RADIO AUSTRALIA PREVIEWS
Edition 666
Mar. 22-26, 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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Weekdays
(RA or ABC News every hour on the hour)

0010 -
Tue.: THE SCIENCE SHOW - with Robyn Williams. This week: "Mars or
Clitoris? The Nation Must Decide". Why go to Mars? Nobel Laureate Doug
Osheroff says it costs too much - US $1 Trillion. Professor Paul
Davies says we should go and with a one-way ticket. Laura Molino says
she won't go and instead we should fund a centre for the study and
mapping of the clitoris. [%]
Wed.: THE NATIONAL INTEREST - Terry Lane looks at the major issues of
the year. This week: "Latham in the Styx". Lane reviews Opposition
Leader Mark Latham's visit to Tasmania's old growth forests. Terry will
be joined by independent Senator Shayne Murphy, who quit the ALP prior
to the last federal election in protest at the Labor Party's policies
on logging. Senator Murphy is a former forestry union official in
Tasmania who argues for a middle way between wood-chippers and
conservationists. He says timber should be extracted selectively and
used for high value purposes, rather than clear-felled and exported for
pulp. Also, Australia's role in opening up Indonesia's protected
forests to mining and the latest push to unify our defamation laws. [%]
Thu.: BACKGROUND BRIEFING - Radio National's agenda-setting, current
affairs radio documentary program. This week: "China on the Move". One
of the greatest social shifts in modern history will be undertaken in
China over the next decades as 500 million rural people head for the
towns and cities. Yuen Chan reports from Shanghai. [T;%]
Fri.: HINDSIGHT - social history with Jennifer Bowen. This week: "The
Parallel Worlds of TGH Strehlow". Between 1932 and 1968, linguist Ted
Strehlow collected the songs, myths, and legends of the Aranda people
from Central Australia. His translations of their songs and stories
into English, was published in his major work, the "Songs of Central
Australia". This Hindsight explores the interior life and the public
world of Ted Strehlow. [%]

0110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
0130 -
Mon.: HEALTH REPORT - with Maryke Steffens. This week:
"Psychiatrists--Sex with Patients". Another prominent psychiatrist has
been struck off for having sex with his patients. What will it take to
stop this happening? We hear from experts and those who have dealt with
such cases and are highly critical of the profession. [T;%]
Tue.: LAW REPORT - with Damien Carrick. This week: "Stopping Spam;
Billable Units; Proposed National Defamation Laws". New Australia-wide
legislation aimed at stopping spam is about to come on line; but what
real impact will this have on your clogged in-box? Also - how lawyers
charge for their services. Are 6 minute billable units fair on
consumers or lawyers? And a look at moves by the Federal
Attorney-General to create national defamation laws. [T;%]
Wed.: RELIGION REPORT - with Stephen Crittendon.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/relrpt/ for details. [T;%]
Thu.: MEDIA REPORT - with Mick O'Regan.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/mediarpt/ for details. [T;%]
Fri.: THE SPORTS FACTOR - with Warwick Hadfield.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/ for details. [T;%]

0210 -
THE WORLD TODAY - the ABC's comprehensive lunchtime current affairs
program. [T]

0310 -
SPORT*
0320 -
LIFE MATTERS - a daily interview program about social change and
day-to-day life in Australia. [%]

0410 -
MARGARET THROSBY - in conversation with a special guest, playing their
favourite music and telling their own stories.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby/#promo for details. (from ABC
Classic FM) [%]

0510 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at
0530. [T;%]

