[Swprograms] RA Previews #793; 21-25 Mar '05
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RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 793
Mar. 21-25, 2005

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 <abc.net.au/radio> and
<abc.net.au/ra/guide/programs_az.htm> . Additional information and a
key to abbreviations and symbols used appear at the bottom of the page.

---------------------------

(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Weekdays

0005 -
	IN THE LOOP* - Radio Australia's newest show celebrates the cultures
and peoples of the Pacific. Isabelle Genoux and Heather Jarvis present
a lively two hour morning mix of music, interviews and sounds of the
Pacific, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of the 21st
century. (Begins at 2330.)

0130 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2305)

0210 -
	THE 	WORLD TODAY - a comprehensive current affairs program which
backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and
issues of interest and importance to all Australians. (includes a
FINANCIAL REPORT) [T;%]

0305 -
	SPORT
0315 -
	Mon.: IN CONVERSATION - about scientific matters. This week: "How 
Plants Affect Climate". One of the world’s top climate scientists, Ann 
Henderson-Sellers shares her research into how plants affect climate. 
She says this information has profound implications for how we use the 
land and tackle global warming. [%]
	Tue.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp commentary about science.  This week: 
"Out of Sight, Out of Mind". The tragic case of Cornelia Rau. Professor 
Chris Puplick reports on how this has highlighted the everyday fate of 
thousands of our fellow Australians who suffer some form of mental 
illness who, instead of being treated, are imprisoned. [T;%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - looking at all aspects of language.  This week: 
"The New Zealand Accent". The first of two programs in which Dr 
Margaret Maclagan, of the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, shows 
how archival recordings of 'old-timers', dating from 1946-48, reveal 
the development of the New Zealand accent. [T;%]
	Thu.: THE ARK - curious moments in religious history that shatter the 
usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week: 
"The Body Beautiful in Ancient Egypt". Eternal life for the Egyptians 
was not just a spiritual affair. The physical side was very important, 
and one had to be dressed beautifully with body intact. An Egyptologist 
explains the complex beliefs that made death a high point in one’s 
life. [T;%]
	Fri.: TALKING POINT - one of the interviews covering a diverse range 
of subjects from the domestic "Breakfast" program. 
<abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/default.htm> for details. [%]
0331 -
	Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Dr. Norman Swan. This week: "Epilepsy and
Depression". We hear from the recent American Association for the 
Advancement of
Science Congress. A forum discussed the need for greater awareness by 
clinicians about the mysterious interplay that can occur between 
depression and epilepsy. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT -with Damien Carrick. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/] for details. [T;%]
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with David Rutledge.
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/] for details.
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan.
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/] for details. [T;%]
     	Fri.: SPORTS FACTOR - debating and celebrating the cultural
significance of sport. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/] for details.
[T;%]

0405 -
	Mon.: BIG IDEAS - lectures, conversations, features and special series 
from Australia and around the world. This week: "Annual Manning Clark 
Lecture: Social Disengagement: A Breathing Ground for Fundamentalism". 
The sixth Annual Manning Clark Lecture, Social Disengagement: A 
Breathing Ground for Fundamentalism, delivered by Hugh Mackay at the 
National Library of Australia, Canberra on Thursday 3 March 2005. [T;%]
	Tue.: SCIENCE SHOW -  with Robyn Williams. This week: "Making the 
Blind See?" We hear how people who go blind through degeneration of the 
retina may be helped to see again. [T;%]
	Wed.: SMART SOCIETIES - What will it take to be truly smart in the 
21st century? In this education series young people and regional 
specialists discuss a range of issues from international education to 
creating liveable cities to being good corporate citizens. This week: 
"Episode 7 - IT – Making a Difference". Information Technology holds 
out the
promise that developing countries like India and Malaysia might leap 
frog into the information age. So what impact are new communication 
technologies having on the poor? [T;%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current 
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "The First WMD". Fifty 
years ago, the Americans dropped the Atom Bomb on Hiroshima - the first 
WMD. This award-winning documentary from Radio Netherlands includes an 
interview with Joseph Rotblat, who resigned from the Manhattan project. 
[T;%]
	Fri.: 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: "An Introduction to Bach's St Matthew Passion Part 2". Graham 
continues his exploration of JS Bach’s St Matthew Passion. In this 
program he concludes the work's first part and looks at the opening of 
the second part, culminating in the haunting soprano aria "Aus Liebe 
will mein Heiland sterben". [T;%]

