[Swprograms] RA Previews #711; 16-19 Jul '04
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[Swprograms] RA Previews #711; 16-19 Jul '04



RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 711
July 16-19, 2004

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
<http://www.abc.net.au>. Additional information and a key to abbreviations and symbols used appear at the bottom of the page.


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GRANDSTAND [abc.net.au/grandstand/].
Radio Australia also relays the domestic weekend live sport program "Grandstand" every Saturday and Sunday from 0210-0800 on 17750, 15240*, 12080 and 9660 kHz. only. (*best frequency for North America-ed.) Major Australian, Asian, Pacific and international events are covered, some live and extensively. This week on Saturday: AFL--Carlton v Kangaroos at Princes Park with updates from Richmond v St Kilda. This week on Sunday: NRL rugby--This Sunday's coverage opens with New Zealand Warriors v Rabbitohs, then it's the Sharks v Bulldogs at Shark Park, with reports from Newcastle Knights v Brisbane Broncos at Newcastle Stadium.



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(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

Friday

1605 -
MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. Today: Siobhan McHugh, Author of "Minefields and Miniskirts" premiering at Playbox. (from ABC Classic FM) [%]


1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program with Sandy McCutcheon. [%]
Today: The week's topics in review--Blogs and blogging: are they an alternative to the conventional news media? What can be done to slow the increase in HIV/AIDS infections? Whatever happened to good manners and civility? Do we need a 4th commercial TV network?


1805 -
	PACIFIC REVIEW - the week that was in the Pacific with Bruce Hill.
1830 -
	COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]

1905 -
	RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country Australia.
1930 -
	AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John Nutting.

2005 -
PACIFIC REVIEW - the week that was in the Pacific with Bruce Hill.
2030 -
THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained. This week: "Ovacheck and Proteomics". In 2002, “The Lancet” published a paper claiming a breakthrough in the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. The data has now been shown to be unreliable. Did commercial imperatives and hype push this test on the market before it was ready?[%]


2105 -
VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark. This week: "Barbara Holborow".
Children's advocate and magistrate Barbara Holborow is 73 years old, and has lived with diabetes for the last six decades of her life. To mark National Diabetes Week, we hear Barbara's own story of being diabetic. [T;%]
2130 -
IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives. This week: "Dick Collins" Part 1.
Dick Collins calls his memoirs “Lots of Scars”. Is he bitter? Not at all. In fact, this professor of physics from the University of Sydney is fond of jokes and by play. He offers some in this conversation. But what about the scars? [%]


2205 -
	ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2230 -
	SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]

2305 -
COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2330 -
HIT MIX* - presented by Brendon Telfer. Find out what we're listening to in Australia and what we're giving to the world in our brand new look at the Australian music scene. [T;%]


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Saturday

0005 INSIDE OUT - presented by Isabelle Genoux. A weekly programme that brings out personal views from the Pacific region and stories gathered in Australia, within Pacific communities. [%]
0045 OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "The Electric Bulb". To the everyday user of electricity the means of the provision of light is obscure. We have vague knowledge of the whole process. Sydney author Daniel Grafton looks at how the introduction of electric lighting re-made the dark into something new, radically reorganising and modifying human patterns and perception within the night. [%]


0105 ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* (refer to Fri. 2205)
0130 THE CHAT ROOM* - presented by Heather Jarvis. The place to meet people from the region living lives a little out of the ordinary--from business, to sport, science and the arts. Community leaders and quiet achievers. They drop in, share their stories and play a bit of music.


0205 BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current affairs radio documentary program. This week: "Parts From Pigs". Some countries already transplant from animals to humans, claiming there’s little danger of new viruses crossing species. Other scientists disagree, saying it could lead to new epidemics. Amanda Armstrong reports. [T;%]
0255 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK* - background to the news.


0305    RURAL REPORTER* (refer to 1905 Fri.)
0330    AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE (refer to 1930 Fri.)

