[Swprograms] RA Previews #723; 13-22 Aug '04
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RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 723
Aug. 13-22, 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.


[*Ed. Note: This weekend's RA Previews edition will be extended to cover the next ten days. The next edition will be posted by 0000, UT 23 Aug.]

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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 14 Aug.: AFL--Hawthorn v Brisbane at the MCG, reports from Geelong v Fremantle PLUS coverage of the Olympics from Athens. This week on Sunday: NRL rugby PLUS coverage of the Olympics from Athens.


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SPECIAL ATHENS OLYMPICS COVERAGE:
0500-0800 15240 kHz
0800-2000 9590 kHz
2000-2100 11650 kHz which will only be use for the Opening & Closing Ceremonies
Coverage schedule: (directed to the Pacific region)
Friday 13 August 1600 to 2100 UT - Games Preview and Opening Ceremony
Saturday 14 August 1430-2100 UT
Sunday 15 August 0800 to 2000 UT
Monday 16 to Friday 20 August 0500 to 2000 UT
Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 August 0800-2000 UT
Monday 23 to Friday 27 August 0500 to 2000 UT
Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 August 0800 to 2100 UT - including Games in Review &
the Closing Ceremony.


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(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Friday 13 Aug

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) [%]
Today: Baroness Caroline Cox, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords and Hon. President of Christian Solidarity Worldwide.


1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program with Sandy McCutcheon. [%]
Today: Week In Review--The four topics: The US Election – does it matter for Australia if it’s Bush or Kerry? Should there be a curfew on young drivers to help cut the road toll? The thoughts of philosopher, Peter Singer. And will the Athens Olympic Games be a success?


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: "Size Counts". A major report in Britain has recommended nanoparticles should be regulated as new chemical substances. These are the tiny particles manufactured to use in nanotechnologies. "China’s Mobile Phone Wars". The Buzz travels to Ningbo, a spartan town on China’s east coast, where a local mobile phone manufacturer, Ningbo Bird, has risen to challenge its large international competitors. The company now sells more phones than Nokia or Motorola and the Bird’s founder and president is hell bent on going global. "A Giant Leap Forward". Can China really can make another giant leap forward to rise from being the ‘factory of the world’ to technological innovator? [%]


2105 -
VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark. This week: "Remote Nursing". Moving and amusing tales of nursing in remote places in the 1960s, working with Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of WA and The Inuit in North America. [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: The late Dr Francis Crick who discovered the structure of DNA 50 years ago is here in a past In Conversation with Lewis Wolpert. [%]


2205 -
	ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2230 -
	SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]

2305 -
COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2330 -
ATHENS OLYMPICS REPORT
2342 -
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 (14/21 Aug)

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: "Science v Advertising - Smoking". A chemistry teacher from Melbourne, Phil Ponder, gets angry when he sees multi-national tobacco companies trying to get young people to smoke. Whenever he can, he tries to educate young people about the dangers of smoking and at times he sings his message to his pupils.
21 Aug.: "Nutrition Lessons from Antarctic Tracking". Chris Forbes-Ewan, who's a senior nutritionist with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in Tasmania, takes a historical look at South Pole discoverers and how they survived (or didn't) on the food that was available to them and the choices they made regarding their food rations.


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. [T;%]
This week: "The Children's Election". From crib, to sand pit, to soccer field - Labor and Liberal politicians want your love for your children to be translated
into votes for them. There's cash for kiddies too, as Gerald Tooth reports.
21 Aug.: "Noxious Neighbourhoods". Lack of national standards on refineries, chemical plants and fuel storage is unsatisfactory, says business. And there are implications for the subsequent commercial and residential use of the land. Stephen Skinner reports.


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. [abc.net.au/rn/arts/bwriting/default.htm] for details. [T;%]
0434
BOOK TALK - a mix of reviews, critical discussion and a look at the latest developments in publishing with Amanda Smith. [abc.net.au/rn/arts/booktalk/default.htm] for details. [%]


