[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 199

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Happy New Year!

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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âPatent Deceptionâ
PLANET MONEY - NPR
World Patent Marketing's pitch to inventors was simple: Pay us lots of money, and we'll take care of the complicated patent office details. Hundreds of tinkerers and would-be visionaries took this deal.  After all, the patent system is complicated. Marketing is tricky. It can be hard to find factories. But, for new inventors, it's hard to tell a legitimate service from a scam. It was especially hard to tell with World Patent Marketing, which boasted an advisory board that included Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.  (22â)
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/11/14/667948276/episode-876-patent-deception

âPlaying Aroundâ
THE PHILOSOPHERâS ZONE - ABC RN
What happens when we play video games? Lots of things: we frown in concentration, we mash buttons, we zone into an imaginary world. But according to this week's guest, we also engage philosophically with issues of ethics, identity and more. This makes video games potentially useful as a classroom learning tool â but what about all that violence?  (26â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/playing-around/10472698

âRevolutions: Radioâ
THE MEDIA SHOW - BBC Radio 4
As part of our series of audience events exploring the media revolution, how the radio industry is being disrupted by new technology. From podcasts to music streaming, the choice of what to listen to has never been greater - but where will the revolution go next?  Amol Rajan is joined in the BBC Radio Theatre by Scott Taunton, CEO Wireless Group, Gill Hind, Enders Analysis, Helen Zaltzman, The Allusionist, and Helen Thorn, Scummy Mummies. (29â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001fdj

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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 available from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com] and Amazon [amazon.com]
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