[Swprograms] RA Previews #757; 22-26 Nov '04
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[Swprograms] RA Previews #757; 22-26 Nov '04

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 757
Nov. 22-26, 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> and <http://radioaustralia.net.au> . Additional information and a key to abbreviations and symbols used appear at the bottom of the page.

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(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Weekdays

0010 -
Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Deep Ocean, Deep Space". Going to the depths of the ocean and exploring the space around the planet have much in common. Renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle and Sally Ride, the first Western woman in space, join physicist Paul Davies and New Scientist Editor Alun Anderson to discuss the next high and low frontiers. [%]
Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of the week. This week: "Family First's First Senator". Virtually unknown outside South Australia before the election campaign, Family First polled surprisingly well, influencing results in a number of important seats. A shrewd preference deal in Victoria propelled Steve Fielding into the Senate. He tells Terry Lane that Christian values must be heard in debates on a range of sensitive political issues. Also, two decades of privatisation, deregulation and contracting out have raised fears that government has lost control of economic and social policy. Not so, says Michael Keating, a senior adviser to Labor and Coalition governments, who argues that its the changing character of Australian society that makes governing more difficult. [%]
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Natural Advantage". A new merger across the top of Australia dissolves the state borders and plans to change the way country is managed. There's nearly three thousand kilometres from one end of the office to the other. The company directors speak dozens of different languages. We travel to a remote bush meeting to find out what NAILSMA stands for. Get there early for a good camp spot. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: "Go Home Springboks". In 1971 the South African Springboks rugby team toured Australia amidst controversy and chaos. Anti-apartheid demonstrators attempted to disrupt the games because the team had been selected on racial grounds. Protesters clashed violently with police and Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen declared a state of emergency in Queensland, where police charged at and beat up demonstrators. They also had creative forms of protest; like having Aboriginal people wear the 'sacred' Springboks jersey and getting a mixed race couple (Zimbabwean and white Australian) to stay in the same hotel as the Springboks to draw attention to the fact that their marriage would be illegal in South Africa. The Aboriginal protesters also raised the nation's awareness of racism in Australia. The event ushered in a more militant form of protest in Australia and it kicked off our sports boycott of South Africa, the Springboks did not return for 22 years. [%]

0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Heart". Do some children who faint a lot need a pacemaker? Do adults who get palpitations need part of their heart ringbarked? And is driving to work toxic to the heart? [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 Julie McCrossin. [%]

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.
0618 -
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. This week: Songs from the Mountain is the name of a concert held at the Fly by Night Club in Fremantle a couple of months ago. [T;%]
Wed.: JAZZ NOTES* - presented by Ivan Lloyd.
Thu.: OZ COUNTRY STYLE - from ABC Local Radio.
Fri.: INSIDE OUT - A weekly programme that brings out personal views from the Pacific region and stories gathered in Australia, within Pacific communities. [%]
0645 -
Mon.-Thu.: TALKING POINT - daily interviews conducted by Peter Thompson, the presenter of RN's "Breakfast" program. <abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/default.htm> for details. [%]

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.: "Violence On TV News". From bloodshed and beheadings in Iraq to the massacre of children at Beslan. TV news programs have been saturated with violence. Have we become voyeuristic and immune to the disturbing images? Or do they bring home the true horrors of war and terrorism?

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. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. This week, a firewall designed to eliminate email spam, a better way to turn used tyres into valuable raw material and how Australian scientists are making available affordable tests for HIV in developing countries. [T;%]
Tue.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development with Alexandra de Blas. This week: "Extreme Weather and Warnings on World Grain Prices".
NSW could face up to 70% more droughts, and over 50% more days above 35 degrees by 2070 in a worst case scenario released by the CSIRO this week. Earthbeat looks at the business case for acting on climate change. [T]
Wed.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country Australia.
Thu.: AUSTRALIA NOW* - a 13-part series looking at the jobs Australians do, the homes they live in and the way they spend their leisure. The series also examines the environment that supports Australians, the political structures that govern them and the way they get along with each other and their regional neighbours. Program #8: "Coming to Terms with Asia". Australia's history of attachment first to Britain and then to the United States, has given way in recent years to an increased awareness of Asia. Many believe that a greater understanding of the region can only enhance communication, security and prosperity. [%;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.