0610 -
SPORT* - reports and scores.
0620 -
Mon.: OCKHAM'S RAZOR - sharp talk about science. This week: "Coral
Reefs - The Global Canary". Coral bleaching is relatively new as a
cause of massive death of corals. 1998 was the hottest year on record
for a thousand of years and the heat had an unexpected consequence.
That summer was also the time when the stress and death of coral
appeared on a scale never seen before, through coral bleaching. Dr
Rosaleen Love who lectures at Monash University and La Trobe in
Melbourne, examines the Townsville Document, drawn up in October 2002
by a group of coral reef scientists which outlines the ecological
problems together with some prescriptions for solutions. [%]
Tue.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: Steve Powles is in a race against weeds. Somehow they
develop resistance to the weapons we use, some of them chemical, to
stop plants competing with crops. Professor Powles, from the
University of WA is trying to fathom the genetic basis for resistance
and to stay one step ahead. He is also head of GTAC – the body
supervising Australia’s genetic engineering efforts. [%]
Wed.: LINGUA FRANCA - about language. This week: "What Language Did
Jesus Speak?" In Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ", the
Romans speak Latin and the Jews speak Aramaic. Ian Young, who teaches
Aramaic at Sydney University, discusses whether this was in fact the
language of Jesus. [%]
Thu.: 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: "W.B. Yeats--Poet and Magus". The occult
involvement of W.B. Yeats was a sustaining element of his life and
poetry, yet scholars have largely downplayed it. We examine the ideas
and practices that gave his poetry a layer of meaning often hidden to
the reader. [T;%]
Fri.: THE MAKERS - Julie Copeland interviews artists, composers and
craftspeople. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/makers.htm for
details. [%]
0635 -
Mon.: 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.
Tue.: MUSIC DELI - international music.
Wed.: JAZZ NOTES* - presented by Ivqn Lloyd.
Thu.: OZ COUNTRY STYLE - from ABC Local Radio.
Fri. - 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 in
Radio Australia’s Lounge.

0710 -
PACIFIC BEAT* - daily afternoon magazine for the Pacific with Sport at
0730. [T;%]

0810 -
PM - the ABC's comprehensive early evening current affairs program. [T]

0905 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK - a daily national talkback program that's a
forum for the discussion of a specific topic with the involvement of
expert guests, Radio National specialists and listeners.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/austback/ for details. [%]
Mon.: Renewed Violence In Kosovo. After a period of relative calm,
ethnic violence between Serbs and Albanians has broken out in Kosovo.
Dozens of people have been killed and homes and churches have been
attacked. So what does this re-emergence of tensions mean for the
Balkans?

1005 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]

1105 -
SPORT - reports and scores.
1110 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1130 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia. (Digest
version of the full program broadcast daily at 1605.)

1205 -
Mon.-Thu.: LATE NIGHT LIVE - Phillip Adams hosts a discussion of
current events in politics, science, philosophy and culture.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/lnl/ for details. [%]
Fri.: SOUND QUALITY - For 25 years, Tim Ritchie has been seeking out
music: the interesting, the evolutionary, the inaccessible and the
wonderful. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/soundqlt/ for details and
playlists. [T;%]

1305 -
THE PLANET - Lucky Oceans with jazz, blues, folk styles, art music and
more in a show artfully arranged for radio.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/planet/ for playlists and further
details. [T;%]
Mon.: “Kora Blues� is a beautiful & unusual set of
largely-improvised
instrumental duets. Englishman Kevin Brown is essentially a bluesman &
a very fine slide guitarist. Moussa Kouyate - a hereditary musician
from Senegal – is a master of the West African harp-lute, the kora.
Also in this show (whilst we eagerly await his second album due later
this year), we hear some beautiful fingerstyle acoustic guitar from
“Memory of Praise�, the much-hailed debut CD by Alec Stone Sweet.
Tue.: Choice low notes from the higher latitudes: “Reduce Speed� is

the new CD by saxophonist John Högman. A veteran Swedish jazz
saxophonist, he’s also a fine composer, is lyrical, subtle & has a
sense of humour. On this CD – for the first time in a small-group album
of his – Högman plays baritone saxophone exclusively. His three much
younger colleagues play very nicely, too. Like many others over the
last hundred-and-something years (we’ll explain in the show), John has
been duped about a certain alleged “traditional Irish folk song�. He
nonetheless covers it beautifully!
Wed.: Today’s featured albums show how very alive in Scotland is
so-called “traditional� music. “Glad Company� is the debut CD by Anna
Massie, who’s equally fine as guitarist/fiddler, interpreting tunes old
& new, including her own. Anna was still a teenager in January 2003
when she won BBC Radio Scotland’s “Young Traditional Musician of the
Year� Award. On her album she’s sometimes her own orchestra & sometimes
joined by two other talented young Scotswomen. Anna's zest is as
striking as her dexterity. “A Thousand Miles Away� is the third CD by
the Shetland quartet, Filska, whose three female members are all
excellent fiddlers, & cover piano & accordion too. Andrew Tulloch plays
very tasteful guitar. Filska plays originals & other tunes old & new,
with uncommon elegance & lyricism. It’s a band of gifted arrangers as
well as players. These CDs are both the fruit of a love of
“traditional� music which is deep, but not exclusive.
Thu.: “I dig everybody who plays with soul� declares guitarist Mike

Stern. He’s always “liked that vocal sound on my guitar�. So it makes
perfect sense that Stern works so well with vocalists. They – in
particular, the silken-toned Richard Bona from Cameroon – are a key
presence on Stern’s new CD, “These Times�. Given Stern’s “play from
the
heart� approach, the vocal quality is always there, even on the purely
instrumental numbers. Ever since his big break with Miles Davis in
1981, Stern has been a guitar hero in both “jazz-as-such� and “fusion�
circles. Musically, his new album is sometimes “hot�, sometimes “cool�.

