Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands' English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands this week, beginning on Saturday.
SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER
*** Weekend Connection ***
Every Saturday, the Newsline team brings you Weekend Connection, with thought-provoking reports on the issues making headlines in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond.
It's a lively mix of local colour and "the big picture". One week you might hear how Dutch farmers are doing their part to combat bird flu, the next week it's about the worldwide attempt to punish crimes against humanity. Big or small, Weekend Connection covers it all!
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** Vox Humana ***
"Snorty Meets the Red Army Choir"
Natalie Kestecher grew up in Australia listening to her father's records of the Red Army Choir. When she heard the group was touring Australia, she decided to join them on their bus to Bathurst in New South Wales.
Natalie imagined the choir as a kind of faded remnant of the Soviet propaganda machine, a group of bedraggled, underpaid former soldiers, schlepping around the country singing warmed-over Beatles tunes to half-empty town hall auditoriums. But instead she found a highly disciplined entertainment machine in high spirits and very sexy uniforms. Join her and her alter-ego, Snorty, when they meet the Red Army Choir.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Sun 1400 (South Asia), Sun 1900 (N America, Africa)
*** Weekend Connection ***
Every Saturday, the Newsline team brings you Weekend Connection, with thought-provoking reports on the issues making headlines in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond.
It's a lively mix of local colour and "the big picture". One week you might hear how Dutch farmers are doing their part to combat bird flu, the next week it's about the worldwide attempt to punish crimes against humanity. Big or small, Weekend Connection covers it all!
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** Vox Humana ***
"Snorty Meets the Red Army Choir"
Natalie Kestecher grew up in Australia listening to her father's records of the Red Army Choir. When she heard the group was touring Australia, she decided to join them on their bus to Bathurst in New South Wales.
Natalie imagined the choir as a kind of faded remnant of the Soviet propaganda machine, a group of bedraggled, underpaid former soldiers, schlepping around the country singing warmed-over Beatles tunes to half-empty town hall auditoriums. But instead she found a highly disciplined entertainment machine in high spirits and very sexy uniforms. Join her and her alter-ego, Snorty, when they meet the Red Army Choir.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Sun 1400 (South Asia), Sun 1900 (N America, Africa)
SUNDAY 10 DECEMBER
*** Amsterdam Forum ***
Many of us find out about what's going on in the world through watching TV, reading the newspapers or listening to the radio. But do we really get the true picture?
Dutch journalist and Former Middle East correspondent Joris Luyendijk doesn't think we do. His latest book exposes the huge gap between what he saw 'on the ground' and how that was often then reported in the media
The news, he says, is often manipulated, filtered and distorted. So, should we believe what we're told by the media? Can we expect our news sources to be impartial or objective? Or is it up to us to properly inform ourselves?
Have your say on the topic at
www.radionetherlands.nl/features/amsterdamforum/.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1004 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1204 (Eastern N America), 1504 (South Asia), 1804 & 2004 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** Amsterdam Forum ***
Many of us find out about what's going on in the world through watching TV, reading the newspapers or listening to the radio. But do we really get the true picture?
Dutch journalist and Former Middle East correspondent Joris Luyendijk doesn't think we do. His latest book exposes the huge gap between what he saw 'on the ground' and how that was often then reported in the media
The news, he says, is often manipulated, filtered and distorted. So, should we believe what we're told by the media? Can we expect our news sources to be impartial or objective? Or is it up to us to properly inform ourselves?
Have your say on the topic at
www.radionetherlands.nl/features/amsterdamforum/.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1004 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1204 (Eastern N America), 1504 (South Asia), 1804 & 2004 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
MONDAY 11 DECEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** The Research File ***
The clicks, whistles and other noises made by Beluga whales have been captured by researchers who are trying to understand what the sounds may mean. The Research File listens in, and hears how the Russian scientists aim to make a kind of 'Beluga dictionary'.
We also learn how 'laser tweezers' are helping to unravel bacterial DNA - quite literally. And we get an expert view of the latest on influenza.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** The Research File ***
The clicks, whistles and other noises made by Beluga whales have been captured by researchers who are trying to understand what the sounds may mean. The Research File listens in, and hears how the Russian scientists aim to make a kind of 'Beluga dictionary'.
