[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 57

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most radio listening takes place in the car or while doing other things that allow freedom for the ear, but not the eyes and hands.  Podcasts permit a shift of listening time from a set appointment to virtually any convenient occasion.   
I do it while âpower walkingâ (most) every other day.  The âartâ of putting one foot in front of the other can be pretty monotonous and by âpodding alongâ while Iâm plodding along my mind gets something to do along with my body.  Some of the best radio comes from the public networks of the UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S.  Apart from the originating programâs web site, most programs are made available through any number of other amalgamation sources such as iTunes and TuneIn. Hereâs another in a continuing series of small samplings:

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âPrime Minister Binali Yildirimâ
HARDtalk - BBC World Service
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Turkeyâs Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, in his first extensive international broadcast interview since being sworn into office in May. (23â)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040s3fn

âWhy Are We Getting Smarter?â
THE WHY FACTOR - BBC World Service
For many decades now weâve been getting smarter. All across the planet average IQ results have been risingâ by about 3 points every ten years. Itâs called the Flynn Effect and itâs changing our societies. So what is it? What causes it? And what could be the consequences if â as seems possible â it goes into reverse.  (18â) 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p040s49b

âNewspapersâ
THE WHY FACTOR - BBC World Service
Free, digital news is threatening traditional newspapers around the world, so why do they survive and what is their future? Mike Williams speaks to legendary newspaper editor Sir Harry Evans and journalist in exile Qaabata Boru who fought to set up an independent newspaper in a Kenyan refugee camp.  Mike also hears from Melody Martinsen who owns and edits The Choteau Acantha, a tiny newspaper in rural Montana where not even the premature birth of her son stopped publication. And at the British Libraryâs newspaper archive, Mike learns how, as chronicles of ordinary peopleâs lives, newspapers can throw up some surprise stories missed by the history books.  (18â)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0401jt4

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Good listening!

John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide"
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