[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 211

[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.  So it is with the time spent commuting to work day after day.

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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âOpportunity America and the Library of Iceâ
EXTRA - ABC RN
Some of Americaâs think tanks are bravely crossing the ideological divide, and working together to come up with what they hope will be some innovative policy solutions.
âOpportunity Americaâ, a small centre right think tank which focusses on economic mobility, has convened a report on policies for America's working class, bringing together researchers from Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute.  (26â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/extra/17th-dec/10621528

âMy Favorite Martian"  
EARSHOT - ABC RN
Meet Dianne McGrath, astronaut candidate with the Mars One space program. Mars One is a bold, world wide project to land humans on Mars sometime in the next 14 years. The idea is to set up a colony permanent there.  When the idea was first launched there were over 200,000 applicants. That number is now down to 100, but only 40 will make the one-way trip. Dianne hopes to be one of them. But the question is why? She loves Earth, but is there a chance she loves Mars more?.  (29â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/my-favourite-martian/10482668

"The Human and the Posthumanâ
THE DRAWING ROOM - ABC RN
Technology has changed how people navigate the world, and their relationships with each other.  And that experience itself is constantly changing. Recent news about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica has sparked a significant public conversation about the way social media is used.  But when the experience of the world is constantly mediated by technology, what does it mean to be human?  Rosi Braidotti presented the Thinking Out Loud lectures organized by the Philosophy group at Western Sydney University in collaboration with ABC RN.  (23â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/the-human-and-the-posthuman/10616346

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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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