[Swprograms] RA Previews #811; 23-27 May '03

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 811
May 23-27, 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--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:
"The Political Satire Of Rod Quantock". Moving from not speaking Arabic 
to sorting out the problems of the nation, Rod Quantock shows how 
exaggeration is more important than truth for exposing a different kind 
of truth. [T;%]
	Thu.: THE ARK - curious moments in religious history that shatter the 
usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week: 
"Greek Gods and Icons". Pre-historic cultic figurines, classical 
statues of the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology, and 15th century 
icons of Mary with the baby Jesus - these are among the best-known 
treasures of Greek civilization. But how the Greeks absorbed motifs 
from other cultures and in turn influenced others, including the modern 
West, is a story not often told. Curator, Paul Donnelly, will give us a 
glimpse of the Greek Treasures from the Benaki Museum, Athens now on 
display at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. [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: "Vitamin D and
Osteoporosis". It is commonly believed that Vitamin D is instrumental 
in the fight against osteoporosis. Some new findings suggest that this 
may not be the case. [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 Three, Designing a Future or Tempting
Fate". Long term scenarios to encourage Australia's creative
potentionl. Jonathan West from the Life Sciences Project at Harvard
University, and soon to return to Australia, identifies the challenges
ahead and analyses possible scenarios for long-term strategic planning
in the areas of environment, politics, education, international
relations, trade, culture and R & D, and Alan Wu, Chair of the
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition. [T;%]
	Tue.: SCIENCE SHOW -  with Robyn Williams. This week: "The Biggest Bang
on Earth?" If you think the possible Yellowstone eruption depicted on 
ABC TV was
worrying, consider what happened 252.6 million years ago. It made
Yellowstone look like a hiccup. About 95% of life was wiped out and the
effects of a stupendous set of volcanic eruptions went on for a million
years. Could it happen again? [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. This week: "Episode 4--We focus on 
Thailand's capital,
Bangkok, a mega city hosting almost 10 million people each day. [T;%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "The Nuclear Bargain". 
The world is at a
tipping point in terms of nuclear weapons. There's resistance to
controls over who can have them, and attempts to limit nuclear power to
peaceful use can become merely loopholes. Negotiations end in a week.
Tom Morton 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: "Under the Microscope--The Wind Quintet". Graham and the Stellar 
Wind Quintet explore music for wind quintet by Ibert, Arnold, Ligeti, 
Mozart and Scott Joplin in a Keys To Music concert recorded in Port 
Lincoln in March. [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: bats - the 
missing
link in insect control; an Australian discovery brings hope of a
permanent cure for asthma and asthma's link to
bushfire smoke. [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.: "Bad Management". Macquarie Bank senior executives have just 
given themselves a multi-million dollar pay rise. And it seems most 
Australian managers are well remunerated. But are they worth it? How 
good are our managers and how do we make them better?
		Tue.-Wed.: tba
		Thu.: The week's three topics in review.
		Fri.: AUSTRALIA TALKS BOOKS - Alan Hollinghurst "The Line of Beauty" 
by Alan Hollinghurst. Picador (Pan Macmillan) 2004. In the summer of 
1983, 20-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting 
Hill home of the Feddens: Tory MP Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and 
their two children, Toby – whom Nick had idolized at Oxford – and 
Catherine, always standing at a critical angle to the family and its 
assumptions and ambitions. Further info from 
[abc.net.au/rn/arts/atbooks/s1304924.htm].

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: "Drought relief/The Chief Scientist".  Lane looks 
at
the provision of financial relief to drought stricken farmers. Is there
a better way to do it than the current method of interest rate
subsidies? Also, Terry talks to Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Robin
Batterham, who will step down at the end of the month. For six years Dr
Batterham has juggled his public role as government adviser with
private-sector employment as chief technologist with the mining company
Rio Tinto. [%]
	Tue.: AWAYE! - produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is
Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program. This
week: "Home Sweet Home". Regarded as the Kimberley s premier band, Rock 
outfit Fitzroy Express has been around for 22 years and is about to 
release a third album. The
band sings about home and country, the Fitzroy River and their Bunuba
clan. [%]
	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: "Ukraine's Euro Vision". Ukraine will host this year s 50th 
Eurovision Song Contest, celebrating national pride and the 
international language of pop music. For Ukrainians, it's a chance to 
show off their country after last year's Orange Revolution. [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: "The Imaginative Child". The joy of playing with a
pre-school child is the joy of make-believe. A teacup becomes a
telephone; a rocking horse morphs into a dragon;
the table and chairs construct a castle. But does the young imagination
play a more substantial role in a child s cognitive development? Does
it give us tools for real world analysis well into adulthood. [%]
	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: "A Divine Fable 
Populated by Eel". Writer, poet, musician and artist Greg Day's first 
novel is a tale of heavenly visitations on the Victorian coastline. 
Titled The Patron Saint of Eels, the book brings an 18th century 
Franciscan monk from southern Italy into the 20th century life of a 
small Australian town. His mission is to rescue a colony of eels, but 
his impact on the locals is equally
profound. [%]

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.: Communism & Nazism--Terrible twins of the C20th.
		Tue.: Stem cells - opening the pandora's box.
		Wed.: Gwynne Dyer--War is in our history, not in our genes.
		Thu.: Travelling the "Ice Road' with Gillian Slovo.
	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 27.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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