Nights for Monday 17 December 2012
7:15 Sport: Australia
Keeping score across the ditch is ABC sports journalist Paul Kennedy... one of the most successful batsman in the history of cricket, Ricky Ponting waves goodbye to international competition - but does this open the door for Shane Warne to walk back in?
7:30 Insight
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 Thinkers: Economics
NBR Columnist Dr Neville Bennett with thoughts as to where the money is... tax avoidance by multi-national companies.
9 pm News and weather
9:10 The First Printed Maps
Historians and antique map collectors Henry and Holly Wendt on how scientists, mathematicians, explorers and cartographers came to grips with the shape, size and nature of the Earth through a visual depiction.
Envisioning The World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700
10 pm Late Edition
A review of the 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 pm News and weather
11:06 Blues City
A ten-part, regional exploration of the blues hosted by Gary Pitts. Each week visits a different city or region. We explore all eras, beginning at the turn of the 20th century moving all the way up to today. And we move through all types of blues, from Delta, country blues, Chicago and urban, blues rock, and even the British blues. Episodes feature historical background and interesting tid-bits about each music selection and artist.
See the Public Radio Exchange website for this programme.
A PRX Production