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 July
*** The State We're In ***
A former Somali pirate tells how piracy was a big risk, but changed his life for the better. And the director of a Dutch security company which helps ships get through the Gulf of Aden tells about one encounter he had with would-be pirates, and how to deal with them on the high seas.
Research shows that beautiful people are treated better in every walk of life, so it stands to reason that parents want their kids to be beautiful - but where do we draw the line?
In the favellas of Rio de Janeiro, people may not be able to afford refrigerators, education for their kids or pay their phone bills, but they're determined to find the money for breast augmentation.
In Italy, the country which more than any other glorifies the cult of beauty, a rebellion is underway. The Ugly Club has a champion.
The Kaffirs are a little-known minority within Sri Lanka who are on the verge of extinction. Yet their music and culture are suddenly popular in the country's mainstream. What does their popularity mean for their cultural survival?
After we aired a piece on how amicable "collaborative divorce" can be, we heard from a listener, who identifies herself as "Liz". She's going through a collaborative divorce and it's milked her dry financially and emotionally and is anything but collaborative.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1905 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1535 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
*** 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.
Broadcast time on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Note that we run Network Europe Week every hour on Monday until 1600
*** Network Europe Extra ***
Arts and Culture brought to you each Sunday from Europe's widest partnership of international broadcasters.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1505 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0300 North America
1200 North America
1500 Europe
SUNDAY 19 July
*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***
'Summer in Zantiadi' - by Sana Valiulina
After her university studies in Moscow, Estonian-born writer Sana Valiulina emigrated to the Netherlands in 1989. In her story 'Summer in Zantiadi' a young woman vacationing in a seaside resort falls under the spell of an attractive but mysterious boy.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
0930 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1830 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1930 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2030 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1230 North America
1700 Europe
2230 Asia, North America, Safm
MONDAY 20 July
*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***
'A Propitious Misadventure' - the first part in our series about the 17th-century Dutch colony of New Netherland.
400 years ago, in 1609, English explorer Henry Hudson set off on a Dutch ship called the Half Moon. This 'propitious misadventure' would result in a Dutch colony called New Netherland in the uncharted wilds of North America.
We'll take you aboard the Half Moon and introduce you to Hudson himself.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1540 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1540 Europe
1740 Europe
2240 Asia, North America, Safm
*** 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.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1700 Europe
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
*** 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 time on SW (UTC):
1500 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530
1900 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
*** Euro Hit 40 ***
Europe's No.1 chart Show.
*** Classic Dox ***
Classic Dox presents the best of Radio Netherlands Worldwide documentaries from our archives on subjects ranging from human rights and development to arts, culture and history - as well as insightful or moving personal stories - many of which have won awards at international festivals.
'An Angel-headed Hipster's Howl' (originally broadcast 26-05-2007)
Allen Ginsberg first visited the Netherlands in 1957 and returned twice as a guest of Poetry International. 50 year's after the publication of his iconic poem 'Howl' and its subsequent obscenity trial, poets and friends look back at the work's origins, impact and relevance today.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America, Africa, Asia
1200 North America
*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***
European jazz music alternates every week with a selection of the finest World Music.
In European Jazz Stage, host Daniel Frankl presents the young jazz lions of Europe. The Joris Roelofs Quartet kicks off in Amsterdam. Originally enticed by the alto sax at the unripe age of six, Joris Roelofs turned to the clarinet, and has played woodwinds ever since.
The quartet is followed by the 17-piece European Youth Jazz Orchestra, recorded in Glasgow, Scotland. And yes, even bagpipes can play jazz.
*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***
Phenomenal performances by Dutch top orchestras.
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2007
Iván Fischer is conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in works with a nocturnal atmosphere by Dvorák, Bartok, Tarréga and Rimsky-Korsakov. This week's soloist is the violinist Leonidas Kavakos.
The concert is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.
Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008
Juxtaposing Richard Wagner's Parsifal Overture and Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, with Johannes Brahms between them, Live! at the Concertgebouw explores the musical opposites of the 19th century. In the second half of the concert, programme hosts Hans Haffmans and Bart Visman take a peek into the 20th century, with Arnold Schoenberg's Pelleas and Melisande.
TUESDAY 21 July
*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America
*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***
A former Somali pirate tells how piracy was a big risk, but changed his life for the better. And the director of a Dutch security company which helps ships get through the Gulf of Aden tells about one encounter he had with would-be pirates, and how to deal with them on the high seas.
Research shows that beautiful people are treated better in every walk of life, so it stands to reason that parents want their kids to be beautiful - but where do we draw the line?
In the favellas of Rio de Janeiro, people may not be able to afford refrigerators, education for their kids or pay their phone bills, but they're determined to find the money for breast augmentation.
In Italy, the country which more than any other glorifies the cult of beauty, a rebellion is underway. The Ugly Club has a champion.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1030 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1430 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1530 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1030 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1530 Europe
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
WEDNESDAY 22 July
*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America
*** Reloaded (primary programme) ***
Another selection of this week's programme highlights presented by Mindy Ran.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1515 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1945 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
*** Newsline ***
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
THURSDAY 23 July
*** 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.
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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America
*** Earthbeat (primary program) ***
We hear how intruders have made themselves a little too comfortable in one South African city. Residents in Cape Town have to put up with regular break-ins by dark and hairy thieves. They're not out to steal jewelry and electronics, but bread and fruit because they're baboons and some inhabitants have had enough. Tune in to hear how this conflict of interest is being handled.
And as cases of swine flu are on the rise we hear about a new device that can detect the virus.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1545 South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
1940 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0400 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1200 North America
1540 Europe
2300 Europe
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
FRIDAY 24 July
*** 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):
1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
1500 Europe
2200 Asia, North America
*** Bridges with Africa (primary programme) ***
On this week's programme we will have a report on how mobile phones are used in schools. And there will be Ethiopian music - with a London twist.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1000 East Asia and Southeast Asia 11895, Eastern China 12065, Southeast Asia 15110
1415 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1815 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2015 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
0430 North America
1000 Africa and Asia
1730 Europe
2230 Asia, North America
*** Newsline ***
The latest world news and current affairs.
Broadcast times on SW (UTC):
1405 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 5825
1805 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 15535
2005 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480
Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):
2200 Asia, North America, Safm
2300 Europe
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