Re: [Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 179

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kurt, John has sent 6 or 7 separate messages today...all on different
programs...you can check the subject line, they're numbered
consecutively.

Richard Cuff
Group mis-manager

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 5:55 PM, Kurt Kladivko <kladman5@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm getting MANY copies of your same message.
>
> Kurt Kladivko
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 5:46 PM, John A. Figliozzi
> <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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):
>
> ââ
>
> âWe don't belong to anywhereâ
> EARSHOT - ABC RN
> When Mozhgan and her family fled Iran they nearly drowned trying to get to
> Australia by boat. Now theyâre stuck in Indonesia, living with no rights,
> and little hope of getting out. Mozhgan is a tiny ball of fiery
> determination. Her friend Jafar is charming and playful. The pair met in
> Indonesia, and after five years, they have a close friendship thatâs born
> out of shared experiences and tough times. UNHCR has established that
> they're both genuine refugees but they're still just hanging on to life by a
> thread, with little hope of ever finding a home again.  Together they
> established The Refugee and Asylum Seeker Information Centre (RAIC), a
> volunteer refugee-led initiative to support asylum seekers who are
> struggling with the basics. There are almost 14 000 asylum seekers and
> refugees in Indonesia and UNHCR is now informing them that they will
> probably never be resettled. So how do refugees and asylum seekers live in
> Indonesia, without rights or hopes for the future? (29â)
> http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/after-the-turnbacks/9567764
>
> âBanning Plastic may not be good for the futureâ
> FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN
> Across the world, governments are moving to ban all types of non-reusable
> plastic.  The wonder product of the 20th century has now become a byword for
> thoughtless consumption and looming environmental disaster.  But even those
> who campaign against the overuse of plastic, argue for a more nuanced
> understanding of its role in our lives. Demonising plastic, they argue,
> risks throwing the baby out with the bath water. (29â)
> http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/banning-plastic-may-not-be-good-for-the-future/9931476
>
> âThe Great Strike of 1917â
> LATE NIGHT LIVE - ABC RN
> The Great Strike of 1917 began on the 2nd August. In a strike that lasted
> almost two months 100,000 workers around Australia walked off the job to
> protest changing workplace conditions. The source of consternation was the
> introduction of time cards, designed to monitor worker productivity.  The
> time cards were seen as an unreasonable step to monitor workers. As part of
> the new workplace systems, foremen began watching over labourers, counting
> the time it took them to do certain tasks. The strikers called it
> 'Americanising work' or 'robotism'. The managers, 'scientific managementâ.
> This program was originally broadcast on 2 August 2017.  (54â)
> http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/the-great-strike/9998374
>
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>
>
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> occasion additional pertinent material, is now published in The CIDX
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>
> John Figliozzi
> Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guideâ
> 192 page 8th edition now available from Universal Radio
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