[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 177

["John A. 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, offered in a 90 minute scope (more of less):

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âChina and US Introduce New Tariffsâ
BUSINESS MATTERS - BBC World Service
China says it and the US are engaged in the "largest-scale trade war in economic history". Mary Lovely is professor of economics at Syracuse University, and tells us who is likely to be damaged most by the new tariffs. The British prime minister, Theresa May says a day of intensive talks with cabinet ministers has produced an agreement on future relations with the EU after Brexit, we hear from Anand Menon, Director of the UK in Changing Europe.  Rob Young is joined by Colin Peacock, the presenter of Mediawatch on Radio New Zealand. (53â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172w0pr7bv003r

âGDPR Offers Greater Protection of Individualsâ
CLICK - BBC World Service
- Legislation to greater protect individualsâ data in the EU comes into effect this week. What does it mean, and will there be unexpected consequences for the use of metadata in research etc. Click talks toClaire Bury from the EU commission and Luukas Ilves, Deputy Director at The Lisbon Council.
- A young Togolese inventor, Sam Kodo, has developed a virtual robot teacher to help with teacher shortages in the country. Togo accepts and processes large amounts of waste exports, and Kodo has collected useful parts in the huge depository close to the harbour of Lomà for his creations. He decided to create a VT bot as a partial replacement for missing educators. Sam talks to Clickâs Sasha Gankin. 
- An engineer in India repurposed a drone to rescue a puppy that had fallen into a gully in New Delhi. Milind Raj constructed a giant claw that was attached to the drone. Raj says it took him six hours to assemble the improvised aerial vehicle. He says he attached an Artificial Intelligence-controlled robotic arm and giant drone together in his Lucknow lab which was then used to rescue the dog.  (27â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswhd9

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A monthly (well, mostly monthly) compendium of these newsletters, plus on occasion additional pertinent material, is now published in The CIDX Messenger, the monthly e-newsletter of the Canadian International DX Club (CIDX).  For further information, go to www.cidx.ca

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