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.: Mo Mowlam on Eureka & 21st Century democracy building.
Tue.: Iranian writer & dissident, Ali Ashraf Darvishian.
Wed: Vivienne Westwood--Punk's fashion queen.
Thu.: Gareth Evans on the UN & dispute resolution.
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 (Doug Spencer on Mondays) 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.: It’s a “tight” squeeze & deliciously free-wheeling, too! The Motion Trio is Polish, polished, & gritty too. As their compatriot, trumpet genius Tomasz Stañko has observed, this singular accordion trio has “a great deal of dirt, but also knowledge, charisma & passion.” Even a casual listen to “Pictures from the Street” quickly explains why Joe Zawinul was moved to declare, “your music is amazing!” The Motion Trio was “taking it to the streets” (of Krakow) long before it went into a recording studio: inside one, these three create truly novel sounds, entirely naturally.
Tue.: Made in Quebec, “2000 Miles” is an excellent, imaginative new album of Scottish music, led by fiddler Laura Risk. Now living in Montreal, Laura herself was made in California & used to be part of San Francisco’s vibrant Scottish fiddle scene. Her new CD’s supporting Canadians include guitarist Eric Beaudry (of La Bottine Souriante), bassist Michel Donato (best known as stalwart of Canadian jazz) & multi-percussionist Eric Breton. Verve & lyricism are both abundantly evident.
Wed.: Otis Taylor was raised in Denver, Colorado, where he got interested in folk music and blues (he learned his first instrument, the banjo, while riding his unicycle to high school). After a brief period in London collaborating with Deep Purple’s Tommy Bolin, he moved back to Colorado, where he had successful careers as an antique dealer and bicycle team coach. In the mid-1990s he returned to music with what has become his signature sound – hypnotic grooves, often played on cello, banjo and trumpet supporting frequently confronting stream of consciousness lyrics about the less-than-perfect conditions of the USA’s underclasses. His 2003 album, ‘Truth is Not Fiction’ topped many best of the year lists and in this show, we bring you his latest album, ‘Double V’.
Thu.: Italy’s Arkè String Quartet was already conspicuously eclectic & wide-ranging. It’s now more so, & has a bigger “bottom”! This northern spring, double bassist Stefano Dall’Ora joined what’s now the Arkè String Project. The quintet’s debut CD is “Acquario”. Present (separately) on several cuts are two guests. Pianist Stefano Bollani & clarinetist Gabriele Mirabassi are both virtuosi with big, wide ears, metaphorically speaking. Bollani contributed a piece & the album ends with a spectacularly vibrant rendition of Joe Zawinul’s “Birdland”. Otherwise, the music was penned within the quintet. It’s nicely surprising & superbly recorded.
Fri.: New Zealand-born, London-based Brendan Power is one of the most innovative harmonica players today. With his arsenal of custom-designed and customised chromatic and diatonic harmonicas, he writes and plays music that blends elements of Irish, Bulgarian, Blues and Jazz music. His album, ‘Tradish’, was recorded over a period of eight years, grabbing studio time with great musicians from 5 different countries. Included in their ranks are Australian-born, Irish guitar legend Stephen Cooney, Australian percussion wizard Greg Sheehan and fine English guitarist Ian Carr.

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 -
THE CLASSIC FM INTERVIEW - Margaret Throsby takes an extended break until late January, so guest presenters will be in conversation with a special guest, playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. [abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo] for details. Rob Sitch, of Network Ten's 'The Panel' is in the chair this week. (from ABC Classic FM) [%]
Mon.: Christine Wallace, Author, Journalist.
Tue.: Maureen Wheeler, Co-founder of the Lonely Planet travel guides.
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. This week:
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. This week: "Reverend Noreen Towers". One Sunday morning in 1966, a young Deaconess invited two homeless men sitting in the gutter to join her dwindling congregation. They did and the word spread. A year later, two hundred homeless men were coming to church every Sunday. [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.: TALKING POINT (refer to 0645)

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.: TALKING POINT (refer to 0645)

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: "Portugal's 'Little Brothers'". When Portugal pulled out of East Timor in 1975, it closed the door on almost 500 years of colonial rule and opened another on almost 25 years of oppressive Indonesian occupation. Keri Phillips in Lisbon explores the continuing bond between the once imperial European power and its tiny former colony. [%]
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 Richard Aedy. This week: "Next Big Thing or White Elephant?" We now have mobile phones with cameras and fridges with internet access, but some of these devices are failing. We hear about a
study of how young people are using convergent technology and it has some bad news for manufacturers. [%]
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 as noted in eastern North America -
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740
0200 - 0900 UTC: 15515 [not well heard lately]
0700 - 1400 UTC: 9580 [6020 and 9590 also noted at times]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (until fade out)
(Reception in western North America is much more reliable. 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/tuning/web.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.

A midweek update will be posted by 0500 UT Wed.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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