0505
AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - a magazine about life in Australia, with Roger Broadbent. This week: The new movie Touching the Void reminds us of the dangers of high altitude mountain climbing - as if we needed reminding! And this week on the Australian Express the first Australian woman to climb Everest talks about her own moments on mountains when death appeared a distinct possibility. Meanwhile at sea level, just off the coast of Northern Queensland, come and join commercial fishermen in search of Coral Trout. Follow these much sought after fish from their holding tanks on board the trawlers to restaurant tables across Australia and Asia. And while he’s all at sea Roger invites you to meet a surfer whose constant companion, apart from his surfboard of course, is a wheelchair. Although paralysed from the waist down he still manages to hang five.
21 Aug.: This week Roger Broadbent is in distinguished company. He’s rubbing shoulders with the likes of Monet, Van Gogh, Degas and Renoir. As a group they’re out to make an impression. After all they’re members of an elite club and are on display at the National Gallery of Victoria. We visit ‘The Impressionists’ exhibition. Australia’s oldest glider, the Golden Eagle, is 67 years old, which is almost as old as the sport itself. This year it celebrates it’s 75th anniversary. The Golden Eagle’s owner is something of a veteran himself. During a revealing interview he talks about getting up there, staying up there and coming down in one piece. And come with us to the Kimberley region of Western Australia in search of the fresh water turtle.
0532
ALL IN THE MIND - a weekly foray into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha Mitchell. [%]
This week: "Worried Children--How Anxious Should We Be?" When should you be anxious about an anxious child? The link between child anxiety and adult depression is becoming clearer. We hear about a program in regional NSW to address this issue.
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/] for details.


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. [T;%]
This week: "Keeping An Eye On Business". The Global Reporting Initiative is being touted as a business saviour for companies keen to stay ahead of their competition. Hear the highlights from a recent meeting, which looked at how to keep the corporate sector clean and green.
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/] for details.


0905
THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. [%]
This week: "Eureka Prize-Winners". Reporting from the spectacular Eureka Prizes, which reward outstanding Australian science, engineering and innovation. We also hear how chicken excrement may save the world from an energy crisis.
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/] for details.
0955
BUSINESS WEEKEND*


1005
INSIDE OUT (refer to 0005)
1045
LINGUA FRANCA - about language. [%]
This week: "She's Apples". Andrew Pawley, Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University, on the use of 'he' and 'she' for inanimate nouns in Australian Vernacular English - or why trees and turnips are 'he', axes and trucks are 'she' but cross-saws and hay are 'it'.
21 Aug.: "Weeds In The Garden Of Words". Linguist Kate Burridge on the riot of linguistic weeds in the garden of English.


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. [T;%]
This week: Pekka Kuusisto, a Finnish violinist who's recorded a CD of Sibelius music in the composer's house near Helsinki, using Sibelius's own piano. Pekka is temporarily replacing Richard Tognetti at the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/] for details.


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: "4. Going Bush". International and local students at one Australian university have the opportunity to ‘go bush’ as part of a ‘community engagement program’ designed to promote greater cross cultural awareness.
21 Aug.: "5. Smart and inclusive Societies". Australia and Canada take pride in their multicultural societies. Representatives of Canada and Australia’s large Chinese and Indian diasporas discuss their experiences of migration and living in multicultural societies.
1532
AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 0505)


1605
HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. [%]
This week: "Tarting Up Paddington". The story of the Sydney suburb of Paddington, and how it was transformed from city slum to city chic. What has been lost and what gained? Has the suburb's rich history been erased under the weight of gentrification?
21 Aug.: "Teddy's Excellent Adventure". Edwin Flack is Australia's original Olympic champion. He's the only Australian who competed at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The story of how and why he went there, and what he did, tells us how remarkably different those 1896 Olympics were from the mega-event underway in Athens now.
1655
PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


1705
THE SPIRIT OF THINGS - religion and spirituality. [T;%]
This week: "Olympic Religion in Ancient Greece". The Olympics in Ancient Greece began as a religious festival staged for the enjoyment of the great God Zeus. Olympia, the original site of the games, was dominated by a temple sacred to Zeus. Processions, prayers, priests and accompanied the competing athletes. Historian and translator of Greek drama and philosophy, Robin Waterfield, guides us through the high culture that permeated Ancient Athens.
21 Aug.: "Bali, Bhutan and Babies". Australians Janet De Neefe, famed for her Restaurant and Cooking School in Bali, and crime writer Bunty Avieson discovered that shamans, spirits, ceremonies and holy men are an inescapable part of life in Asia, especially if you have a baby.

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;%]
This week: "Greece is the Word". To get into a Greek mood, we feature the Xylouris Ensemble from Melbourne playing songs made famous by Cretan singer Nikos Xylouris - credited with reviving the traditional music of his homeland.
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/music/deli/] for details.
2255
PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


2305
THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on European societies with Keri Phillips. [%]
This week: "Losing Their Marbles". As the Olympics begin in Athens we look at the fate of the Parthenon Marbles, plundered from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century. Are the Games an opportunity for Britain to finally promise
their safe return?
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/talks/europe/europe.htm] for details.
2330
INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and ingenuity. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. [T;%]
This week: Why we have greenhouse gas emissions from our livestock and how it might be stopped, and a boxing suit with punch to bring greater skill and
technique to the sport.
21 Aug.: [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/] for details.



