[Swprograms] RA Previews #803; 25-29 Apr '05

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 803
Apr. 25-29, 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.

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(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--and live--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 -
	Mon.: ANZAC MEMORIES - First broadcast in July last year to mark the 
90th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War this is a programme 
about war, survival, memory and remembering. While the men who provided 
the very foundation for ANZAC Day, our national day of mourning, are no 
longer alive the legend that sprang out of the war-time experience 
seems to have been embraced with greater vigour than ever. This is a 
timely reflection on the individual experience of fighting in a war and 
of surviving and living with the memories of that experience in the 
shadow of a powerful national legend. Twenty years ago, when many of 
the surviving diggers were well into their 80s, oral historian Alastair 
Thompson interviewed a number of diggers from some old working class 
suburbs of Melbourne. He then wrote the book ‘ANZAC Memories’ which 
explores how the experiences of returned servicemen match up with the 
official story of ANZAC, how these men came to terms with their time in 
the war, and the ways in which, over the years, they came to understand 
and shape a story of their war experience, a story that each of them 
could live with. This is a radio adaptation of some of the interviews 
recorded by Alastair Thompson.
	Tue.-Fri.: 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: "Ron 
Cobb" wrote the first version of a film that became ET the 
Extra-terrestrial. He was also responsible for the more startling 
creatures in the first Star Wars film. This ex-cartoonist (he rejects 
the term) and designer has had a remarkable life-long career in the 
movies and is fascinated
by the ways science can be used in them. He has lived in Australia for 
years and tells how he came here from his native America. [%]
	Tue.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp commentary about science.  This week:
"Herbarium". Journalist and author Ashley Hay tells the tale of the 
first time she went into the National Herbarium at Sydney's Royal 
Botanic Gardens, expecting to see something more like a conservatorium 
or greenhouse. Instead she found red plastic boxes stacked like drawers 
that reached up to the roof. [T;%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - looking at all aspects of language.  This week:
"Diggerspeak". The language of Australians at War: Z is for 'Ziff' 
which appears on the lip, to call it a 'mo' would give one the pip. 
This term, along with hundreds of others, shows how the Australian 
lexicon expanded in the heat of battle. And while 'eggbeater' for 
helicopter may have disappeared, other terms like 'bludger' have 
shifted in meaning. [T;%]
	Thu.: THE ARK - curious moments in religious history that shatter the 
usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week: 
"The Gods of Alexander the Great". Who were his gods, and why did he 
want to become one? And what was the religious impact of the man who 
changed the face of the ancient world? [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: "IVF Pioneers". 
Norman Swan talks to one of the pioneers of in vitro fertilisation, 
Cambridge’s Professor Robert Edwards. Together with Patrick Steptoe, he 
created the world’s first IVF baby, Louise Brown, more than 25 years 
ago. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT -with Damien Carrick. This week: "London's Historic 
Inns of Court". We wander through London's historic legal precinct, the 
very place where the Common Law was born. With a leading criminal 
barrister as our guide, we visit one of the Inns of Court - The Middle 
Temple. It's an ancient town-within-a-town where lawyers trained, 
worked and lived in medieval times. And guess what - they're still 
there today. In the 21st century, it's still the beating heart of the 
country's legal industry [T;%]
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittenden.
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/] for details.
	Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Richard Aedy.
[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: "Wisdom Interviews--Dame
Beryl Beaurepaire". Peter Thompson talks with pioneer Australian
feminist, Dame Beryl Beaurepaire. She married Ian Beaurepaire of the
Olympic Tyre dynasty in 1947. She was, for a time, arguably the most
influential woman in the federal Liberal party. [T;%]
	Tue.: SCIENCE SHOW -  with Robyn Williams. This week: "I remember it
well..." Memories are disturbed when they are recalled. We’ll hear how
scientists are demonstrating that old stories really do improve in the
retelling. But does this mean they are all unreliable? We’ll also hear
why we should love leeches. [T;%]
	Wed.: SUSTAINABLE CITIES - Radio Australia’s new series of seven 
programs,
‘Sustainable Cities – Challenges for the Asia Pacific’ explores some of
the major issues for cities in becoming more liveable and sustainable.
These range from urban sprawl to waste management, pollution to
poverty, to strategies that deal with transport and limited resources
like water. The series includes four case studies, Singapore, Bangkok,
Melbourne and Beijing, and finishes with post-graduate students from
the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture discussing some
of the issues addressed in the six programs. Programs 1 and 2 broadly
canvass the challenges across the region. [T;%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "The Lesser Evil". We all 
have to make
unpalatable decisions sometimes. People in power have to make them more
often than most, and the consequences may be terrible and tragic.
Michael Ignatieff, Professor of Human Rights at Harvard University,
speaks about moral hazard in the light of the Iraq war (which he
supported), and the mistakes of the Bush administration.  [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: "Diaghilev the Catalyst".  One of the most influential 
entrepreneurs of the early 20th century, Sergei Diaghilev was 
responsible for commissioning or performing some of the most important 
ballet scores of all time, most notably the great ballets of 
Stravinsky. In this program, Graham explores a little of Diaghilev’s 
life and legacy. [T;%]

0430 -
	Wed.: INNOVATIONS* - A showcase of Australian design, discoveries,
invention, engineering and research skills with Desley Blanch.
[radioaustralia.net.au/innovations/] for details. [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.
0830 -
	Mon.: VERBATIM - This is an intimate perspective of the Australian 
soldiers taken
prisoner by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore. The late Don 
McLaren was just 19 years old when his AIF Group, the 8th Division 
Salvage Unit, surrendered to the Japanese and was later sent to Changi. 
It was at this now infamous POW camp that Don began to keep a diary, 
dangerous as this was and against the advice of his mates and 
superiors. And right throughout the three years of his incarceration 
Don kept writing in his small scrappy note pad, recording the deaths, 
the horror of sickness, the despair but also the boredom, the humour 
and the capacity to endure, even to find some empathy for the enemy. In 
1997 Don Published his diary, ‘Mates in Hell’. In this programme we 
hear, through his own words, Don McLaren’s account of his time in 
Changi and on the Burma railway.