0405 BOOKS AND WRITING - in-depth discussions focusing on books, ideas and writing with Ramona Koval. This week: Australian writer and journalist Malcolm Knox, whose latest novel 'A Private Man' continues his exploration of class, and then takes a very timely plunge into the depths of the male mind, dealing with entrenched behaviour and attitudes toward women. [T;%]
0434 BOOK TALK - a mix of reviews, critical discussion and a look at the latest developments in publishing with Amanda Smith. This week: "In the Court of the Red Tsar".
This week another chance to hear Simon Sebag Montefiore's revealing portrait of Stalin and the inner circle of the politburo and their families at home in the Kremlin. At the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Simon Sebag Montefiore focussed on one fatal night in the Kremlin in November 1932. [%]


0505 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS - a magazine about life in Australia, with Roger Broadbent. This week: It may be a game but some take Monopoly very seriously indeed. There’s money to be made, property to be bought and sold, rent to be collected and jail to be avoided. This week the Australian Express pays a visit to the Australian Monopoly Championships where a roll of the dice can mean the difference between success and failure. And how would you like to push a wheelbarrow full of iron 120 kilometres across the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia? Recently 150 people took up the challenge of the annual Black Rock Stakes. This race with a difference is entering its 35th year. You may well wonder why? And Australia’s Murray River is struggling to survive. It stretches over two and a half thousand kilometres as it meanders through three states, but the uptake of water for irrigation threatens to reduce it to a trickle. So what can be done to save this once mighty river? Conservationists provide some of the answers on this week’s program.
0532 ALL IN THE MIND - a weekly foray into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "Brain Injury in Children--A Neglected Epidemic?" What happens when little heads hit hard surfaces? New evidence is starting
to challenge long held beliefs about the incredible plasticity of young brains. Is brain injury a neglected epidemic amongst children and adolescents? [%]


0605    VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)
0630    HIT MIX* (refer to 2332 Fri.)

0705    ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION* (refer to Fri. 2205)
0730    THE BUZZ (refer to 2030 Fri.)

0805 PERSPECTIVE* - informed commentary.
0810 GRANDSTAND WRAP
0830 EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development with Jackie May. This week: "Every Cloud has a Silver Lining". Earthbeat takes to the skies to explore whether Perth's water supply problem and changes in rainfall patterns in Western Australia are due to land clearing. And we look at cloud seeding with silver iodide in the Snowy Mountains. [T;%]


0905 THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Nine New Species of Deadly Jellyfish". Scientists from Townsville's James Cook University have discovered, and are breeding, new species of highly poisonous jellyfish previously discovered in the waters of Northern Queensland. These, however, were found off Broome, WA. [%]
0955 BUSINESS WEEKEND*


1005 INSIDE OUT (refer to 0005)
1045 LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "Word Games". We repeat the first of four programs from Robert Dessaix, first broadcast in October 2003. This week, if you thought that puns, acrostics, charades, et cetera were quaint relics from a bygone era, then think again as Robert brings us up to date on Word Games. [%]


1105    ASIA PACIFIC Weekend Edition* (refer to 0105)
1130    ALL IN THE MIND (refer to 0532)  [T;%]

1205 THE MUSIC SHOW - a mix of music, interviews and information about the latest developments in music, hosted by composer Andrew Ford. [abc.net.au/rn/music/mshow/] for details. This week: "Carmen". French music scholar Dick Langham Smith discusses Bizet's opera, "Carmen", which he believes was a spoof at the expense of the English. And opera director Lindy Hume offers her take on staging early operas for modern
audiences. [T;%]


1405    BACKGROUND BRIEFING (refer to 0205)
1455    CORRESPONDENT'S NOTEBOOK

1505 SUSTAINABLE LIVING - A program exploring what some Australians are doing to build awareness of the need to use our natural resources more wisely, even in the home. And Ian Kiernan,the founder of Clean Up Australia, tells how his initiave has been taken up by communities in our region.
1532 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to 0505)


1605 HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "W.E.H. Stanner, A Life". W.E.H. (Bill) Stanner is regarded as one of Australia's most important anthropologists. In this program, Stanner's life, and his contribution to the understanding of Aboriginal life and culture, is recalled by family, colleagues and friends. [%]
1655 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


1705 THE SPIRIT OF THINGS - religion and spirituality. This week: "Want More $$$? Try Spiritual Capital". The "spiritual capital" of an organisation is defined by what it believes in, what it aspires to, and what it takes responsibility for. Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall explain. [T;%]
1755 THE PULSE - Australian new music.


