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7:10 Our Own Odysseys: Wheat-Canola Harvest

Larry Mitchell is soon to return to the long hours of the wheat and canola harvest at Shoal Lake on the prairies of the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border in Canada.

Gallery: Larry Mitchell's Wheat and Conola Harvest

Larry Mitchell Wheat Canola harvest harvesters in winter
Harvesters in winter.

7:30 The Sampler

A weekly review and analysis of new CD releases.

8:15 Windows on the World

International public radio documentaries - visit the Windows on the World web page to find links to these documentaries.

8:40 The World At Night: Palestine

Reporting from Ramallah in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories, pop. 4,152,102 (est. 2010) is freelance journalist Nida' Tuma... Fatah and Hamas have signed an agreement to implement the Palestinian reconciliation; famous televison satire Wattan ala Wattar avoids TV censors by going online; and a new "women only" coffee shop has opened in Ramallah.

9:00 News and Weather

9:06 The Tuesday Feature: Where were you in 72?

Three leading feminists – Germaine Greer, Sandra Coney and Marilyn Waring  – examine how the place of women has changed in the last 40 years.

10:00 News and Weather

10:17 Late Edition

A review of the leading news from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, Afternoons and Checkpoint. Also hear the latest news from around the Pacific on Radio New Zealand International's Dateline Pacific.

11:06 Putumayo Radio Hour

A world music show that takes listeners on a weekly journey through the music of many different cultures (Putumayo)