[Swprograms] RA Previews #815; 6-10 Jun '05

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 815
June 6-10, 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: "The 
Geology Of
Australia". Professor David Johnson looks at the elements of 
Australia’s geology that
make this continent unique. [%]
	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: 
"A Dictionary of Maori Words in New Zealand English." Visitors to New 
Zealand can find themselves baffled by the many Maori words that are 
now part of everyday conversation and which are used without 
explanation in the media. [T;%]
	Thu.: THE ARK - curious moments in religious history that shatter the 
usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week: 
"The Temple Of Einstein".
Albert Einstein referred to Lambda  a spirit superior to man that ‘is 
manifest in the laws of the universe’. Science writer Corey Powell 
calls this 'sci/religion' and he thinks it's the religion of the 
future, [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: "Asthma, Hay 
Fever
And The Link To Irregular Menstruation". Researchers in Europe 
undertook a study to determine whether asthma and allergy were 
associated with irregular menstruation, and what role asthma medication 
may play in this link. [T;%]
	Tue.: LAW REPORT -with Damien Carrick. This week: The Federal 
Government is proposing a profound shake-up to workplace relations laws 
aimed at increasing productivity and jobs growth. The package includes 
-  exempting small business from unfair dismissal laws. Small business 
is breathing a sigh of relief, but the trade unions are up in arms.ir 
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 Five, Shared Destinies: America, Asia
and Australia." We live in fragile times. Our world is smaller and more
linked than ever before; our economic prosperity, political stability
and environmental survival is all deeply enmeshed. Perhaps our greatest
challenge lies in coming to terms with some profound cultural
differences; differences that still separate Western and Eastern
cultures. The acclaimed author of Can Asians Think, Singaporean
diplomat Kishore Mahbubani poses some highly provacative challenges for
Western and Eastern societies alike. [T;%]
	Tue.: SCIENCE SHOW -  with Robyn Williams. This week: "65 Roses".
17-year-old Emmah Money talks about life with cystic fibrosis, a single
gene affliction likely to be open to correction in the future using
genetic means. Stem cells may also be a remedy. And we examine the
plight of Australian science teachers. [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 6--Sustainable 
development is critical
for the future of the Chinese capital, Beijing. 
<radioaustralia.net.au/cities/> for details.
[T;%]
	Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Have I Got Medication 
for YOU!" Big
pharmaceuticals are finding new health problems that will need new
drugs. To help with research and marketing, doctors are selling access
to our health records. Wendy Carlisle 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: "The Beginner's Guide to Music History 1". Before the Renaissance 
In this program Graham commences an eight-part series giving an 
overview of western music history. The first instalment focusses on the 
Medieval period and includes music by Leonin, Perotin, Machaut and 
Landini. [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: listening 
in on
gravity - the international detector poised to see back to the
beginning of time; the inventor's journey to warming the world's feet
and a breakthrough treatment to cure blindness. [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.: "Cult of Celebrity". We love celebrities - but we also love to 
cut them down. Is there something in the Australian nature that 
explains our ambivalence? And just why would you want to be one in the 
land where tall poppies famously lose their heads?
		Tue.-Thu.: tba
		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: "The 200km City". Lane is joined by Peter 
Spearritt,
director of the Brisbane Institute, to discuss the urbanisation of
southeastern Queensland as Brisbane merges with the Gold and Sunshine
Coasts. [%]
	Tue.: AWAYE! - produced and presented by Aboriginal broadcasters and is
Australia's only national Indigenous arts and culture program. This 
week: "Case 422". Frank Byrne last saw his mum when he was eight years 
old, and after a lifetime searching for her, he finally found her 
buried in a Perth cemetery. His very emotional and private story is 
documented in a new film, Case 442. [%]
	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: "The Centenary Of
Norwegian Independence". In the twentieth century few nations achieved 
independence without bloodshed. All the more reason to celebrate the 
independence of Norway, which next week marks the centenary of the 
peaceful dissolution of its union with Sweden. [T;%]
	Fri.: MOVIE TIME - a comprehensive wrap of movie reviews, interviews 
and behind-the-scenes information presented by Julie Rigg. This week:  
"Jack Thompson". Australian screen icon Jack Thompson talks with Julie 
Rigg about his new role starring opposite Sean Penn in the film The 
Assassination of Richard Nixon. He plays a salesman living out the 
American dream with Nixon as his model. [T;%]
1130 -
	Wed.: ALL IN THE MIND - the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha
Mitchell. This week: "The Perplexing Case Of The Female Orgasm". Sally 
certainly
bewildered Harry about the vagaries of the female orgasm in that
Hollywood blockbuster. But evolutionary scientists have long been
stumped too. What purpose does the female orgasm serve, evolutionarily
speaking?hiatrists, 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: "Colin McAdam On Some 
Great Thing". In the first of our programs from the Sydney Writers' 
Festival we hear from Canadian-born author Colin McAdam about his novel 
Some Great Thing. Set in Ottawa, this tale describes the trajectory of 
two men, one from a life of privilege, the other from a world of 
struggle, whose parallel lives of comfort and opportunism finally 
intersect as they try to make sense of their existence. [%]

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.: Israel's Apartheid: Uri Davis's controversial text.
		Tue.: Manne & Hitchens on changing their tunes.
		Wed.: Mongolian nationalist--the renovation of Genghis Khan.
		Thu.: 11th hour efforts to save Cape York traditional knowledge.
	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: Apparently there are those who think we’ve been
taking it a little easy around the Australian Express studio of late so
the boss has decided it’s time for us all to be banished to ‘Boot
Camp’. These military style establishments have become very popular
with young Australians who voluntarily subject themselves to a strict
regime of exercise and discipline. And as if to prove that we’re not
taking the boss all that seriously we meet a group of fun seekers as
they attempt to break the world laughing record and I assure you it’s
serious business. Meanwhile on a more serious note we join a very
special driving school designed to teach young people to ‘Drive for
Life’ in an effort to reduce the carnage on our roads.
	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 10

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi



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