[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 65

[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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âColombia's Forgotten Exodusâ
CROSSING CONTINENTS - BBC Radio 4
In the Colombian capital of Bogota, Lucy Ash meets two people who fear they will never be able to return to their homes. They both come from Choco, which is one of the poorest provinces and most violent parts of the country. Maria, an Afro-Colombian mother of four, fled her town after she was abducted and brutally attacked by paramilitaries. Plinio was trying to help members of his indigenous community go back to their farms when he received death threats from a splinter group of left wing guerrilla (the ELN) and his friend was assassinated. (28â)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pfchg

âMarconi, Inventor of the Wireless; Finding Dark Matterâ
LATE NIGHT LIVE - ABC Radio National
'Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World' is a new biography of Guglielmo Marconi: Nobel Laureate, entrepreneur, inventor and Fascist. Marconi, the inventor of wireless technology was constantly self inventing and reinventing his life story. One thing is certain: Marconi helped create our modern world of communications and media. 
The Large Hadron Collider under Geneva proved the existence of the Higgs Boson particle back in 2012. Now a laboratory is being built one kilometre under an old gold-mine in Stawell, Victoria which will house the first dark matter detector in the world. Dr Alan Duffy is an astrophysicist from Swinburne University and he explains what dark matter is and how they are going to find it in an underground bunker.  (52â) 
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/11th-august-2016/7720324

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Good listening!

John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide"
New 7th edition now available from Universal Radio, Amazon and W5YI.com
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