. It’s really original, 
albeit informed by a keen sense of history & of connections between 
seemingly “unrelated” places & genres. The core instrumentation may 
suggest “jazz big band”, but this music is more playful & much more 
worldly than any merely-jazz big band’s. The humour is delicious, too: 
“Sun Ra Saluting Mars” has the most unlikely “Waltzing Matilda” quote 
we’ve ever heard! Guests include a West African master of the kora. 
Highlights include a riotous piece which remembers Bollywood movies, as 
experienced whilst studying Manding music in West Africa, & a beautiful 
sound poem based on the Orchestra’s travels in China & Indonesia.
		Thu.: Susan McKeown has one of the lovelier Irish voices. She doesn’t 
just coast on it. The Dublin-raised New Yorker is uncommonly 
adventurous. Her new CD “Sweet Liberty” is free of cheesy gimmicks & 
lame “fusions" but offers some big surprises. Among them - in 
perfectly-cast roles - are Mariachi musicians & a group of Tuareg women 
from the Sahara! The musicianship is excellent throughout, including 
the players of instruments you’d more reasonably expect to find on 
what’s essentially a set of traditional Irish songs.
		Fri.: Perhaps Andy Bey is an acquired taste, because his crooning 
baritone voice can seem sugary to the uninitiated. But once you accept 
him, his voice is a revelation – a four octave range that sounds 
relaxed yet intimate and urgent in its lower register, and then 
transforms into a powerful, joyous instrument in its upper range. His 
new CD, ‘American Songs’, an album of jazz standards, is his most 
realised album to date. The arranging by Geri Allen is creative and 
impeccable and the tenor sax and flute solos by 82-year-old Frank Wess 
are to die for. As you listen to him reinvigorate and personalise these 
old songs you’ll wonder why you never heard him before.

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.: David Goldie, Filmmaker. His series "Blood, Sweat and Cheers" 
is currently running on ABC (Australia) TV Tuesday nights.
		Tue.: Lenny Henry, Comedian.
		Wed.: David Freeman, Director and Founder of the Opera Factory, 
Zurich. Back in Australia to direct "Twelfth Night" for Bell 
Shakespeare Company.
		Thu.: Peter Corris, Creator of the Cliff Hardy detective series.
		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: "Carmel 
Middletent". The moving and inspiring story of an Aboriginal woman who 
grew up in an orphanage and foster home where she was abused and raped. 
She now lives in California, paints Aboriginal art and has found her 
birth family back in Brisbane. [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. 
This week: "Dick Collins" Part 2. Dick Collins calls his memoirs “Lots 
of Scars”.  Is he bitter?  Not at all.  In fact, this professor of 
physics from the University of Sydney is fond of jokes and by play.  He 
offers some in this conversation.  But what about the scars? [%]

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: "Pillage By 
Ordinance". In 1941, the Vichy regime embarked on the “Aryanization” of 
Jewish businesses in Occupied France. This week on the Europeans, 
economic historian Jean-Marc Dreyfus explains what’s now been uncovered 
about this dark period in French history, through the opening of 
sensitive archives. The confiscation of Jewish property and expulsion 
of Jews from their businesses and, indeed, from the economic life of 
France, was all done in an orderly manner by the French administration, 
under ordinances enacted by the Vichy regime. The so-called “Jewish 
banking conspiracy” which fuelled anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany was 
also at work in Vichy France. [%]
	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 with Anne 
Delaney. This week: "Rescuing Old Records with Particle Physics". In 
1877 Thomas Edison, the inventor of the tin foil phonograph - the first 
machine to record and reproduce sound - recorded himself singing 'Mary 
had a Little Lamb'. But that original recording, like so many, has now 
been lost. [%]
	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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