0910 -
	AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program hosted by
Sandy McCutcheon. [abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/] for details. [%]
		Mon.: "Kakoda Track". Gallipoli has always been the focal point of 
our war remembrance, but more and more Australians are rediscovering 
Kakoda and making a pilgrimage to the famous Track. But just how 
significant was it? And why does it continue to grow in our 
consciousness?
		Tue.-Wed.: tba
		Thu.: The week's three topics in review.
		Fri.: AUSTRALIA TALKS BOOKS - This month's book: Robert Dessaix's 
"Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev". Picador (Pan Macmillan) 
2004. Alongside his friends Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, Turgenev was one 
of the three great men of the Russian novel’s golden age. Fathers and 
Sons and A Hunter’s Notes caused sensations when they were published; 
by depicting serfs as human beings, the latter was said to have 
persuaded the Tsar to free them. Turgenev’s private life was, perhaps, 
as remarkable as his public. For forty years he was passionately 
devoted to Pauline Viardot, a singer, following her and her husband 
around Europe. Yet it seems their relationship was chaste – both had 
affairs with other people – and at various states Turgenev lived 
amicably as part of the Viardot household. What, then, did Turgenev 
mean by the word ‘love’?

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: I. "Sir Joh is dead" - A discussion of the life 
and times of former Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen who died 
last night in a Kingaroy hospital.
II "Supermarkets and Farmers". Farmers say that they are being squeezed 
by the big to supermarket chains. The Nationals Senator-elect for 
Queensland has promised to champion the farmers against the retail 
duopoly when he goes to Canberra on July 1. III "The demographer's tax 
cut" - A paper by two leading demographers argues that we can cut taxes 
at the top of the income scale, lift the tax-free threshold for low 
income earners and still maintain government spending. [%]
	Tue.: AWAYE! - produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is
Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program. This 
week: "Changing Lives of Inuit People". We talk to two generations of 
Inuit from the high Arctic regions of Canada about how the lives of 
Inuit people are changing - and how they’re experimenting with new 
forms of self-government and economic independence for Aboriginal 
people. [%]
	Wed.: SUSTAINABLE CITIES (refer to 0405 Wed.)
	Thu.: THE EUROPEANS - political, cultural, economic and social  
developments across eastern and western Europe with Keri Philips. This 
week: "Turkey--from
Çanakkale to the EU". The Battle of Çanakkale (Gallipoli) is the 
birthplace of modern Turkey. How did it spark the spirit to build a new 
nation? Also, is Turkey now ‘European’ enough to win admission to the 
EU? [T;%]
	Fri.: MOVIE TIME - a comprehensive wrap of movie reviews, interviews
and behind-the-scenes information presented by Julie Rigg.
[abc.net.au/rn/arts/movietime] for details. This week: reviews of 
"Downfall" and "The Sea Inside"; an Interview w/Bernd Eichinger; and 
Rigg's Picture Picks. [T;%]
1130 -
	Wed.: ALL IN THE MIND - the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha
Mitchell. This week: "Aceh's Psychological Recovery". Before Aceh’s 
horrific
tsunami, the region had almost no mental health services. So where to
now? Is the rebuilding of Aceh an opportunity to build the country’s
psychological support system from scratch? [%]
	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: "Carlos Fuentes". 
Mexico’s greatest living author in conversation with Ramona Koval. When 
they met recently in Montreal, Carlos Fuentes spoke to Ramona about his 
most recent book This I Believe, a personal and idiosyncratic 
collection of meditative essays on the passions and ideals of his life. 
[%]

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.: Theatre Director Michael Blakemore in conversation.
		Tue.: Documenting human rights abuses in Iraq.
		Wed.: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery.
		Thu.: Did Margaret Thatcher ruin the British Conservative Party?
	Fri.: THE BEST OF LATE NIGHT LIVE

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 we hear what it’s like to report the world through
Australian eyes. Eric Campbell, one of the ABC’s team of foreign
correspondents, talks about his time in Moscow & Iraq and what it’s
like to come under fire. In the final of our five part series, ‘HIV
Today’, we learn that an estimated 40 million people around the world
are now living with H-I-V and more than three million have died from
the disease in the last year alone. And what’s it like being a vet in
outback Australia? One such hard working soul reveals that it’s hot and
thirsty work which requires her to travel many hundreds of kilometres
to visit her patients, all those animals great and small.
	Wed.: RURAL REPORTER* - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
	Thu.: SUSTAINABLE CITIES* (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--and live--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, 17715
0000 - 0200 UTC:  17715
0200 - 0900 UTC:  15515
0700 - 1400 UTC:   9580 [9590 also noted at times]
1400 - 1600 UTC:   9590 (until fade out)
(Reception in western North America is more reliable. European
listeners are invited to report reception experience to this editor.)
(Complete worldwide schedule from
<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/guide>.)

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. Apr. 29.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi


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