We also learn how 'laser tweezers' are helping to unravel bacterial DNA - quite literally. And we get an expert view of the latest on influenza.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Thurs 1500 (South Asia), Thurs 1900 (Africa)
TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** EuroQuest ***
"Culture, new and renewed"
From Berlin, where the University of the Arts has just opened up a new degree course in Sound Studies, we move to Lithuania. The Baltic state is a highly skilled and inexpensive alternative to filming in London or Los Angeles. Now they're filming a new movie about the life of the late Pope John Paul II.
And on to Amsterdam, where a clinic called Smith and Jones has opened Europe's first treatment centre for gaming addicts. About one million youngsters are susceptible to getting seriously hooked in Holland alone.
And finally to Dublin where a major exhibition just opened in Dublin where you can learn about Yeats' life, loves, his surprisingly active interest in the occult and yes, there's even some poetry.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** EuroQuest ***
"Culture, new and renewed"
From Berlin, where the University of the Arts has just opened up a new degree course in Sound Studies, we move to Lithuania. The Baltic state is a highly skilled and inexpensive alternative to filming in London or Los Angeles. Now they're filming a new movie about the life of the late Pope John Paul II.
And on to Amsterdam, where a clinic called Smith and Jones has opened Europe's first treatment centre for gaming addicts. About one million youngsters are susceptible to getting seriously hooked in Holland alone.
And finally to Dublin where a major exhibition just opened in Dublin where you can learn about Yeats' life, loves, his surprisingly active interest in the occult and yes, there's even some poetry.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), Mon 1900 (Africa)
WEDNESDAY 13 DECEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** The Weekly Documentary ***
"A Deep Cancer"
Zimbabwe used to be the breadbasket of southern Africa. Today it's unable to feed its own people. It has the lowest life expectancy in the world. Zimbabwe also has the world's highest inflation rate - over 1400 percent - and 80 percent of the population is unemployed. It's a country teetering on the brink of collapse.
In the fourth and final part in a series on failed states, produced in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, Eric Beauchemin presents "A Deep Cancer".
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Fri 1500 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1900 (Africa), Sun 14:30 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), Sun 1930 (Africa, N America)
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0500 (Western N America)
*** The Weekly Documentary ***
"A Deep Cancer"
Zimbabwe used to be the breadbasket of southern Africa. Today it's unable to feed its own people. It has the lowest life expectancy in the world. Zimbabwe also has the world's highest inflation rate - over 1400 percent - and 80 percent of the population is unemployed. It's a country teetering on the brink of collapse.
In the fourth and final part in a series on failed states, produced in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, Eric Beauchemin presents "A Deep Cancer".
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Fri 1500 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1900 (Africa), Sun 14:30 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), Sun 1930 (Africa, N America)
THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** Dutch Horizons ***
"Focus on poetry"
Translating Dutch poems can be a very difficult job, particularly if the poet loves words or phrases with a double meaning. A case in point is Herman de Coninck, whose love poems have now been translated into English.
You'll also hear award-winning Amsterdam-based poet Claudia Daventry. She's lived all over the world and her lack of roots is a recurring theme in her work.
And: jazz and poetry make for a wonderful combination as Dutch poet J. Bernlef proves with his series of poems written to jazz music.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Wed 1500 (South Asia), Wed 1900 (Africa)
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** Dutch Horizons ***
"Focus on poetry"
Translating Dutch poems can be a very difficult job, particularly if the poet loves words or phrases with a double meaning. A case in point is Herman de Coninck, whose love poems have now been translated into English.
You'll also hear award-winning Amsterdam-based poet Claudia Daventry. She's lived all over the world and her lack of roots is a recurring theme in her work.
And: jazz and poetry make for a wonderful combination as Dutch poet J. Bernlef proves with his series of poems written to jazz music.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Wed 1500 (South Asia), Wed 1900 (Africa)
FRIDAY 15 DECEMBER
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** A Good Life ***
Sorry, no details available.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Tues 1500 (South Asia), Tues 1900 (Africa)
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1200 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)
*** A Good Life ***
Sorry, no details available.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1027 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1227 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1827 & 2000 (Africa), 0027 (Eastern N America), 0127 (Central N America), 0527 (Western N America)
Repeated: Tues 1500 (South Asia), Tues 1900 (Africa)
(R Netherlands)