Sunday (15/22 Aug)

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) [%]
This week: "War Requiem 2". The second 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.
22 Aug.: [abc.net.au/classic/keys/] for details.


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. [%]
15 Aug.: Brian Corrigan, legendary doctor to Australia's sporting elites. Author of "Life of Brian: Stories from Australia's Olympics Doctor" (ABC Books).
22 Aug.: [abc.net.au/classic/throsby/] for details.
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. [T;%]
This week: "The Delphic Oracle". We look at the Oracle of Delphi, which dates back more than 3000 years and was the most important shrine in ancient Greece. Built around a sacred spring, it was considered the centre of the world.
22 Aug.: "Spiritual Side of Impressionism". Impressionism at the turn of the 20th Century included artists who were concerned with the religious and spiritual meaning of life. The Symbolist Movement influenced Henri Matisse and Gustave Moreau. The Nabis ("prophets" in Hebrew) included artists like Pierre Bonnard. They are part of The Impressionists exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
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: "Peter Singer". Terry Lane is joined by renowned philosopher Peter Singer to discuss his new essay "How Ethical is Australia?", an examination of Australia's record as a global citizen.
22 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/talks/natint/] for details.


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. [%] (Ed. Note: Due to Olympic Games coverage, there will be no Sunday Profile broadcast on Sunday 15, 22 and 29 August, 2004. The program will be back on September 5th, 2004. A replacement program will be aired in its place until then.)
1130
SPEAKING OUT - a program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [%]
(Ed. Note: Speaking Out in recess due to ABC Local Radio's coverage of the Athens Olympics. A replacement program will be aired in its place.)


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: "Bright Pictures". Encounter marks Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week with a program that traces the history of the Miss Australia Quest, which raised more than 90 million dollars for Spastic Centres nationally.
22 Aug.: [abc.net.au/rn/relig/enc/default.htm] for details.
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. [T;%]
This week: Tim opines, "Not that strength is the only measure I go by, but this week we have a weighty program. It is a concept album that is about the most complex thing to try and explain... and even after I explain it - you can listen without understanding the concept or chasing down the many many links that I've tracked down and still enjoy the project to it's fullest. Intrigued? well look below for more info... The label, sub rosa threw open their archive to dj spooky [that subliminal kid]... he went searching and listening to decades of material and has come up with the concept call "rhythm science - excerpts and allegories from the sub rosa archive". The result is an album that the cd technicians have managed to carve into 33 tracks [we only have time for the first 23], but it is really one long piece that has many things going on at once. Spooky uses his own technology and ear to give life to old works by combining them with new and middle period material.
22 Aug.: (Check the web site given above for details.)


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
	ATHENS OLYMPICS REPORT
2342
	VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)


Monday-Friday (16-20 Aug)

0010 -
Mon.: AWAYE! - Aboriginal arts, culture and politics with Rhoda Roberts. This week: "Return to Manga Manda". In 1946, about sixteen children were forcibly taken from Manga Manda in the NT. The eleven survivors of that group take us on their emotional trip home, to put the past to rest and reconnect with family and country. [%]
Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Eureka Prize-Winners". Reporting from the spectacular Eureka Prizes, which reward outstanding Australian science, engineering and innovation. We also hear how chicken excrement may save the world from an energy crisis. [%]
Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of the week. This week: "Peter Singer". Terry Lane is joined by renowned philosopher Peter Singer to discuss his new essay "How Ethical is Australia?", an examination of Australia's record as a global citizen. [%]
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Noxious Neighbourhoods". Lack of national standards on refineries, chemical plants and fuel storage is unsatisfactory, says business. And there are implications for the subsequent commercial and residential use of the land. Stephen Skinner reports. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: "Teddy's Excellent Adventure". Edwin Flack is Australia's original Olympic champion. He's the only Australian who competed at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The story of how and why he went there, and what he did, tells us how remarkably different those 1896 Olympics were from the mega-event underway in Athens now. [%]


0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/] for details. [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. [%]
0356 -
HEYWIRE - the voice of regional youth in Australia.


0410 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with Michael Mackenzie. [%]


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: "Nutrition Lessons from Antarctic Tracking". Chris Forbes-Ewan, who's a senior nutritionist with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in Tasmania, takes a historical look at South Pole discoverers and how they survived (or didn't) on the food that was available to them and the choices they made regarding their food rations. [%]
Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. This week: The late Dr Francis Crick who discovered the structure of DNA 50 years ago is here in a past In Conversation with Lewis Wolpert. [%]
Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. "Weeds In The Garden Of Words". Linguist Kate Burridge on the riot of linguistic weeds in the garden of English. [%]
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: "Spiritual Side of Impressionism". Impressionism at the turn of the 20th Century included artists who were concerned with the religious and spiritual meaning of life. The Symbolist Movement influenced Henri Matisse and Gustave Moreau. The Nabis ("prophets" in Hebrew) included artists like Pierre Bonnard. They are part of The Impressionists exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. [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. [%]


