[Swprograms] RA Previews #763; 6-10 Dec '04

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 763
Dec. 6-10, 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: "You’re 
Feeling Sleepy…" Does hypnosis work? If so, how? We hear how scientists 
have put hypnotised subjects into scanning machines and can now explain 
which parts of the brain are affected. We also look at new research 
into arthritis. [%]
	Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. This week: "Reforming the United Nations". A formidable group 
of former ambassadors and government ministers (including four former 
prime ministers) has just released a report that proposes sweeping 
changes to the United Nations system. One member of the group was the 
former Australian foreign minister, Gareth Evans. From his current home 
in Brussels, where he heads the International Crisis Group, Mr Evans 
joins Terry Lane to ponder the future of the UN and Australia’s role in 
the international system. [%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "A World of Pain". One in 
two elderly Australians live with it every day. There are strong 
medications we can use to help control it - but they are frightening 
and underused because even our GPs associate them with drug diversion, 
addiction, junkies and crime. It's a huge political and economic issue. 
[T;%]
	Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Claudia Taranto. This week: 
"Eureka 1854-2004--Reappraising an Australian Legend". As the nation 
commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Eureka Stockade, we feature 
some new and challenging interpretations of the events on the Ballarat 
goldfields in 1854. [%]

0110 -
	ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Norman Swan. This week: "Intercourse and 
Fertility". There seems to be biological factors that promote 
intercourse during a woman’s fertile days. We hear about Australian 
research showing that girls given oestrogen around puberty are at 
higher risk of subsequent infertility. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick. This week: "The European Court 
of Justice". We visit the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg: the 
final arbiter on on all questions of European Union Law. 25 countries, 
up to 25 judges - but only one judgement. We look at the work of the 
court and how judges - from very different countries, legal systems and 
professional backrounds - sit down and agree on one single solution to 
a complex legal issue. [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. This week: "The 
Final Curtain". From séances to the last tram conductor; from 
last-resort discipline to the psychological impact of the ‘last straw’: 
Julie McCrossin lowers the final curtain on the trio of themed weeks on 
the life cycle with a week about endings. [%]
		
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: 
From a concert in the Albany Town Hall, performances from Kerrianne Cox 
and Jeff Lang. Songs from Shane Howard and The Bushwackers based on the 
Eureka Uprising. Collard Greens & Gravy from last week's Queenscliff 
Music Festival. [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.: "The Future Of Music As We Know It". In a music industry full 
of trends, the latest fad is the iPod — the portable 10,000-song 
jukebox. Sales are booming, and artists and record companies are 
jumping on the bandwagon. But what does this technology mean for the 
future of music? Is it the death of the album as we know it?

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: Hope in the fight against malaria; a device to keep small boats 
stable in rough seas; fathoming how to build tiny generators to drive 
future information networks. [T;%]
	Tue.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development 
with Alexandra de Blas. This week: "Speaking Up for Animals". Animals 
have found a new voice with the announcement of the Voiceless Fund for 
Animals. But is there a problem when the Fund’s co-founder is also 
President of the Australian Museum, which houses our largest collection 
of dead animals? [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 #10: 
"The Local and the Global in Australian Culture". Today's Australians 
express their culture through literature and  film, often highlighting 
what makes their country different from others.  However the costs of 
maintaining local cinema and publishing industries in a small market 
means local books and movies have to go global to  pay their way. [%;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. [%]
	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 First Monday:  when The Planet looks fondly back at the 
best new releases of the month that just was.  It's not just a 
nostalgia trip:  we always save some of the finest cuts for a debut 
airing on this day.
		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.: Takashi Matsunaga is a 17-year-old Kobe-born pianist with an 
amazingly mature sense of composition, prodigious technique and an 
approach reminiscent of Michel Petrucciani. On his debut international 
release, ‘Storm Zone’, he’s joined by drummer Junji Hirose and bassist 
Daiki Yasukagawa for a lively and brash Japanese flavoured take on 
piano trio jazz. We’ll also hear a couple of tracks from even more 
powerful pianist Hiromi Uehara, a solo tour de force and a trio piece 
featuring electric bassist Anthony Jackson from her album ‘Another 
Mind’.
		Thu.: A singing policeman! A former policeman, actually. At 58 & 
formerly a total stranger to recording studios, Sean Doyle has a 
quietly brilliant debut album, thanks to the persistence of one of 
Ireland’s greatest players of guitars & bouzoukis – his son, John Doyle 
{once of Solas, & a \more than fair singer, himself}. “John browbeat me 
into it” says Sean, who had previously sung only unaccompanied, for 
pleasure, sometimes in pubs & at fleadhs. His son produced “The Light 
and the Half-Light” & is one of several superb accompanists. “Dad’s 
music is serious drama” says John. “Apparently, I sing in the strangest 
keys”, laughs Sean. This CD's first thirty seconds reveal that his 
son’s zeal was not just the product of filial devotion: his father's is 
a singular, very beautiful disc.
		Fri.: Given their shared histories and shared love of acoustic 
experimentation, it’s a wonder that Peter Rowan and Tony Rice have 
never recorded an album before. “You Were There For Me” features 
Peter’s engaging vocals and songs about ambitious subjects – Iraqi 
brothers fleeing a war zone, love that spans multiple lifetimes and the 
search for lost liberty. Tony Rice contributes his ‘clear as a bell’ 
guitar parts and an all acoustic band sometimes including Bob Dylan’s 
long time bassist Tony Garnier bring these songs to life.

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. Jana Wendt, 
current affairs veteran and classical music devotee, will host the 
program this week. Jana is host of the Nine Network's "Sunday". (from 
ABC Classic FM) [%]
		Mon.: Bill Shorten, National and Victorian Branch Secretary of The 
Australian Workers' Union 
		Tue.: Michael Ledeen, "Freedom Scholar" at the American Enterprise 
Institute.  		Wed.: tba
		Thu.: Richard Butler, Former head of UNSCOM - the United Nations 
Special Commission to disarm Iraq, former Australian Ambassador to the 
United Nations and former Governor of Tasmania. 
		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: "The Barefoot Fisherman". 
Born on Queenscliff Beach, Victoria, in 1924 during a record salmon 
catch, Lewis Ferrier is now the last of the commercial Couta boat 
fisherman still operating out of Queenscliff. He
recounts his endless adventures and misadventures at sea. [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: "Amsterdam's 
Jews--Tolerance and Betrayal".
Amsterdam's Jews considered themselves Dutch: they were, after all, 
Dutch citizens. So they were shocked by their betrayal to the Nazis 
during WWII. We visit Amsterdam's Jewish Historical Museum for the 
absorbing story of the Jews in this city. [%]
	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: "Arnie-Vision" - Augmented reality technology enables 
the viewer to add a layer of computer generated information on top of 
what we normally see. It has been around for a few years but hasn't 
been widely available. "Eye Sim" - Medical students learning about eye 
problems have to rely on unfortunate patients. Over the course of their 
training they might see 10 but they might only see two. "Oh Wiki, 
You're So Fine" - Encyclopedias take up metres of shelf-space and can 
weigh as much as a small horse. They're expensive and ooze authority 
from every page.  [%]
	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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