[Swprograms] RA Previews #720; 6-9 Aug '04
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[Swprograms] RA Previews #720; 6-9 Aug '04



RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 720
Aug. 6-9, 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 0210-0800 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--Essendon v Carlton at the MCG, plus updates from St Kilda v Adelaide at York Park, Launceston. This week on Sunday: NRL rugby--The Roosters v The Sharks at Sydney Football Stadium with reports from The Tigers v The Rabbitohs at Leichhardt Oval and The Bulldogs v Cowboys at Sydney Showgrounds.


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(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Friday

1605 -
MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. [abc.net.au/classic/throsby/] for details. (from ABC Classic FM) [%]


1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program with Sandy McCutcheon. [%]
Today: Week In Review--The four topics: Fahrenheit 9/11 and the resurgence in popularity of documentary cinema. Is the Free Trade Agreement good for Australia? Will new changes to Family Law lead to fairer custody outcomes? Chequebook journalism and the criminal justice system.


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: "Sleuthing with Synchrotrons". In recent weeks Japanese police have claimed a breakthrough in the 1995 shooting of Japan’s police chief. It’s been reported they’ve used a synchrotron to match metals found in a suspect’s coat with those found on the gun. [%]


2105 -
VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark. This week: "Louise Mack--Woman War Correspondent". Australian journalist Louise Mack was one of the few female war
correspondents to report from the front line during World War One. A pioneer of first-person war reportage, Louise Mack covered the early days of the conflict for the British press, including her eyewitness account of the German invasion of Antwerp in October. [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: "Baroness Brains".
Professor Susan Greenfield is in a good position to discuss the disjunctions between science and politics - she's a brain researcher and she sits in Britain's House of Lords. [%]


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 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. [%]
0045 OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "Unknown Relations Part Two". This is part two of a two part talk by Adjunct Professor of Public and International Health at Murdoch University in Western Australia, Peter Underwood. He talks about his experiences and impressions during a trip to China. [%]


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: "Seriously Funny Politics". Young people in the US, bored and disillusioned by mainstream media, get their politics from satire shows and fake news comedy. [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: "George Sand". We celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Aurore Dupin, better known to us as the French author George Sand. In a colourful life that included a relationship with composer Frédéric Chopin, this novelist, feminist and socialist, finally abandoned provincialism, marriage and a conventional life by moving to Paris ... and having a pretty good time. [T;%]
0434 BOOK TALK - a mix of reviews, critical discussion and a look at the latest developments in publishing with Amanda Smith. This week: Another chance to hear former Reuters correspondent Aidan Hartley on his memoir of love and war in Africa.
Born in Nairobi in 1967, Aidan Hartley comes from a long line of British colonial administrators, soldiers, civil servants, engineers and planters. His father worked in development aid all over Africa. When Aidan finished his education in England, he went home to Africa to become a journalist. From 1989 through the 1990s, as a Reuters correspondent in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, the Congo, he covered the horror stories of war and genocide. Rwanda and the death of his father precipitated a breakdown - until he discovered that his father's camphorwood chest held a legacy that would restore his life as a writer. [%]


0505 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - a magazine about life in Australia, with Roger Broadbent. This week: Are you someone who lacks emotions, feels no remorse, have no conscience and feels no guilt? If you answer yes to all of that then you could just be a psychopath and if you find yourself in a dysfunctional workplace you could also be a bully. On the programme this week a Melbourne based psychologist and a victim of workplace bullying hand out some advice about how to avoid a run-in with a workplace psychopath. There’s a 50th birthday to be celebrated and in doing so we visit picturesque Flinders Island which is in Bass Strait, off Australia’s southeast coast. And we ask ‘Why”? Why on earth would anyone want to travel around Australia behind the wheel of a 16 tonne grader? Especially if you’ve spent the best part of 50 years of your working life behind that very same steering wheel.
0532 ALL IN THE MIND - a weekly foray into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "Brains in Vats, Banks and Bottles". What is the life of a brain without a body? Popular culture has long toyed with the spectacle of the brain in a vat, and the question of whether our cerebral self could exist outside of our bodies. Dr Cathy Gere joins us for an out of body experience. [%]


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 Jackie May. This week: "Environment Movement Splits on Forests". It's not new for different perspectives to emerge in the environment movement, but the widening division on Tasmania's Forests is vitriolic. In the lead up to an election where forests are one of the iconic issues, Earthbeat explores the World Wide Fund For Nature's Forest Blueprint and the ruckus it is creating. [T;%]


0905 THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Brain Tumour Bank". This week saw the launch of the Australasian Brain Tumour Bank by one of Australia's leading scientific achievers, Professor Peter Farrell. A special guest at the launch was Mrs Gayle Rivkin who talked about her experiences of living with someone who is diagnosed with a brain tumour. [%]
0955 BUSINESS WEEKEND*


1005 INSIDE OUT (refer to 0005)
1045 LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Latin in the Modern World".
Another chance to hear Robert Dessaix talking about teaching Latin with Professor Peter Davis of the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania. [%]


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. This week: Cleo Laine became the first British artist to win a coveted Grammy award. That was 1983. Since then she’s played everywhere - English dance halls to London's Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie to the Blue Note Cafe. She's been on stage doing Shakespeare, jazz and musicals on Broadway and in London's West End. And yes she’s still with husband and musical director John Dankworth. James Judd discusses two major musical responses to WWII: William Walton’s cinema music to Shakespeare’s “Henry V” and Aaron Copland’s touchstone work “A Lincoln Portrait”. Paul Dean discusses his Bangalow Festival; and The Song Company present some of Monteverdi’s Songs of Love and War. [T;%]