0430 -
	Wed.: INNOVATIONS* - A showcase of Australian design, discoveries, 
invention,
engineering and research skills with Desley Blanch. This week: 
"Nanotechnology—Where The Future Is Small" - Big possibilities from the 
tiny world of Nanotechnology are being forecast in the more immediate 
future than long-term. "News-in-Brief: New Technology Improves Bowel 
Diagnosis" - Doctors say new technology invented in Australia, can 
increase the accuracy of colonoscopies particularly for patients with
existing bowel problems. [T;%]

0510 -
	PACIFIC BEAT - focuses in on the island nations which depend on the
Pacific Ocean for their existence drawing on Australian reporters and
correspondents based throughout the region. [T;%]
0535 -
	ON THE MAT - discussion of Pacific issues.

0610 -
	SPORT
0615 -
	TALKING POINT (refer to 0315 Fri.)
0631 -
	DATELINE PACIFIC (refer to 2110 Mon.-Thu.)

0710 -
	PACIFIC BEAT (refer to 0510)
0730 -
	SPORT
0735 -
	ON THE MAT (refer to 0535)

0810 -
	PM - a comprehensive daily current affairs program.

0910 -
	AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program hosted by 
Sandy McCutcheon. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/] for details. [%]
		Mon.: "Should Australia Bring in "Guest Workers"?" We're warned every 
year about a labour shortage - now there's talk of bringing "guest 
workers". Are we too choosy? Why don't Australians want the jobs on 
offer? And what social dangers are there in recruiting short-term 
workers from abroad?

1005 -
	ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2305)
1030 -
	"REPORT" programs (refer to 0331)

1105 -
	Mon.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of 
the week. This week: "Medical Brain Drain". Rich countries like 
Australia are trying to overcome a shortage of doctors and nurses by 
importing them from overseas. But this is starving poorer countries of 
much-needed medical expertise. [%]
	Tue.: AWAYE! - produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is
Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program. This 
week: "The New Kakadu Man". We hear from Jonathon Nadji, son of Big 
Bill Neidjie or “Kakadu Man”. Jonathan Nadji is chairman of the Kakadu 
Board of Management where he is putting his father's wishes into 
practice by leading traditional owners into a new era of tourism. [%]
	Wed.: SMART SOCIETIES (refer to 0405 Wed.)
	Thu.: THE EUROPEANS - political, cultural, economic and social 
developments across eastern and western Europe with Keri Philips. This 
week: "A Future for the IRA?"
With families in Northern Ireland now speaking out about IRA murders, 
and even Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams admitting he can see an end to the 
IRA, what is the future for this organisation that has survived for 
almost a century. [T;%]
	Fri.: MOVIE TIME - a comprehensive wrap of movie reviews, interviews
and behind-the-scenes information presented by Julie Rigg. This week: 
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Full review); Baadasssss! (Full 
review); an interview with Mario Van Peebles. [T;%]
1130 -
	Wed.: ALL IN THE MIND - the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha 
Mitchell. This week: "The Dancing Mind". It’s been said that dancers 
use their bodies to ‘think’ with. So where is the mind in dance? And 
what’s happening in the brains of an audience? We explore the cognitive 
microcosm that is this long-loved performing art. [%]
	Thu.: ARTS ON RA - Julie Copeland presents lively discussions and 
interviews with artists, writers and thinkers on some of the big ideas 
in art and culture. [abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/] for details. [%]
	Fri.: BOOKS AND WRITING - Ramona Koval with in-depth discussions
focusing on books, ideas and writing. This week: "Transforming 
Scholarly Writing".
How do you make academic writing readable and accessible to a wide 
audience? This is one of the most vexing questions facing tertiary 
institutions, which are under great pressure to be more open, 
responsive and relevant to a demanding Australian society.
To discuss the challenges facing our universities, Ramona Koval is 
joined by writer and editor Hilary McPhee, the Vice-Chancellor's Fellow 
at the University of Melbourne; Ivor Indyk, recently awarded the 
inaugural Whitlam Chair at the University of Western Sydney, and Dr 
John Byron, Executive Director of the Australian Academy of the 
Humanities at the Australian National University. [%]

