[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 213

[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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âThe Far Right and Christianityâ
BEYOND BELIEF - BBC Radio 4
For many years Europe has been seen as increasingly secular but earlier this year Bavaria passed a law requiring public buildings to display a âclearly visibleâ crucifix near the entrance, the President of Hungary has vowed to preserve the countryâs Christian culture and large crosses are seen in demonstrations by far right populist movements.  Professor Robert Beckford discusses why some far right populist movements in Europe are using Christian symbols and wanting to defend Christian culture with Tobias Cremer, a Phd Student at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge; Timothy Peace, Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow of the School of Social and Political sciences at the University of Glasgow and Jasjit Singh a Research Fellow in the School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science at the University of Leeds.  (28â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001d9k

âKishore Mahbubani: Has the West Lost It?"  
BETWEEN THE LINES - ABC RN
The West has dominated international affairs for the last two centuries, but is that era coming to an end?  The Western share of the global economy is shrinking.  US-led policies in the Middle East and towards Russia in recent decades have failed. And there is wide-spread distrust of western elites. Meanwhile the rise of China, India and the rest continue unabated. So, has the West lost it?  GUEST: Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Former Singaporean ambassador to the United Nations, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.  (30â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/betweenthelines/has-the-west-lost-it/10605154

âMax Hastings Reflects on the Vietnam War"  
BETWEEN THE LINES - ABC RN
The veteran journalist and historian discusses his new book 'Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975'.  Max Hastings reported on the controversial war as a 24-year old reporter for the BBC, almost 50 years later he has published a new account of the conflict.  (30â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/betweenthelines/max-hastings-on-vietnam/10605306

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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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