[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 222

[John A. 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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â10 February 2019â
SUNDAY MISCELLANY - RTE Radio 1
This is Spring, a poem by Denise Blake; Bird Of Our Youth by Leo Cullen; The Poetry of the Obvious by Maolsheachlann à Ceallaigh; Cinema Paradiso by Roslyn Dee; Friend, Roman, Countryman, by Brian Farrell and Love Needs, a poem by Jean OâBrien. (30â)
https://www.rte.ie/radio1/sunday-miscellany/programmes/2019/0210/1028673-sunday-miscellany-sunday-10-february-2019/
[A full length version of the program that includes the copyrighted music played between essays is available at the same link, but can only be listened to on the website, not via podcast.] 

âDetecting Earthquakes with Fibre Opticsâ
THE SCIENCE HOUR - BBC World Service
Los Angeles is famously earthquake prone, but it is also known for its technological advancement, being close to the heart of the computer industry. Seismologists have developed a new system which uses redundant capacity on fibre optic networks across the city to detect earthquakes.  Also in the programme the end of Opportunity â the legacy of the Mars Rover designed to have a working life of just 3 months, which continued to explore the Martian surface for 14 years.  And we look at fish and coral. How best can coral reefs be encouraged to regrow after destructive extreme weather events and why fish farming may be a useful conservation tool as well as a lucrative business.
And what if there are viruses trapped deep in Antarctic ice that could wreak havoc on humans? Alex Lathbridge puts on warm gloves and meets the scientists venturing into the icy wilds. He wants to answer listener Tonyâs question - can viral life exist in such inhospitable climes and if so, might it pose us a danger? Alex meets teams who venture to the Antarctic to find out about how their work to understand climate change leads them to drilling and analysing ice cores that are tens of thousands of years old. He then visits a dynamic husband and wife duo in France who are extracting viruses from 30,000 year old Siberian permafrost and bringing them back to life. He discovers that - rather than killing us all, - their findings of novel giant viruses might contribute to medicine and our understanding of evolution.  (51â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswr04

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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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