1205 -
	Mon.-Thu.: LATE NIGHT LIVE - talk radio with a difference, from
razor-sharp analysis of current events to the hottest debates in
politics, science, philosophy  and culture. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/]
for details. [%]
		Mon.: Has the IRA lost its heartland support?
		Tue.: Official war artists--What they do and why.
		Wed.: Rich Hall - 'the grumpy American stand-up'.
		Thu.: Helen Prejean--A breath of life on Death Row.

1305 -
	ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2305)
1330 -
	Mon.: INNOVATIONS* (refer to 0430 Wed.)
	Tue.: AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS* - stories from and about Australia with Roger
Broadbent. This week the Australian Express investigates the HIV 
pandemic and how
Australia has responded to the virus that causes AIDS. In this country 
HIV infection rates are relatively low and have stayed that way over 
the past 20 years. Karen Barlow presents the first of five reports. We 
enter the mind of an elite athlete to find out just how important 
sports psychology is at the top. And we learn that an Adelaide-based 
company could forever change the way the world manufactures paper. It’s 
not the paper making process that’s new, but the raw material: the 
humble banana.
	Wed.: RURAL REPORTER* - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
	Thu.: SMART SOCIETIES* (refer to 0405 Wed.)
	Fri.: ARTS ON RA (refer to 1130 Thu.)
		
1405 -
	SPORT*
1410 -
	PM (refer to 0810)

1505 -
	ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2305)
1530 -
	"REPORT" programs (refer to 0331)

1605 -
	AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK (refer to 0905)

1705 -
	DATELINE PACIFIC (refer to 2130 Mon.-Thu.)
1725 -
	TALKING POINT (refer to 0315 Fri.)
1740 -
	IN THE LOOP* - excerpts from RA's newest daily program. (refer to 2330
Mon.-Thu.)
	
1805 -
	Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW - highlights from the past 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. Continues to
2100 with SPORT at 1830, 1930 and 2030.
1830 -
	Fri.: AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - stories from and about Australia with Roger
Broadbent.

1905 -
	Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2305)
1930 -
	Fri.: RURAL REPORTER (refer to 1330 Wed.)

2005 -
	Fri.: SATURDAY AM - morning news and analysis.
2030 -
	Fri.: SATURDAY BREAKFAST - Geraldine Doogue offers a lively array of
stories and features covering a range of topics including world
affairs, business and the environment. [%]

2110 -
	Mon.-Thu.: AM - ABC Radio's morning news magazine. [%; T]

2130 -
	Mon.-Thu.: DATELINE PACIFIC - Pacific news and current affairs from
Radio New Zealand International.

2210 -
	Mon.-Thu.: AM (refer to 2110)
2240 -
	Mon.-Thu.: TALKING POINT - interviews.
2255 -
	Mon.-Thu.: PERSPECTIVE - expert commentary.

2305 -
	Mon.-Thu.: ASIA PACIFIC* - interviews and reports from the region.
[T;%]
	Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC REVIEW
2330 -
	Mon.-Thu.: IN THE LOOP* - Radio Australia's new two hour morning show
celebrates the cultures and peoples of the Pacific. Isabelle Genoux and
Heather Jarvis present a lively mix of music, interviews and sounds of
the Pacific, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of the 21st
century.
	Fri.: AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 1830 Fri.)
		
How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best as noted in eastern North America -
2200 - 0000 UTC:  21740 [on occasion]
0200 - 0900 UTC:  15515 [not well heard lately]
0800 - 1400 UTC:   9580 [6020, 9590 also noted at times]
1400 - 1600 UTC:   9590 [until fade out; 9475, 11680 also noted at
times]
(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.

The next update will be posted by UT 0500 Fri. Mar. 25.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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