[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 224

[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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âHas Liberalism Failed?â
RELIGION AND ETHICS REPORT - ABC RN
Is todayâs liberalism still the enlightenment ideal of free thought and individual rights? Or is it just economic and sexual liberty â the freedom to shop and shag,you might say? And has religion surrendered to this new ideology?  (29â)
https://abcmedia.akamaized.net/rn/podcast/2019/01/rer_20190116_1730.mp3

â17 February 2019â
MEDIAWATCH - RNZ National
Covering the Nelson Tasman fires; TVNZ boss hints at bold moves in messy media marketplace; TV political poll hype hits new height.  (35â)
https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018682855/mediawatch-for-17-february-2019

"Political and Economic Crisis in Venezuela"
REAR VISION - ABC RN
Venezuela is stuck in political turmoil â it has two legislative bodies claiming to right to pass laws, and two Presidents both arguing that they are the legitimate head of state. And to top it all off - despite having the largest oil reserves in the world, its economy is in free fall.  So, whatâs gone wrong in Venezuela? (30â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/political-and-economic-crisis-in-venezuela/10791126

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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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