[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 220

[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 in what sometimes seems like a vain attempt to diminish the results of sitting behind a desk for 35 years.  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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âFinding Hope in the Climate Crisisâ
TAPESTRY - CBC Radio One
Novelist Margaret Atwood and ecological activist Vandana Shiva have been outspoken advocates for the environment for decades. They don't sugarcoat the enormity of the climate crisis humanity faces, but they do manage to find hope.  (55â)
https://podcast-a.akamaihd.net/mp3/podcasts/tapestry-sUVM6obv-20190104.mp3

âThe Class Ceiling"  
THINKING ALLOWED - BBC Radio 4
Why it pays to be privileged. Drawing on four in-depth case studies â acting, accountancy, architecture and television â Sam Friedman, Associate Professor in Sociology at the LSE, argues that the âclass ceilingâ in the elite professions can only be partially attributed to conventional measures of âmeritâ. Instead, he suggests that more powerful drivers include the misrecognition of classed self-presentation as âtalentâ and the affordances of the âBank of Mum and Dadâ. He's joined by Louise Ashley, Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London and Anna Williams, Director of Research, Advocacy and Communications at the Sutton Trust. (30â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000281t

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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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