What is the difference between a racist's house and a porcupine? A porcupine has the pricks on the outside. Triple J, as part of the Human Rights Commission's Different Colours, One People campaign, has announced a special award for Australia's best anti-racist joke. If you can better efforts such as these, fax Triple J with your joke: What is the difference between a racist and a fish? One is wet and slimy and the other is a fish. Why are most racially prejudiced jokes one-liners? So racists can understand them. Triple J's fax number is (02) 333 2700.
Encounter: Existentialism — Was existentialism more a mood than a genuine philosophy? Was it ever a coherent body of knowledge or simply a loose movement centred on literary figures? Existentialism is discussed by leading academics. The program includes the voices of Sartre, de Beauvoir and Camus. ABC Radio National, Sun November 15, 8.05 a.m. (repeated Wed November 18, 7.15 p.m.).
Helicon: "The World Ended at the Brandenburg Gate" — A radio play by Josephine Bastion. A program to mark the third anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. It tells the stories of five East Germans. ABC Radio National, Sun November 15, 8.15 p.m.
Out on Wednesday!: Mary Black live — Irish singer Mary Black's career spans two decades, beginning in the folk clubs of Dublin. Her latest album, Babes in the Woods, has been on Ireland's charts all year. ABC FM Stereo, Wed November 18, 8 p.m.
Thumb and Grand: Polyglot Pianism — The Nightly Planet presents a keyboard fest. Not just the pianoforte but piano accordions from around the world and the thumb pianos of Africa. ABC Radio National, Wed November 18, 11.05 p.m.