Friday, September 17, 2010

Radio Netherlands Weekly Program Guide Sept. 18-24


Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.

SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
*** The State We're In ***

Socialite in the slums: Ever since police massacred eight street kids in 1993, Yvonne Bezerra de Mello has devoted herself to educating the children of Rio de Janiero's slums. Her school attracts international attention for its success, while she's attracted death threats.

Behind the cute smiles: Paul Peterson was a Mouseketeer and Donna Reed's TV son. Today, he campaigns against the exploitation of children in the entertainment industry.

It's the thought: Radio Netherlands Producer, Dheera Sujan, thought she was doing the right thing when she offered to finance the education of a young boy she met in Malawi. But the boy's family disowned him as a result of her gift, and she's still haunted over whether she did the right thing.

Sounds of the earth: Luis Szaran is Paraguay's most famous musician and conductor, and he's started a programme to get musical instruments (many of them made from junk) to kids from poor, rural areas and city slums.

The laugh that would not die: Listener Lisabet de Vos and her cousin shared a chuckle about the supposed correlation between the size of a man's index finger and another part of his anatomy. They broke out laughing when they went to a public lecture and glanced at the keynote speaker's large hands. She confesses all to Jonathan about her 'laugh that wouldn't die'.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
10.00 Africa and Asia
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia and North America

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of

Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.`

This week:
· Diplomatic punch-up - Paris and the EU fight over Roma deportations.
· One for the road - Ireland's prime minister accused of being drunk on live radio.
· Pope on the ropes - Britain hosts an unpopular pontiff.
· Is this the end of the kibbutz? The communal living invented by European Jews in decline.
· Up in smoke - have Romania's ambitions to fight cigarette smuggling come to nothing?

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.30 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia and North America

SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
*** Radio Books ***

'The Distance' - by Jeroen Theunissen
Belgian poet and novelist Jereon Theunissen was born and lives in Ghent. His story 'The Distance' is about homelessness - but not the sort we usually think about. A Canadian man takes a job with a mining company in a remote part of the world. He is oblivious to local protests, understands little of the local language and sets off on a vacation which could change his perspective.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
18.30 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
19.30 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
04.30 Africa, Asia and North America
10.30 Africa and Asia
12.30 North America
14.40 Europe

*** Network Europe Extra ***

Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1530 South Asia 11835, 15745

MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
*** Classic Dox ***`

'Feet First'
In August 2009, an arsonist started a fire that burned more than 160,000 acres in the mountains around Los Angeles County. The mountains have long been home to pockets of residents, but in recent decades neighbourhoods have boomed with large housing developments. Some residents in the fire zone knew and accepted the risks of living there, but many had no idea they were living so near to danger.

Many residents simply won't give up on their properties and the lifestyle they symbolise. Eve Troeh follows families who evacuate and still return, and the fight they have with public officials who want to shut the neighbourhood down.

This programme produced by Soundprint Media Center is part of the international exchange series Global Perspective 2010.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.30 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
10.30 Africa and Asia
12.00 North America

*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
17.00 Europe

*** European Jazz Stage/World Music ***

This week it's musical communication at its most intense. "Now Jazz" or "New Music", or whatever you would like to call it. Great music with a wonderful atmosphere. Improvisation and musical beauty, on the European Jazz Stage with Hans Mantel.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; the soloist is violinist Thomas Zehetmair. The music is by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Antonin Dvorak. Hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

Socialite in the slums: Ever since police massacred eight street kids in 1993, Yvonne Bezerra de Mello has devoted herself to educating the children of Rio de Janiero's slums. Her school attracts international attention for its success, while she's attracted death threats.

Behind the cute smiles: Paul Peterson was a Mouseketeer and Donna Reed's TV son. Today, he campaigns against the exploitation of children in the entertainment industry.

It's the thought: Radio Netherlands Producer, Dheera Sujan, thought she was doing the right thing when she offered to finance the education of a young boy she met in Malawi. But the boy's family disowned him as a result of her gift, and she's still haunted over whether she did the right thing.

*** Africa in Progress ***

'Leadership in Africa: are leaders born, or made?'
We discuss what it takes to make a good leader in Africa. We hear from youths who we say are the leaders of tomorrow and who often start showing leadership qualities very early in life. Should teachers identify and nurture these traits? We also hear how leadership is utilised in management.

TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Commonwealth Story ***

A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2009 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

'Synchronicity' - by Corinne Pentecost from Australia.
A young life in trouble with the law.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065

Broadcast times on WRN
10.00 Africa and Asia
22.00 Asia and North America

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

The Orchestra of the 18th Century under Frans Brüggen performs Beethoven's Symphonies No. 1 and No. 5. He also returns with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic in Brahms' Serenade No. 1. Hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

*** Classic Dox ***

'Little Fish in a Multiculti Pond'
A short tram ride from the centre of Amsterdam is a neighbourhood called the Baarsjes, or "little fish." One-and-a-half square kilometres house 35,000 residents - more than half of which are foreigners from 126 countries.

The largest immigrant communities are from Morocco and Turkey. Such multicultural diversity in such a small area has not been without serious problems. But residents believe they can make a difference by taking initiatives to bring this diverse community together.

This programme was part of the international exchange series Global Perspective 2007.

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Reloaded ***

Weekly highlights presented by Mindy Ran

*** Classic Dox ***

'At the Edge in Soweto'
On the edge of Johannesburg, densely populated Soweto is where Freddy and Sibusiso, young men in their 20s, live and are looking for work.

Unemployment among young people there is higher than the national average and rising. Anza Dali is looking for a job too.

She explores how Freddy and Sibusiso cope with long-term unemployment and the constant temptation to make a 'fast buck' rather than an honest buck.

This SAFM programme is part of the international exchange series Global Perspective.

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Earth Beat - South Asia edition ***

A short version of RNW's environmental programme Earth Beat produced for broadcast in partnership with All India Radio.

We hear about engaging locals and children in ecological efforts. We start with an advertising campaign targeted at children and why it failed, we hear from RNW's Jan Huisman who found the zoo enthralling; and from All India Radio we have a story of a village that started rain water harvesting.

*** South Asia Wired ***

Afghan analyst Martine van Bijlert talks to Dheera Sujan about her insiders view of the complicated and multi-layered relationship Afghanistan has with the international community.

*** Classic Dox ***

'Wedge Island'
North of Perth, Western Australia - on a rugged and secluded stretch of coastline - is a settlement time forgot. Its shacks are makeshift creations fashioned out of corrugated iron with no electricity or running water. It's a holiday in the finest Australian beach shack tradition.

But it could all be about to end. Officially, the residents of Wedge Island are squatters. Twenty years ago the government introduced its Squatter Removal Policy, slowly working its way down the coast demolishing more than 600 shacks. Wedge Island is next in line. But the shackies are shaping up for the fight of their lives.

This ABC programme is part of the international exchange series Global Perspective 2010.

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America

FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.00 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065
19.00 East and central Africa 11970 and 15535, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
17.00 Europe

*** Bridges with Africa ***

We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa. The show goes beyond the clichés of starving children

and war-ridden countries and seeks to bring you genuine voices from a vibrant continent.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
14.00 South Asia 11835, 15745
18.00 East and central Africa 15535, Southern Africa 6020
20.00 East and central Africa 11970, West Africa 11610, Southern and central Africa 7425

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
04.30 Africa, Asia and North America
17.00 Europe
22.00 Asia and North America

*** Earth Beat ***

We're considering creative ways of reinventing and reusing space. We discover how disused urban areas can take on a whole new meaning and visit a palace where chickens take pride of place.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
10.30 East and Southeast Asia 11895, South Asia 15110, China 12065

*** Classic Dox ***

'Living in Limbo'
No-one is more marginalized in the UK than asylum seekers who have not had their applications accepted, but not been asked to go - sometimes for as long as eight years. Collen thinks his four years of asylum claims and appeals may be at an end, but is too frightened to return to Zimbabwe.

Thomas, from Eritrea, doesn't know yet if he can stay in the UK after originally claiming asylum as a teenager seven years ago. Jenny Cuffe investigates the impact of this long wait on their lives.

This BBC programme is part of the international exchange series Global Perspective 2010.

Broadcast times on WRN
12.00 North America
(R Netherlands)