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 26 JANUARY
*** The State We're In ***
This week on The State We're In a storm is brewing as a Dutch populist politician prepares to release a film anticipated to be provocatively anti-Islam. We gauge the anticipated reaction of Dutch Muslims and our listenership from both within and without the Netherlands.
In our focus on the right to privacy, human rights and data protection expert Professor D. Korff guides us through issues of, well, privacy, including a report on the return of communal public toilets in China. An Ethiopian woman shares her harrowing experience with a stalker.
And a study in which Dutch students pry very personal information from total strangers.
Plus we have a surprising report on how Chinese journalists manage to do real journalism despite - or even because of - government control.
And a Kenyan man caught up in the ethnic fighting there tells of his narrow escape from the mob.
And that's the State We're in.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1004 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1204 (Eastern N America 11675)
1804 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2004 (West Africa 11655)
Note that on Saturday we also run repeats of:
Reloaded on SW: 1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
Curious Orange: 1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
Earthbeat and Stories of the Twentieth Century: 1900 and 1930 respectively (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)
SUNDAY 27 JANUARY
*** Stories of the Twentieth Century ***
War lords and communism, revolution, occupation, civil war and liberation, famine and a cultural revolution: the 20th century was especially turbulent for China.
In this week's edition of Stories of the 20th century, the family saga 'Wild Swans' describes China through the lives of author Yung Chan, her mother and her grandmother. Harvard historian Ross Terrill puts their stories in context.
*** Reloaded ***
Here's your chance to catch up with some of the highlights from recent programmes; the best, the most interesting or newsworthy, or sometimes the funniest, chosen by our producers and presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)
2000 (West Africa 11655)
Repeated: Saturday 1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)
MONDAY 28 JANUARY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
*** Curious Orange ***
This week on Curious Orange:
Dutch Design is becoming more and more popular - so we'll find out what exactly it is and why it's so hip.
In politics, John Tyler will be in to give us the latest gossip from The Hague - apparently hackers are riding the rails for free and it might soon cost one parliamentarian her job.
Of course, Perro de Jong will be in - this week he turns his critical eye to coffee - and we'll dig back in the music archives for our featured artist: Herman Brood and His Wild Romance.
That's this week on Curious Orange.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1830 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120, Eastern N America 15525, Central N America 15315)
2000 (West Africa 11655)
Repeated:
Wednesday
1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Saturday
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
TUESDAY 29 JANUARY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
This week on The State We're In - Midweek Edition a storm is brewing as a Dutch populist politician prepares to release a film anticipated to be provocatively anti-Islam. We gauge the anticipated reaction of Dutch Muslims and our listenership from both within and without the Netherlands.
In our focus on the right to privacy, human rights and data protection expert Professor D. Korff guides us through issues of, well, privacy, including a report on the return of communal public toilets in China. An Ethiopian woman shares her harrowing experience with a stalker.
And a study in which Dutch students pry very personal information from total strangers.
That's what's in this week's The State We're In - Midweek Edition.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
*** Radio Books ***
Saskia de Coster - 'Pulling a Crocodile by the Tongue'
The 31-year-old Flemish writer Saskia de Coster is already the author of three novels and is considered one of the big, rising talents in Belgium.
Her contribution to Radio Books has the rather enigmatic title 'Pulling a Crocodile by the Tongue'.
It's about a young woman, Emily, who's just moved to a new house with her two dogs. She's clearly having problems adapting to her new surroundings - even emptying her boxes is too much for her. So does her weird, meandering telephone conversation with a stranger calm her down or exacerbate her melancholy and her despair?
'Pulling a crocodile by the tongue' is read by Ginger Da Silva.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Repeated:
Friday 1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
THURSDAY 31 JANUARY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
*** Earthbeat ***
This week on Earthbeat, we hear of the land grabs in China and how they're affecting ordinary citizens - the country's spectacular growth has meant that cities are swallowing surrounding rural land at an unprecedented rate. But how is that land being appropriated? Sigrid Deters went to the city of Jingdao to talk to people who are watching the bulldozers coming towards their houses they don't want to leave - they still have the keys to their homes, but not much else.
And in Zanzibar, parents are turning to madrassa nursery schools - not to indoctrinate their toddlers, but because they're offering the best pre school education around.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Repeated:
Monday
1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Saturday
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
FRIDAY 1 FEBRUARY
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0500 (Western N America 6165)
1000 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1200 (Eastern N America 11675)
1400 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1530 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1800 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
1930 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
2030 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 11655, 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
0000 (Eastern N America 6165)
0100 (Central N America 6165)
*** 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):
0030 (Eastern N America 6165)
0130 (Central N America 6165)
0530 (Western N America 6165)
1030 (East/Southeast Asia 12065, East Asia 9795, Far East 6040)
1230 (Eastern N America 11675)
1430 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1830 (Southern Africa 6020, East/Central Africa 11655, 12050)
2000 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Repeated:
Monday
1500 (South Asia 9345, 12080, 15595)
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
Saturday
1900 (East Africa 11805, 12050, West Africa 17810, Central/Southern Africa 7120)
(R Netherlands)