[Swprograms] RA Previews #813; 30 May-3 Jun '05

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 813
May 30 - June 3, 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: "Thoughts
Faster than the Speed of Light?". Studies show that reactions of top
people in sport are faster than consciousness can register. How can you 
get to such a lightning reflex? Richard Passingham, professor of 
psychology at Oxford, describes some
remarkable experiments. [%]
	Tue.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp commentary about science.  This week:
"A Kafka Tale on Stem Cells". They involve amazing science and raise 
many philosophical issues. Ella Finkel tells how any day now the 
government will announce a review of the legislation it passed in 
December 2002 regarding stem cells, and how for
the first time in her memory, the public has to make a decision on the 
direction in which science should go. [T;%]
	Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - looking at all aspects of language.  This week:
"Tanya's Diaries". Maria Tumarkin looks at the words that children in 
extreme situations write in their diaries. If you're twelve, in a war 
and your family is dying, how do you express that experience to 
yourself? [T;%]
	Thu.: THE ARK - curious moments in religious history that shatter the
usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week:  
"American Prophet--Joseph Smith". This year the Church of Jesus Christ 
of Latter-Day Saints, The Mormons, will be celebrating 200 years since 
the birth of their founder, Joseph Smith. At the age of 17, Smith had a 
vision that would lead him to found a new religion, hich aimed to bring 
all of America under its dominion. His assassination in 1844 elevated 
him to martyr-saint and Mormonism continued to grow and prosper. 
Historian Douglas Davies from the University of Durham is Smith’s 
biographer. [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: "Coronary Artery
Bypass Grafting versus Stent Implantation". Researchers in the U.S.
have compared long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting
(CABG) versus stent implantation. They have concluded that for patients
with two or more diseased coronary arteries CABG is better for
long-term survival. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT -with Damien Carrick. This week: "Unrepresented 
Litigants and Unneccessary Costs; Remixable Films". The difficulties 
faced by unrepresented litigants. The story of a political activist who 
tried to use the courts to uphold his "right to free speech" and was 
left holding the legal bill. Also - the brave new world of "remixable 
films". Should actors (and their union) - welcome projects which allow 
an their images to be used and re-used in a multitude of different 
ways? [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 Four, Biodiversity, Water, Energy &
Society". Much of the public debate about the state of the environment
is faddish and fanatical. Rarely are the issues of soil and salinity,
noxious weeds, fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, land
clearing, water management and other environmental challenges discussed
in an integrated way. This session tackles the highly complex issues of
biodiversity in Australia. [T;%]
	Tue.: SCIENCE SHOW -  with Robyn Williams. This week: "Let There Be
Light". In Adelaide light is being used to produce a new generation of
communication, using especially ‘holed’ optic fibres. The resulting
technology can analyse anything from DNA itself to poisons used as
weapons. And in California a scientist using nanotechnology can take
your blood and detect a thousand indicators to check your health, or
what may kill you. [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 5--Melbourne, capital 
city of the
southern mainland state of Victoria, is regarded as one of the world's
most liveable cities.  <radioaustralia.net.au/cities/> for details.  
[T;%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "The Millionaire 
Factory". Macquarie Bank
is a phenomenon in business, and it's gone global. It's carved out an
inspiring niche in services we can't live without, such as roads,
airports, transport  and many more. What makes 'the money machine' go
round? Stan Correy  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: "Music Therapy". Graham’s special guest in this program is the 
respected Australian music therapist Susan Coull. Together they’ll 
discuss how music can be an important tool for expression, learning and 
healing for people with illnesses and disabilities. [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 
give a
global edge to Australian wine-makers. Does lactic acid really cause 
burning pain and hinder sports performance? And how young people are 
turning their ideas into reality. [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.: "Reconciliation". Reconciliation Week – government, industry 
and Aboriginal leaders are coming together in Canberra to try and build 
new partnerships for the future? But what will it mean on the ground 
for Aboriginal Australia? And does it mark a change in 
government-Aboriginal relations?
		Tue.-Thu.:
		Fri.: The week's three 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: "Ban the pokies"--It's not only federal parliament 
where Liberal backbenchers are challenging party policy. Former state 
Transport Minister Robin Cooper, who has angered the Liberal Party 
leaders by calling for poker machines to be banned. "Fruit picking and 
petrol sniffing"-- A program to tackle welfare dependence and social 
problems like petrol sniffing is producing some surprising outcomes. 
The program takes young indigenous Australians from Cape York to pick 
fruit along the Murray in Victoria and SA. "Crustacean congress"--Tens 
of thousands of spider crabs have gathered in Port Phillip Bay and no 
one knows why. [%]
	Tue.: AWAYE! - produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is
Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program. This 
week: "John Trudell". Filmmaker Heather Rae talks about her documentary 
on John Trudell, an American Native activist and poet, who was chair of 
the American Indian Movement in the 1970s. [%]
	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: "Tired Of The European Dream". Over the next week, France and 
Holland are holding
referendums on the proposed EU constitutional treaty that would move
member nations towards closer integration. Will the French and the
Dutch vote themselves out of the EU house?[T;%]
	Fri.: MOVIE TIME - a comprehensive wrap of movie reviews, interviews
and behind-the-scenes information presented by Julie Rigg. This week: 
"Merata Mita, Founding Mother". We meet Merata Mita, one of New 
Zealand's most respected filmmakers, now an advisor on indigenous films 
to the Sundance Film festival. She has many stories to tell, including 
the making of the monumental Mana Waka, a film
begun in 1940 and finished in l990, documenting Maori building of the 
great
war canoes. [T;%]
1130 -
	Wed.: ALL IN THE MIND - the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha
Mitchell. This week: "Healing Genocidal Trauma--North Meets South". 
Cambodia
under Pol Pot was a country under the reign of true terror. The UN has
finally confirmed the international tribunal which will put key
surviving Khmer Rouge on trial. But a global leader in post conflict
mental health contests the belief that such tribunals and truth
commissions promote individual healing, calling it a 'complete
fantasy'. Do they promote social catharthis, or open fresh wounds, in
the absence of real change? Natasha Mitchell is also joined by one of
the country's first psychiatrists, with inspirational and wretching
stories of today's Cambodia. [%]
	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: "Australia Then and 
Now".
Long-time friends Carmel Bird and Marion Halligan join Mary Lou Jelbart 
in
a public conversation, remembering an Australia that has disappeared, 
and
marvelling at a new cultural landscape that is almost unrecognisable. 
[%]

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.: Pipeline-istan--Here comes the oil!
		Tue.: Left-Right, Right-Left--Why writers change course.
		Wed.: From a stem cell a primal debate grows.
		Thu.: A writers festival public forum with Lewis Lapham.
	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 go on safari. We’re looking for a Thylacine,
or as it’s better known, the ‘Tasmanian Tiger’. But could it be a wild
goose chase...does the Thylacine still exist? Someone seems to think
so. They’ve offered a three million dollar reward to the first person
to capture one alive. Our safari also takes us to Western Australia in
search of the purest, tastiest and healthiest food around. We visit
‘Holy Smoke’ a company dedicated to tittilating our taste buds. And a
medical unit established with Australian support after the Bali
bombings to treat burns victims is to be expanded to tackle another
major medical problem. An Australian doctor explains this under
utilised facility will treat children with cleft lips and palates.
	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. June 3.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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