[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 196

[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 morning.  The act 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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"'One China': its history and continuing relevanceâ
REAR VISION - ABC RN
For seventy years the diplomatic balancing act known as 'One China' has afforded relatively peaceful relations between opposing ideologies on either side of the Taiwan Strait.  Itâs also allowed Western nations to develop economic and cultural ties with both Taiwan and mainland China.  But what does 'One China' mean? Is it a power for peace? Or is it leading toward armed conflict in the Indo-Pacific? (29â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/one-china:-its-history-and-continuing-relevance/10434446

âTweak the Vote"
RADIOLAB - WNYC New York Public Media
Democracy is on the ropes.  In the United States and abroad, citizens of democracies are feeling increasingly alienated, disaffected, and powerless.  Some are even asking themselves a question that feels almost too dangerous to say out loud: is democracy fundamentally broken?  How do we fix it?  We scrutinize one proposed tweak to the way we vote that could make politics in this country more representative, more moderate, and most shocking of all, more civil.  Could this one surprisingly do-able mathematical fix really turn political campaigning from a rude bloodsport to a campfire singalong? And even if we could do that, would we want to? (70â)
https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/tweak-vote 

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