[Swprograms] RA Previews #809; 16-20 May '05

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 809
May 16-20, 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 -
	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: "Strings 
Rule".
Professor Leonard Susskind is one of the world's string experts.  He
sees them as the way forward in uniting Einstein's Relativity theories
and the rival quantum mechanics.  But can you ever find strings? In the
sky perhaps? [%]
	Tue.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp commentary about science.  This week:
"Putting Science Back into the Environment". Research chemist and 
freelance journalist Dr David Huang discusses the environmental issues 
stemming from the use of DDT, the humble Styrofoam cup and nuclear 
power. Are all three really that bad for the
environment? Maybe not. [T;%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - looking at all aspects of language.  This week:
"Nursery Rhymes 2". Chris Roberts continues to explain the meaning 
behind nursery rhymes. This week was Old King Cole a merry old soul or 
was he an Aboriginal Cricketer? And why is there so much violence in 
Rock a Bye Baby? Should it be re-written? These innocent rhymes will 
never be the same again. [T;%]
	Thu.: THE ARK - curious moments in religious history that shatter the 
usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week: 
"Edmund Rice, from Merchant to Mentor". In 1802 the merchant Edmund 
Rice opened a school in Waterford, Ireland, to educate impoverished 
Catholic boys. By 1820 the Christian Brothers was the first Irish order 
of men formally approved by a charter from Rome. Historian Daire Keogh 
examines the immense success and the downfall in recent years of the 
Christian Brothers. [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: "Absent 
Mindedness
and Risk Management". Norman Swan talks to James Reason, Emeritus
Professor of Psychology at the University of Manchester in the UK.
Professor Reason has written books on absent-mindedness, human error,
aviation human factors and on managing the
risks of organisational accidents. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT -with Damien Carrick. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/] for details. [T;%]
	Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittenden. 
[abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/] for details. [T;%]
	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: "The Alfred Deakin
Innovation Lectures 2005-- Lecture Two, Innovation at the Workplace".
Australia's economic performance over the last decade has been
remarkable. Employment figures are at their best for many years. With
the federal government about to embark upon another round of labour
reform, the challenges for both unions and business are huge. How will
we rise to the challenge of delivering flexible benefits to an
increasingly mobile and decentralised workforce? What kinds of
strategic investments will corporations need to make to ensure the
long-term viability of Australia's workforce? [T;%]
	Tue.: SCIENCE SHOW -  with Robyn Williams. This week: "The Mary 
Magdalene
Fund". President Bush has just required prostitutes to be eliminated
from AIDS prevention schemes unless they give up their profession. 
Australia’s
Professor Roger Short has therefore announced this week that he is
setting up a fund to make amends.  It will be called after Mary
Magdalene to recognise her former job and the willingness of Jesus to
forgive. [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. [T;%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Crime Wave on TV". 
Almost half of us
spend hours each week watching an endless array of frightening and
gruesome murder series on TV. Helen Garner says we have a fear of the
dark sides of ourselves, the death drives we suppress.
Helen Thomas reports. [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: "Brahms Symphony no 1". In this program Graham takes a detailed 
look at Brahms’ first symphony. He will look at the work’s history and 
structure and the importance of the work to Brahms’ output and to the 
development of the symphony in general. [T;%]

0430 -
	Wed.: INNOVATIONS* - A showcase of Australian design, discoveries,
invention, engineering and research skills with Desley Blanch.
[radioaustralia.net.au/innovations/] for details. This week: a tool to 
figure
when moths are about to demolish your cabbage crop; what about a 
medical therapy that could regrow bones and regenerate damaged heart 
muscle and how effective do we control outbreaks of dengue fever? [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.: "Male Rites Of Passage". Getting men to communicate on an 
emotional level can often be difficult? But a whole range of 
community-based initiatives are now working to do just that. So how do 
they work? And can they free young males from the emotional constraints 
of the past?
		Tue.-Thu.: tba
		Fri.: The week's four topics in review.

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: "Ethics in Government". Lane and political 
scientist
John Uhr from the Australian National University discuss ethics in
government. [%]
	Tue.: AWAYE! - produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is
Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program. This 
week: "First Contact?"
65 years before Cook ‘discovered’ Australia, Dutch explorer Marten van
Delft landed on Melville Island off the Darwin coast. Last week the
community marked the anniversary by re-enacting the first documented
European contact with 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: "Heroes and Villains". The 60th anniversary of VE Day provided an 
opportunity for Europeans to reassess the events of World War II and 
the reputations of wartime leaders. In Italy, where Mussolini’s tomb is 
a tourist attraction, there are continuing efforts to cast Italians as 
victims, while in Russia there are moves to rehabilitate Stalin. [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. [T;%]
1130 -
	Wed.: ALL IN THE MIND - the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha
Mitchell. This week: "Irritable Male Syndrome--Blokes, their hormones 
and
happiness". Psychotherapist Jed Diamond thinks many men suffer from a
little-discussed problem, Irritable Male Syndrome. Ignoring it, he
says, can result in depression, anger and even violence for both men
and their loved ones. [%]
	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: "Sightseeing". We meet 
Rattawut Lapcharoensap, the young Chicago-born, Thai-American author 
whose first collection of short stories, Sightseeing, describes the 
less-than-glossy view of life, paradise and tourism from the vantage 
point of the Thai people. [%]

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.: Andrew Lam on being the son of a defeated warrior.
		Tue.: Hero status--The rehabilitation of Ghengis Khan.
		Wed.: Future planning - the coming generational storm.
		Thu.: Jose Luis Bermudez on 'thinking without words'.
	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.
	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:  13620 (not hearing 21740 in eNA; reports welcome)
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. May 20.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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