[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 138

[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 (when itâs not cold and wet or I havenât succumbed to laziness).  The âartâ of putting one foot in front of the other can be pretty monotonous and by âpodding alongâ while plodding along the mind also gets something useful to do. 

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. 

Admittedly, these are thoroughly subjective recommendations, but my interests and tolerance for incompatible views are pretty wide-ranging. Hereâs another in a continuing series of small samplings:

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âBruce Shapiroâs American Gothic; the War between Libya and Italy; Sport, Race and the U.S. National Anthem"
LATE NIGHT LIVE - ABC RN
From the US, Bruce Shapiro takes the pulse of the nation.  The number of asylum seekers that have drowned in the Mediterranean is down this year on last year - what policy has secured this turn around?  Trump's attack on black athletes for not standing during US national anthem.  (54â)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/past-programs/?page=6  (scroll to âTuesday 26 Sep. 2017â)

âThe BBC World Serviceâs new Korean Serviceâ
THE MEDIA SHOW - BBC Radio 4
-  As tensions continue to mount on the Korean peninsula, is now the right time for the BBC to be launching a new radio service aimed at North Koreans? Jamie Angus is Deputy Director of the BBC World ServiceGroup, Dr Leslie Vinjamuri is Director of the Centre on Conflict, Rights and Justice at SOAS and an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and Tania Branigan is The Guardian's foreign leader writer.
-  Oliver Cummins Hylton is the winner of the first Steve Hewlett Bursary, an initiative founded in Steve's memory by The Royal Television Society, The Media Society and his friends and family.
-  There is speculation that Amazon could be preparing a bid for Premier League broadcast rights. But seasoned media analyst Mathew Horsman of Mediatique thinks the scenario is highly unlikely.  (28â)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092959l

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Happy New Year!

John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guideâ
New, Revised and Updated 192 page 8th edition now available from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com] and Amazon [amazon.com]
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