[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 178

[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, offered in a 90 minute scope (more of less):

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âOutsider's View of the NHSâ
THE DOCUMENTARY - BBC World Service
The National Health Service is the largest and the oldest single payer healthcare system in the world. It is the largest public employer in England and Scotland with around 1.5 million staff and is constantly in the political spotlight. As it reaches its 70th birthday we explore how it is viewed by those who work within it but trained in another country. Doctors, nurses and administrators give the listeners their view of the unique organisation that is the NHS. (53â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csxgrw

âDisaster Capitalismâ
THE DRAWING ROOM - ABC RN
When disaster strikes a city or a country, aid money flows in: from governments, from NGOs, and from donations made by the general public.  The assumption is that the money will be well-spent. That it will help the people suffering misfortune, and rebuild the infrastructure that was lost.  But is that the reality?  Thor Neureiter is the director of a new documentary, Disaster Capitalism, which examines what really happens when aid money floods into a country. (25â)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/disaster-capitalism/9945614

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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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