1805 THE BEST OF LATE NIGHT LIVE - a reprise of interviews and analysis from the weekday programs of Philip Adams.

1905 EARTHBEAT (refer to 0830)
1934 THE MAKERS - the creative process as used by artists, musicians, directors and performers. [%]
1949 HEALTH BITES


2005 AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - a celebration of what makes Australians Australian with Ian "Macca" McNamara. [%]

2100    AUSTRALIA ALL OVER - continues from 2010.
2145    ABC NEWS
2150    ASIA SUNDAY - regional week in review.

2205 CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT - the ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analysis of the week's major events, and offer perceptive observations about the countries and regions in which they're based. [T;%]
2230 MUSIC DELI - folk, traditional, acoustic and world music with Paul Petran. [T;%]
2255 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


2305 THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on European societies with Keri Phillips. This week: "Pillage By Ordinance". In 1941, the Vichy regime embarked on the "Aryanization" of Jewish businesses in Occupied France. Economic historian Jean-Marc Dreyfus explains what's recently been uncovered about this dark period in French history. [%]
2330 INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and ingenuity. [abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm] for details. [T;%]



Sunday

0005 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--Copland's Appalachian Spring" (Part 2). Aaron Copland's most famous ballet score, Appalachian Spring, is analysed by Graham with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. In this, the second program in a two-part series, Graham looks at the "Shaker Variations" and conducts a performance of the entire work. (from ABC Classic FM) [%]

0105    CORRESPONDENTS' REPORT (refer to 2205 Sat.)
0130    IN CONVERSATION (refer to 2130 Fri.)

0205 MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their favourite music and telling their own stories. Today: Jo Baier, documentary maker. [%]

0305    AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)
0330    JAZZ NOTES* - with Ivan Lloyd.
0354    HEYWIRE* - the views of rural Australia's young people.

0405    THE EUROPEANS (refer to 2305 Sat.)
0430    THE CHAT ROOM* (refer to 0130 Sat.)

0505 ALL IN THE MIND (refer to 0532 Sat.)
0530 THE ARK - Rachael Kohn talks to some of the world's leading religious historians and authors about curious moments in religious history that shatter the usual perception of the past and illuminate the present. This week: "The Alhambra". The last stronghold of Muslim Spain to fall to the Christians, The Alhambra is the huge fortress and palace that overlooks Granada. From the Alhambra, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand read the decree to expel the Jews from Spain in 1492. [T;%]
0550 THE PULSE* - Australian music now.


0605    THE BUZZ (refer to Fri. 2030) [%]
0630    IN CONVERSATION (refer to Fri. 2130)

0705    CORRESPONDENTS REPORT (refer to Fri. 2205)
0730    INNOVATIONS* (refer to Sat. 2330)

0805    PERSPECTIVE* - informed commentary.
0810    GRANDSTAND WRAP
0830    DISTANT MIRRORS, DIMLY LIT* (refer to Sat. 1505)

0905 THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of the week.
"Spirited Senators". Terry Lane looks at some of the more notable figures in the history of
the Upper House as chronicled in the second instalment of the Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate (1929 to 1962). Terry's guests are author Ann Millar, and the Clerk of the Senate, Harry Evans. [%]


1005    KEYS TO MUSIC (refer to 0005)

1105 SUNDAY PROFILE - In-depth analysis of the major news in Australia and around the world with Geraldine Doogue. This week: "Kevin Rudd". The Shadow Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, talks to Geraldine Doogue about his view of Australia's foreign policy priorities. He has become very concerned that our preoccupation with Iraq has blinded us to several other dangerous international developments. One is the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan, and the other is the increasingly tense relationship between China and Taiwan. He has just returned from a visit to China, and as a fluent Mandarin speaker, he is in a good position to observe what is happening there. He says it is as bad as he has ever seen it, with the President of Taiwan calling for independence, and the Chinese talking about war. [%]
1130 SPEAKING OUT - a program about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This week: "Lighter Shades of Black--Troy Brady and Indigenous New Media Art". Aspiring pop star Troy Brady talks about identity and culture in the third series of Lighter Shades of Black. We meet Indigenous Male Elder of the year, Steve Mam and talk to Cybertribe founder and online curator, Jenny Fraser, about contemporary Indigenous art using new media. [%]


1205    THE SPIRIT OF THINGS (refer to Sat. 1705)
1255    THE PULSE - Australian new music.

1305 ENCOUNTER - exploring the connections between religion and life. This week: "The Pope's Poetry". Wendy Barnaby explores the verse of Pope John Paul II, and the light it throws on the man, his beliefs and his time. [%]
1355 PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary.