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. This week: Why we have greenhouse gas emissions from our livestock and how it might be stopped, and a boxing suit with punch to bring greater skill and technique to the sport. [T;%]
Tue.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development with Jackie May. This week: "Keeping An Eye On Business". The Global Reporting Initiative is being touted as a business saviour for companies keen to stay ahead of their competition. Hear the highlights from a recent meeting, which looked at how to keep the corporate sector clean and green. [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: "5. Smart and inclusive Societies". Australia and Canada take pride in their multicultural societies. Representatives of Canada and Australia’s large Chinese and Indian diasporas discuss their experiences of migration and living in multicultural societies.
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.: The flora & fauna of Madagascar are astonishing, beautiful & highly diverse. To a large extent, they’re also unique. The same comments apply to Malagasy music. “Introducing Vakoka” (subtitled “The Malagasy All-Stars”) sees thirteen of the island’s finest musicians, in a singular circumstance, in a suitably-titled studio: Mars! From all over the world’s fourth largest island, most had not worked together before. “Vakoka” means “tradition”, but their brief was to collaborate, creating new songs & tunes, with just these restrictions: the music must be original, have “Malagasy soul” & not involve synthesizers or drum machines. The resulting album is as irresistible as it is unique. Variously delicate & earthy, it presents hugely diverse, peculiarly Malagasy vocal & instrumental sounds - & instruments.
Tue.: Triptyk are the Swedish trio of saxophonist Jonas Knutsson, fiddler Ola Bäckström and Johan Hedin (pictured), who plays the nyckelharpa, a Swedish folk instrument which is played with a bow like a fiddle, has keys like a hurdy-gurdy, and resonance strings like a viola d'amore. Each band member plays in several other bands, in styles ranging from jazz to rock to folk. Triptyk’s sound is of these three instruments exploring their common resonances on this, their self-titled album of their own compositions, played in a chamber folk style.
Wed.: In a land of great pianists, Chucho Valdés is generally regarded as Cuba’s greatest. He’s described his compatriot – today’s featured artist, Ramón Valle – as “the greatest talent among our young pianists”. You’ll understand why Chucho said that, once you hear “No Escape”. The music on the new CD by the Ramón Valle Trio is uncommonly powerful – emotionally, physically & technically. It’s also highly individual (& highly interactive – he, bassist Omar Rodrígues Calvo & drummer Liber Torriente have been together for seven years, & it shows). Classically trained, & highly virtuosic, Valle embraces his Afro-Cuban heritage, whilst consciously working on “a new route into Cuban jazz”. As one critic has astutely put it, “Valle never loses himself in his battle against his own romanticism.”
Thu.: When Mumbai based singer Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande was only 5 years old, a singing teacher came to her house three times a week, teaching her grandmother, her mother, then Ashwini herself. Her mother instilled in her a ruthless discipline, pushing her to win the All-India Radio competition at the age of 16 in spite of a serious illness. She continued studying music while getting a Master’s degree in microbiology and a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Bombay. Through all her hard work, she has achieved a voice of extraordinary suppleness and sweetness, as you'll hear on her version of three ragas on her latest album.
Fri.: He attributes his current, relative success to being ‘the guy who wouldn’t go away’. Despite a flying start in 1962, playing the harmonica on ‘Hey Baby’ – a hit that led to him hanging out with the Beatles and giving John Lennon a harmonica lesson - Delbert McClinton became the king of bad luck when every label he recorded for in the 1970s went out of business and he was left with a $280,000 tax bill. Things started turning around in the '90s as people recognised that Delbert’s rough hewn voice, that fit everything from soul to country to rock and roll, was a national treasure. At the age of 63, his range is smaller, but his expression is deeper. Delbert McClinton ‘Live’ was recorded in Bergen, Norway, on a really great night so, although it wasn’t the original intention, it became Delbert’s new, double album.


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) [%]


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: Radio pioneer Bernard Harte, author of "When Radio Was The Cat's Whiskers", talks about his lifelong love of the wireless. [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: "Losing Their Marbles". As the Olympics begin in Athens we look at the fate of the Parthenon Marbles, plundered from Greece by Lord Elgin in the early nineteenth century. Are the Games an opportunity for Britain to finally promise
their safe return? [%]
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. [abc.net.au/rn/science/buzz/] for details. [%]
Fri.: ATHENS OLYMPIC REPORT
2342 -
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 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> [Note: Suspended for the duration of the Olympics due to copyright restrictions.]


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  0000 UT, 23 Aug.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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