It’s always warm-hearted.
Fri.: “Tortured-with-a-twist-honky-soul-twang� is one description
(Glenn O’Brien’s, in Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine) of Canadian
songster Cris Cuddy. He keeps good company: guitarists Albert Lee &
Andrew Hardin & multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin are among the players
on Cuddy’s new CD. “Keep The Change� is the title on the front.
“Nowhere Town� says the back: yes, it's a double-album of original
songs. Cuddy (alias – in other musical circumstances – “Jeremy
Dormouse� & “Max Mouse�) is sardonic but definitely not heartless.
Reviewer Jeremy Searle greeted his latest offering as “the kind of
wonderful sprawl Ryan Adams might have made if he wasn’t busy ****ing
his talent away trying to be a rock star.

1405 -
SPORT
1410 -
PM - with Mark Colvin. A comprehensive current affairs program which
backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and
issues of interest and importance to all Australians. [T;%]

1505 -
SPORT - reports and scores.
1510 -
ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310) [T;%]
1530 -
REPORT programs (refer to 0130)

1605 -
BUSH TELEGRAPH - rural and regional issues around Australia with
Michael Mackenzie. This week, "Olives to Eucalypts" is featured from
Monday, tracing the history of Italian migration to the Murrimbidgee
Irrigation Area in southern NSW. The series celebrates the contribution
made by Italian immigrants to one of Australia's greatest agricultural
regions. [%]

1705 -
AUSTRALIA TALKS BACK (refer to 0905)

1805 -
Fri.: PACIFIC REVIEW - the best of the previous 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. With
headlines at 1829 and sport at 1830. [T;%]
1835 -
Mon.-Thu.: ON THE MAT* - Where the Pacific comes together to chat and
discuss issues of regional interest.
1830 -
Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST - Australia beyond the urban fringe. [T;%]
1835 -
Mon.-Thu.: THE BEST OF BREAKFAST - A roundup of the best stories from
Radio National's Breakfast programme with Peter Thompson.
www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/brkfast/ for details. [%]

1905 -
Fri.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
1910 -
Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1810 with headlines at 1929
and sport at 2030.
1930 -
Fri.: AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY STYLE - Aussie country music with John
Nutting.

2005 -
Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC (refer to 2310)
2010 -
Mon.-Thu.: PACIFIC BEAT* - continued from 1910 with headlines at 2029
and sport at 2030.
2030 -
Fri.: THE BUZZ (refer to 2330 Thu.) [%]

2105 -
Fri.: VERBATIM - oral histories with David Mark.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/verbatim/ for details. [T;%]
2110 -
Mon.-Thu.: AM - ABC Radio's flagship current affairs program setting
the day's news agenda with concise reports and analysis from
correspondents around Australia and around the world. [T;%]

