 |  |  | Thursday 22 November
In this week's highlights there's plenty to enjoy and a stack of stimulating ideas. We celebrate a major birthday for the nation's best known polymath, a much anticipated return to the stage after a bout of writer's block for Missy Higgins, some provocative ideas in our prestigious Boyer lectures from Marcia Langton and Judith Lucy and Laurence Mooney compare notes on redemptive tales in Waleed Aly's Drawing Room. Read on for a chance to attend two RN supported events, the NonFictioNow Conference and AgTalks. |  | | Coming Up | |  | | Late Night Live: Barry Jones
Leading intellectual, polymath, writer, lawyer, broadcaster and former politician, Barry Jones celebrates his 80th birthday milestone by talking about ageing, death, politics and how he experiences 'Stendhal's syndrome', including heart palpitations and fainting, caused by exposure to great art, historic associations or natural beauty.
Thursday 22 November 10pm | | |  |  | | Bush Telegraph: Do We Care Where Our Food Comes From?
Bush Telegraph presents the inaugural AgTalks event tonight at ABC Melbourne. A live panel discussion and audience Q&A will explore the notion that Australians don't care where their food comes from, as long as it's cheap and looks good. A broadcast of the event will air on Monday, and a live stream hosted by ABC Rural will be available from 7pm tonight.
Monday 26 November 11am | | | |  | | The Music Show: Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins stopped writing songs for years. She took up studying, listened only to instrumental music, and lived in the outback. But now she's back with album number three, The Old Razzle Dazzle. Also on the show, Peggy Glanville-Hicks' opera Sappho finally gets an airing.
Saturday 24 November 10am | | | |  | | Rear Vision: Australia's Welfare State
Welfare benefits have been in the news a lot lately—in Europe as governments struggle with debt, in the US with Mitt Romney's comments about the '47 percent dependent on government entitlements' and here as the federal government cuts back the baby bonus. This week we tell the story of welfare in Australia.
Sunday 25 November 12pm | | | |  | | Drawing Room: Drink, Smoke, Pass Out
Judith Lucy has penned an unlikely spiritual journey called Drink, Smoke, Pass Out which seeks to avoid the clichés of your standard redemptive tale. She joins RN Drive in the Drawing Room, along with fellow comedian Lawrence Mooney.
Wednesday 28 November 7.40pm | | | | | | Most Popular | |  | | Books And Arts Daily: Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is one of the stellar names in crime fiction, and his most enduring creation is an anarchic, stubborn and tough detective named John Rebus. In 2007, Rebus retired in the novel Exit Music, but now he's back and he's still making trouble. Michael Cathcart met up with Rankin about his new book at Melbourne's Crime and Justice Festival.
| | | |  | | The Science Show: Brian Cox and The Quantum Universe
Apparently everything that can happen does happen...eventually. Brian Cox discusses this and other probabilities, such as quantum mechanics, the Higgs mechanism and condensate, which can all be found in his book, The Quantum Universe. Full video and audio available.
| | | |  | | Life Matters: Partners and Post-Natal Depression
The birth of a child can be one of the most joyous occasions in life, but for one in seven new mums, it's also an event marked by sad, anxious and often frightening feelings as a result of postnatal depression. In this episode, Life Matters explores the effects of postnatal depression on partners.
| | | |  | | 2012 Boyer Lectures: Marcia Langton—The Quiet Revolution
In her opening hour long lecture, Professor Langton examines the role of Aboriginal people in the economic history of Australia, and argues that the redefined relationship between Indigenous communities and mining companies, might offer a model for the economic empowerment of all Indigenous Australians. Lectures two through five on Sundays at 5.30pm.
| | | |  | | Inside Sleeve: Emmylou Harris—In Conversation
Emmylou Harris is lauded for her ethereal vocalisation and capacity to imbue a song with extraordinary depth and emotion. From singing harmonies with the late Gram Parsons, through her solo albums and collaborations with artists like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Dolly Parton, she's left an indelible mark. Here is Emmylou in conversation with Robbie Buck.
| | | | | | News, Competitions and Events | |  | | Radio National in 2013 RN looks forward to bringing you some new programming alongside the return of many of your favourite programs and presenters. Following the RN Summer season, the new schedule will begin on Monday 28 January, and here are some highlights. 2012 Boyer Lectures Tune in to ABCTV1 this Wednesday 28 November at 11am for the full video of Professor Marcia Langton's first lecture in the series of five. Professor Langton examines the significant changes in the Aboriginal world and the growing difference between indigenous populations north and south. You can hear lectures two through five Sundays evening at 5.30pm on Radio National, or download the podcasts here, after each broadcast. 2012 NSW Premier's History Awards Hindsight programs have been nominated; 'Tit for Tat: The Story of Sandra Wilson', produced by Catherine Freyne and Phillip Ulman, and Isle of 'Denial: William Cuffay in Van Diemen's Land', produced by Nick Franklin, Mark Gregory, Maree Delofski, and Timothy Nicastri. The winners for the Awards will be announced at the State Library of NSW on 30 November. Congratulations and good luck to all involved! The 2012 Bedell NonFictioNow Conference Books and Arts Daily's Michael Cathcart will chair a live panel discussion on nonfiction storytelling, The Art of Truth: Writerly Perspectives, with guests Helen Garner, David Shields, Jose Dalisay Jr and Margo Jefferson, on Friday 23 November. Tickets are still available, and you can book through the Wheeler Centre. Alan Saunders Dingo Sponsorship Fund Alan Saunders was a man with a broad and eclectic range of interests. Dingoes were just one of his many fascinations, which he developed through his sponsorship of Wollemi, one of the genetically pure dingoes living at the Bargo Dingo Sanctuary. In memory of Alan, the sanctuary has invited friends and colleagues to continue to support Wollemi and the work of the sanctuary through the Alan Saunders Dingo Sponsorship Fund. For more information follow the link. | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | You are subscribed to the Radio National newsletter with email address: "idouska1.scan@blogger.com"
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