1405    BACKGROUND BRIEFING (refer to 0205)
1455    CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK

1505 SMART SOCIETIES - an 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: "3. International Education." The internationalisation of education is a growing business particularly in English-speaking countries. What are the challenges and benefits for international students and the host country?
1532 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 0505)


1605 HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "Anzac Memories".
Featuring oral history recordings with Diggers, historian Alistair Thomson looks at the creation of the official story of Anzac, and the effect it had upon those who lived in its shadow. [%]
1655 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


1705 THE SPIRIT OF THINGS - religion and spirituality. This week: "Spiritually Incorrect - Rebel Rabbis". They're two Rabbis who specialise in making people laugh, even at funerals. The program was a Finalist at the 2004 New York Festivals international radio competition. [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. This week: Singer Ileana Posas originally from El Salvador now performing her own songs in Australia; some live flamenco later in the program; and in Tales from the Track Rob Willis talks about the early days of Australian Bluegrass music with Mike Hayes from Kempsey. A few songs from the Rank Strangers recorded in 1988. [T;%]
2255 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


2305 THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on European societies with Keri Phillips. This week: "The True Father of the Modern Olympics". French aristocrat Baron de Coubertin gets all the glory for reinventing the Olympic Games in 1896. However, a country doctor in the small Shropshire town of Much Wenlock had been hosting games on a vaguely classical model since 1850. [%]
2330 INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and ingenuity. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. This week: "Waste plastic fuels, hot rock energy, sun baking". Hot and fiery stories this week - with a way of putting waste plastic to
good use where it becomes a source of fuel; hot rock energy moves closer to
a reality; and a new metal that gets stronger through sunbaking. [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. This week: "War Requiem 1". The first of two programs devoted to Benjamin Britten's mighty War Requiem which was first performed in 1962 to mark the consecration of St Michael's Cathedral, Coventry. Britten combined the public mourning of the Requiem Mass with the private agonies of anti-war poetry by Wilfred Owen to create a powerful statement of his personal beliefs. The composer's own recording, recently remastered, will be used as the basis of these programs. (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. Today: Professor Tim McCormack, Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law, University of Melbourne. [%]

0305    AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)
0330    MUSIC DELI (refer to Sat. 2230)
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 0532 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: "General Sir John Monash". Born to German Jewish parents, his victories in France at the end of WWI broke the four-year stalemate of trench warfare. He was at the time Australia's most famous soldier. [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    SMART SOCIETIES* (refer to Sat. 1505)

0905 THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of the week. This week: "The FTA and the Media; Water from the Sea". Lane is joined by media researcher Jock Given to discuss the impact that a trade agreement with the United States might have on film and television in Australia. The program also looks at the recent decision the state government of Western Australia to spend $350 million on a desalination plant to supply Perth with water from the Indian Ocean. [%]

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: "American Sucker". When his marriage broke up, David Denby, a sober living film critic in New York, decided he needed to make a million dollars quickly. And the stock market, which at the time was going through the roof, seemed like just the place to do it. He put all his money into the Nasdaq, where the high risk tech stocks were. All the financial gurus, the tech stars and dot com analysts told him he couldn't lose. Of course he did, but his experiences gave him new insights into himself, as well as into the nature of greed, envy, capitalism and the mid life crisis. [%]
1130 SPEAKING OUT - a program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This week: "Lorna Cubillo". We go on a journey with Lorna Cubillo, stolen generations test case plaintiff, to a reunion at the long abandoned Mangamanda settlement near Tennant Creek. [%]


1205    THE SPIRIT OF THINGS (refer to Sat. 1705)
1255    THE PULSE - Australian new music.

1305 ENCOUNTER - exploring the connections between religion and life. This week: "Greek Gods and Greek Mortals". As the Olympic Games approach, we ask how did ancient mortals fare at the hands of their Greek deities? What was their relationship?
Euripides' plays and the verse of Homer's "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" tell us a great deal. [%]
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, "In this week's program, I'll play you a couple of tracks from what sounds like the best australian electronic album of the year so far.... I'll also check out some vocal pieces, not twinged in the realm of electronica - rather a couple of "real" folk pieces and a soul number. Why? Well these pieces are innovations in their fields... and where here to out the new and wonderful.... come on... come along." [T;%]


1810 PACIFIC BEAT* - daily magazine covering the people, issues and events of the Pacific Islands with Myra Mortenson. [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 THE BEST OF BUSH TELEGRAPH* - Myra Mortensen with a selection of stories and reports of rural and regional issues. [%]


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 Rhoda Roberts. This week: "Thomas King--'You're not the Indian I had in mind!'". Writer Thomas King is back with the second in his series of talks about the power of stories to shape and change our lives. This time he uses comedy, autobiography, traditional tales and history to discuss the tricky question of identity. [%]
0105 ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2305 Sun.)
0130 HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Bipolar Disorder". Professor Philip Mitchell from the School of Psychiatry at the University of NSW talks to Norman Swan about the findings of a study looking at the prevalence of bipolar disorder in Australia, and disability it causes. [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----
Via shortwave:
Best as noted in eastern North America -
2100 - 2200 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable)
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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