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- The Science Show with Robyn Williams
Saturday 30 August, 12pm
Model Ts and Rocket Girl
It's not a good time for the Ford Company in Australia. But we are now close to the 100th anniversary of the Model T launch, an event that changed America and Australia. Author Robert Lacey describes Henry Ford as a singular, ruthless character, and Annabelle Hill from Manly tells what happened when she attended the Rocket Camp in Alabama.
Repeated Monday 1 September, 7pm
- All In The Mind with Natasha Mitchell
Saturday 30 August, 1pm
Beyond coma: the plight of the persistent vegetative state
A woman thought to be in a persistent vegetative state, unresponsive and unconscious to herself and the world, is asked to play a game of ‘mental’ tennis. Extraordinarily, brain scans reveal she can. In Australia, new ethical guidelines govern the care of people in this devastating situation. Besides new technologies and terminologies, what prospects for those living frozen lives?
Repeated Monday 1 September, 1pm
- Life and Times with Richard Buckham
Saturday 30 August, 4pm
Mary Durack - historian and novelist
Western Australian author Mary Durack grew up in the Kimberley where her grandfather had opened up pastoral stations in the 1890s. His epic journey across the continent was the subject of her best-known book, Kings In Grass Castles.
Repeated Sunday 31 August, 6am
- Background Briefing
Sunday 31 August, 9.10am
Hendra and the bats
Bats carry many nasty viruses, even SARS, Ebola, Nipah and Hendra. Scientists think bats may be using these deadly viruses in a war with other species, including horses and man.
Repeated Tuesday 9 September, 7pm
- Rear Vision with Annabelle Quince and Keri Phillips
Sunday 31 August, 1pm
Latin America's leftist leaders
Since the election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela ten years ago, left-leaning leaders have been elected in half a dozen other Latin American countries. What has caused this political wave and what are the implications for the United States, long a player, sometimes covertly, in the region?
Repeated Tuesday 2 September, 8.35pm
- Hindsight
Sunday 31 August, 2pm
Springboks Go Home
In 1971 the South African Springboks rugby team toured Australia amid controversy and chaos as anti-apartheid demonstrators tried to disrupt the games, and led Joh Bjelke-Petersen to declare a state of emergency in Queensland. The event ushered in a more militant form of protest in Australia, and kicked off a sports boycott of South Africa which lasted for more than 20 years.
Repeated Thursday 4 September, 1pm
- Book Reading
Monday 1 September, 2pm
The City and the Pillar, by Gore Vidal (read by Tyler Coppin)
The Book Reading celebrates 60 years on air with a selection of novels first published in 1948. They presented the world with pioneering depictions of political, social and sexual issues: The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal caused a scandal with its portrait of a young American who was ordinary in every respect -- except for his sexuality.
Weekdays, 2pm and 11pm
- The Daily Planet with Lucky Oceans
Monday 1 September, 2..20pm
Chris Abrahams
Chris Abrahams of The Necks has applied his unique style to his soundtrack to the film The Tender Hook, which features Hugo Weaving singing Dylan and Cohen like a music hall entertainer.
Monday to Friday 2.20pm, repeated 11.20pm
- Artworks Feature with Amanda Smith
Monday 1 September, 8.35pm
The Australian garden
Julie Copeland discusses the role and meaning of the garden in the lives of Australians since European settlement. Why do so many us have a deep affection for gardens and gardening, and a desire to make outdoor landscapes?
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 11am
- The Spirit Of Things with Rachael Kohn
Tuesday 2 September, 1pm
Acting morally
Clive Hamilton believes the moral relativism of contemporary western society is a product of affluence and freedom, but he also argues in his new book The Freedom Paradox that a moral life is possible in a post-religious, post-secular world.
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 6pm
- Background Briefing
Tuesday 2 September, 7pm
Hendra and the bats
Bats carry many nasty viruses, even SARS, Ebola, Nipah and Hendra. Scientists think bats may be using these deadly viruses in a war with other species, including horses and man.
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 9.10am
- Rear Vision with Annabelle Quince and Keri Phillips
Tuesday 2 September, 8.35pm
Latin America's leftist leaders
Since the election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela ten years ago, left-leaning leaders have been elected in half a dozen other Latin American countries. What has caused this political wave and what are the implications for the United States, long a player, sometimes covertly, in the region?
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 1pm
- Radio Eye with Brent Clough
Wednesday 3 September, 1pm
Corazon de Lorca, by Merlinda Bobis
In Malaga and Granada a traveller is seeking traces of the celebrated Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.
First broadcast Saturday 30 August, 2pm
- Encounter
Wednesday 3 September, 7pm
Adventures in inter-religious dialogue
A Catholic priest, a yogi and a Tibetan Buddhist monk set up house together in Melbourne; in Britain, the Dalai Lama visits a community of Christian friars and the Dalai Lama has a blunt message to Christians about the importance of prayer and meditation. These adventures in inter-religious dialogue defeat all the stereotypes.
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 7.10am
- The Ark with Rachael Kohn
Wednesday 3 September, 8.35pm
The chastity belt
Knights, damsels and chastity belts are the staple ingredients of medieval courtly tales, but although the first two existed, visiting scholar Albrecht Classen doubts the existence of the iron belts that guarded a wife's chastity.
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 3.45pm
- Hindsight
Thursday 4 September, 1pm
'Springboks go home'
In 1971 the South African Springboks rugby team toured Australia amid controversy and chaos as anti-apartheid demonstrators tried to disrupt the games, and led Joh Bjelke-Petersen to declare a state of emergency in Queensland. The event ushered in a more militant form of protest in Australia, and kicked off a sports boycott of South Africa which lasted for more than 20 years.
First broadcast Sunday 31 August, 2pm
- In Conversation with Robyn Williams
Thursday 4 September, 7.35pm
Zoo man
Just over two years ago Dr Chris West left London Zoo to come to Adelaide. Why give up the directorship of such a famous menagerie to come to South Australia? Dr West explains, and describes some of the far-reaching experiments at Adelaide Zoo including putting people in cages!
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