1405    THE SCIENCE SHOW (refer to Sat. 0905)
1455    BUSINESS WEEKEND

1505    THE NATIONAL INTEREST (refer to 0905)
1555    PERSPECTIVE

1605    BOOKS AND WRITING (refer to Sat. 0405) [%]
1634    BOOK TALK  (refer to Sat. 0434) [%]

1705 SOUND QUALITY - an hour of music with Tim Ritchie that grabs the mould and gives it a good shake. [www.abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/] for playlists and program
details. Tim writes, "When I think of what's in this week's program... I ponder, do I let the surprises out now or save then up.... well that's pretty easy really - for no matter what I write, you can't hear what I'm writing about. So let me whet your aural appetite with a couple of big items..... electro/acoustic delights from japan, brit blip from a future star, finnish funk, there's even 70s funk and contemporary acoustic jazz." [T;%]


1810 PACIFIC BEAT* - daily magazine covering the people, issues and events of the Pacific Islands with Myra Mortenson. [abc.net.au/ra/pacbeat/] for details. [T;%]
1829 HEADLINES
1830 SPORT
1835 AUSTRALIAN EXPRESS (refer to Sat. 0505)


1910 PACIFIC BEAT* (continues from 1810)
1929 HEADLINES
1930 SPORT
1935 THE BEST OF BUSH TELEGRAPH* - Myra Mortensen with a selection of stories and reports of rural and regional issues. [%]


2010    PACIFIC BEAT* (refer to 1810)
2029    HEADLINES
2030    SPORT*
2035    PACIFIC BEAT* (continues from 2010)

2110 AM - ABC Radio's morning news magazine. [%; T]
2130 RNZI PACIFIC DATELINE - news and current affairs from New Zealand, as part of the Pacific Radio Network.


2210    AM (refer to 2110)
2240    AUSTRALIA WIDE - a national news roundup from ABC Newsradio.
2254    PERSPECTIVE - informed commentary

2305    ASIA PACIFIC* - interviews and reports from the region. (T;%]
2330    VERBATIM (refer to 2105 Fri.)

Monday
0010 AWAYE! - Aboriginal arts, culture and politics with Rhoda Roberts. This week: "Blak Insights: Indigenous Voices, New Directions". Three award-winning Aboriginal artists - Richard Bell, Vernon Ah Kee and Djambawa Marawili - talk about their work, their inspiration and their concerns that Aboriginal art has become "a white thing". [%]
0105 ASIA PACIFIC* (refer to 2305 Sun.)
0130 HEALTH REPORT - with Maryke Steffens, This week: "Chronic Lower Back Pain".
Up to 8 in 10 people will experience back pain at some point in their lives, and some will go on to develop chronic back pain. Why is chronic back pain so hard to cure? [T;%]
0210 THE WORLD TODAY - a comprehensive lunchtime current affairs program with Tanya Nolan. [T;%]
0310 SPORT*
0320 LIFE MATTERS - social change and day-to-day life in Australia. [%]

How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best as noted in eastern North America -
2100 - 2200 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable)
2200 - 0000 UTC: 21740 (usually reliable)
0000 - 0200 UTC: 17715 (usually reliable)
0200 - 0700 UTC: 15515 (usually reliable) [15240 also noted at times]
0700 - 0800 UTC: 13630 (usually reliable) [15240 also noted at times]
0800 - 1400 UTC: 9580 (reliable) [6020 and 9590 also noted (reliable)]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (reliable until fade out)
(European listeners are invited to report reception experience to this editor.)
(Complete worldwide schedule from
<http://www.abc.net.au/ra/schedule/default.htm>.)
Via Internet audio streaming:
from <http://www.abc.net.au/ra/audio/englishlive.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.

To be updated by Mon. 0500 UT.

Good Listening!
John Figliozzi

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