[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 26

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CAPSULE REVIEW

IN OUR TIME from BBC Radio 4 might be the most intellectually challenging program on radio.  But it is made most accessible by its presenter, Melvyn Bragg, who seats himself as the listener asking questions of his learned and erudite guests in a manner that elucidates the topic and brings that which may be initially complex into sharper and more readily understood focus.  That said, the programs demands more from the listener than most âthat is, his or her undivided attention.  It is not unusual for me to find myself winding the podcast back a bit to recapture something I might have missed in a moment of mind drift or inattention.  However, I am never disappointed and always end up far better informed than I was before the program began.  
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl

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âRate, Rank, Review and Measureâ
FUTURE TENSE - ABC Radio National
We rate, we rank, we review, we measure and we also track.  We do it to ourselves, our friends, the companies we purchase products from and also the places where we eat, drink and sleep.  Author and futurist Richard Watson thinks itâs a sign of obsession. But he also sees the funny side of it â you know, restaurant patrons more intent on reviewing a meal rather than enjoying it.  But what are the limits? In China, theyâve begun implementing a âsocial credit systemâ. Perhaps the ultimate in measuring and ranking: a national scheme to give every individual a personal social rating. (29â)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/rate,-rank,-review-and-measure/7172800

ââRobert Hookeâ
IN OUR TIME - BBC Radio 4
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work or Robert Hooke (1635-1703) who worked for Robert Boyle and was curator of experiments at the Royal Society. His âMicrographia" caused a sensation when published in 1665. Sometimes remembered for his disputes with Newton, he studied the planets with telescopes and snowflakes with microscopes. He was an early proposer of a theory of evolution, discovered light diffraction with a wave theory to explain it and felt he was rarely given due credit for his discoveries.  (43â)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070h6ww

Good listening!

John Figliozzi
The Worldwide Listening Guide
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