Thursday, July 12, 2007

Radio Netherlands program guide July 14-20


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 14 JULY

*** The State We're In ***

This week The State We're In looks at Homeland: lost, found, taken and changed beyond all recognition.

So we meet the people of the Pacific Island of Diego Garcia, who were forcibly removed from their homeland to make way for an American military base.

Marijke van der Meer laments a Dutch landscape so industrialized that it no longer feels like home.

And for commentator Jaehoon Ahn, a simple cup of Korean soil takes on enormous meaning after his immigrant father is buried in California.

Plus does pop music really have the power to change people's minds? We ask a Dutch-Moroccan rapper who claims to be "Holland's worst nightmare", if he's really all that bad.

And a moderate Muslim publicist scores a number one hit with an anti-Terrorist message in Pakistan. It's called This is Not Us.

And that's what's on The State We're In.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1500 (South Asia), 1800 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

Note that on Saturday we also run repeats of:

Network Europe on SW: 1400 (South Asia)

The Research File: 1430 (South Asia)

Amsterdam Forum and Echoes: 1900 and 1944 respectively (Central, East and South Africa)

SUNDAY 15 JULY

*** Amsterdam Forum ***

This week The State We're In looks at Homeland: lost, found, taken and changed beyond all recognition.

So we meet the people of the Pacific Island of Diego Garcia, who were forcibly removed from their homeland to make way for an American military base.

Marijke van der Meer laments a Dutch landscape so industrialized that it no longer feels like home.

And for commentator Jaehoon Ahn, a simple cup of Korean soil takes on enormous meaning after his immigrant father is buried in California.

Plus does pop music really have the power to change people's minds? We ask a Dutch-Moroccan rapper who claims to be "Holland's worst nightmare", if he's really all that bad.

And a moderate Muslim publicist scores a number one hit with an anti-Terrorist message in Pakistan. It's called This is Not Us.

And that's what's on The State We're In.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1500 (South Asia), 1800 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

Repeated: Sat 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)

*** Echoes ***

Our new listener feedback programme. Mindy Ran responds to your comments, queries and complaints about our programmes. And featuring every week A Critical Eye - commentary from Perro de Jong.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1045 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1145 (Eastern N America), 1545 (South Asia), 1845 & 2045 (Central, East and South Africa), 0045 (Eastern N America), 0145 (Central N America), 0445 (Western N America)

Repeated: Sat 1945 (Central, East and South Africa)

Note that on Sunday we also run repeats of:

Flatlanders or EuroHit 40: 1400 (South Asia)

Arts and Culture: 1430 (South Asia)

The State We're in: 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)

MONDAY 16 JULY

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

*** Flatlanders ***

The plight of school teachers faced with disruptive, hyperactive children makes distressing news, but the situation is neither inevitable nor helpless. Dr. Alfons Crijnen is a child and adolescent psychiatrist whose interventions with teachers and with pregnant mothers are making a major difference.

He tells about his work and how it helps break the cycle, on the next edition of Flatlanders.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Sun 1400 (South Asia), Wednesday 1500 (South Asia) 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)

TUESDAY 17 JULY

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

*** The State We're In, Midweek Report ***

This week The State We're In looks at Homeland: lost, found, taken and changed beyond all recognition.

So we meet the people of the Pacific Island of Diego Garcia, who were forcibly removed from their homeland to make way for an American military base.

Marijke van der Meer laments a Dutch landscape so industrialised that it no longer feels like home.

And for commentator Jaehoon Ahn, a simple cup of Korean soil takes on enormous meaning after his immigrant father is buried in California.

And that's what's on The State We're In-Midweek Edition.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)
Repeated: Thu 1430, 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa) Sun 1900 (Central, East and South Africa)

WEDNESDAY 18 JULY

*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

*** Arts and Culture ***

"Durga's Court"

At the recent 2007 New York Festivals, Dheera Sujan was awarded a Bronze Medal by the United Nations Deptartment of Public Information for her documentary "Durga's Court: Social Justice at Work in India". It was originally broadcast in September 2006.

In a small Indian village not far from the Bangladeshi border, people come to Shabnam Ramaswamy's court. It's a forum for the poor, the disenfranchised, the illiterate; those who have neither the money nor the influence to grease the wheels of the official system of justice in the country. Sitting in judgment like Durga, the ten-armed Hindu goddess of vengeance, Shabnam wields a power which is a mystery to those who stand before her.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)

Repeated: Fri 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa), Sun 14:30 (South Asia)

THURSDAY 19 JULY


*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

*** The Research File ***

It's a retrospective Research File this time, re-visiting rewards for scientific research and communication. Do science prizes matter personally and professionally? I get some answers from Nobel, Spinoza and Descartes prize winners.

And a historical view of science and Islam - in both the recent and mediaeval past. Was Cleopatra more than just a sexpot queen? Islamic scholars in mediaeval times certainly thought so, according to studies of old texts. And how can Islam and science be reconciled now? We bring a historical perspective.

So join me, for the Research File.

\Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)

Repeated: Mon 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa), Sat 1430 (South Asia)

FRIDAY 20 JULY


*** Newsline ***

The latest world news and current affairs.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1000 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1100 (Eastern N America), 1400 & 1530 (South Asia), 1800, 1930 & 2030 (Central, East and South Africa), 0000 (Eastern N America), 0100 (Central N America), 0400 (Western N America)

*** Network Europe ***

A Pan European team links up across the continent each week to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

The programme is a unique example of European co-operation, produced by the continent's leading international broadcasters, it reflects the diversity of European society and voices. Each week we drop in on specialists around Europe and catch up with our extensive network of correspondents for their unique take on the events shaping the week.

Broadcast times on SW (UTC): 1030 (Asia/Far East/Pacific), 1130 (Eastern N America), 1430 (South Asia), 1830 & 2000 (Central, East and South Africa), 0030 (Eastern N America), 0130 (Central N America), 0430 (Western N America)

Repeated: Tues 1500 (South Asia), 1900 (Central, East and South Africa), Sat 1400 (South Asia)
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