2130 -
Mon.: EARTHBEAT - environmental issues raised by economic development
with Alexandra de Blas. This week: "Feeding the World". It may come as
a surprise that rural NSW is home to the world's most productive and
scientifically advanced rice growing industry. But it comes at a high
price in terms of water use. In this International Year of Rice, we
hear how rice farmers struggle to reconcile environmental
responsibility with the demands of making a living. [T]
Tue.: INNOVATIONS* - Showcasing Australian invention, enterprise and
ingenuity. http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/default.htm for
details, audio and further info on the products highlighted. [T;%]
Wed.: IN THE PIPELINE - This thirteen part radio series goes beyond
the current hype surrounding digital technology to examine the
challenges and opportunities it creates for Australia and the Asian
region. This week: "4--Electronic Empires". Now that the digital
pipeline can carry sound, vision and text, there’s been a rush by
moguls like Rupert Murdoch to take control of both the content and
distribution of the entertainment and information industries. Seven
huge global empires including News Corp, Sony and Walt Disney now boast
control of broadcasting, film-making and publishing. And it’s not only
the traditional media industries which are being consumed by these
conglomerates, but new IT industries such as Internet Service Providers
(ISP’s). Will this result in a homogenisation of culture on a global
scale or might it regenerate local cultures as a response to
globalisation? [T;%]
Thu.: ALL IN THE MIND - a foray into the mental universe, the mind,
the brain and human behavior with Natasha Mitchell. This week: "The
Cruel Power of Silence", Part 1 of 2. Ostracism, rejection, social
exclusion, bullying, the silent treatment - their power to undermine
our confidence and well-being is enormous but rarely discussed openly.
Over
two weeks, Natasha Mitchell speaks to the leading international experts
spearheading research into the psychology of these cruel phenomena.
[T;%]
Fri.: IN CONVERSATION - Robyn Williams talks to scientists and those
interested in the subject, about what science has meant to their lives.
This week: "Nick Webb". They were Douglas Adams’s initials. DNA. Which
may explain why the arts graduate had such an abiding and even expert
knowledge of science. He even gave paid lectures in Silicon Valley.
Nick Webb, who’s just written a delightful biography of Adams, tells
some yarns about the big bloke, how he lived, and why his death was
such a loss. [%]

2205 -
Fri.: ASIA PACIFIC WEEKEND EDITION [T;%]
2210 -
Mon.-Thu.: AM - (repeat of 2110)
2230 -
Fri.: SATURDAY AM - ABC's Saturday morning news magazine. [T;%]
2240 -
Mon.-Thu.: AUSTRALIA WIDE - a roundup of "home" news from ABC
Newsradio.

2305 -
Fri.: COUNTRY BREAKFAST (refer to 1830)
2310 -
ASIA PACIFIC - current events in the Asia Pacific region. [T;%]
2330 -
Mon.: THE EUROPEANS - broader historical and cultural perspectives on
European societies. This week: "The Politics of Justice". Last week
marked the beginning of the first major war crimes trial in Serbia
since the end of the Bosnian-Serb war of the 1990s. Quite a significant
event, considering that the Serbian government has often been blamed
for not doing enough to bring alleged war criminals to justice. The
national court in Serbia is the first in a series which will eventually
replace The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
in the Hague. The Hague process has been criticized for being a
toothless tiger that hasn’t done enough to bring key players like
Serbian leaders Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic before the Courts.
But international justice it seems, is a political quagmire. Rumours
abound that Karadzic and Mladic have made a deal with western
governments, NATO forces are hampered by protocol, and it's all too
easy for suspects to be hidden by sympathetic locals. [%]
Tue.: RURAL REPORTER - the people and places that make up country
Australia.
Wed.: THE ARTS ON RA - Julie Copeland interviews artists, composers
and craftspeople and Julie Rigg looks at the movies.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/ for details concerning
possible segments carried in this program, as the program is an
abridged version of the "Sunday Morning" program that is broadcast on
ABC Radio National. [%]
Thu.: THE BUZZ - technology understandably explained. This week:
"Secret Codes".
Cryptography - the process of making information unintelligible and
converting it back again - is not just for spies. It underpins much of
our lives. Banking, retailing, data
management and communication are all big users of cryptography. [%]
Fri.: 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;%]

How to Listen to Radio Australia----
Via shortwave:
Best noted in eastern North America - (Please note that reception of RA
in eastern NA in local evenings during the current winter has been less
reliable than recent years' experience.)
2100 - 0000 UTC: 21740 (irregularly heard)
0000 - 0200 UTC: 15240 [17580 also noted] (occasionally heard)
0200 - 0700 UTC: 15515 (occasionally heard) [17580
and 17750 also noted (heard rarely)]
0700 - 0800 UTC: 15240 (heard rarely) [17580 and 6020 also noted
(occasionally heard)]
0800 - 1400 UTC: 9580 (reliable) [6020 and 9590 also noted (reliable)]
1400 - 1600 UTC: 9590 (reliable)
Best in UK as reported in Shortwave Magazine (further reports from
readers in the UK/Europe welcomed):
0530 - 0800 UTC: 21725, 17750, 15415
0800 - 1100 UTC: 21820, 21725, 17750, 15415
1100 - 1400 UTC: 21820, 11880
1400 - 1700 UTC: 11660, 9475
1700 - 1900 UTC: 9475
1900 - 2130 UTC: 9500
2200 - 0000 UTC: 13620
(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 Wed. 0500 UT.

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