[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 234

[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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âThe news on smart speakers; the podcast push; and bringing flying cars down to Earthâ
FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN
Voice-activated speakers are everywhere, but their usage has so far been confined to music and checking the weather. The Reuters Instituteâs, Nic Newman, thinks thatâs about to change.  Also, have we just entered the âgolden ageâ of podcasts? And while Boeing talks up the flying car, the realists are busy clipping its wings. (30â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/the-news-on-smart-speakers-the-podcast-push-and-bringing-flyi/10884782

âPencil towers and issues around urban inequality and densityâ
FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN
New York is now home to a proliferation of âpencil towersâ â wafer-thin skyscrapers that seem to defy the laws of nature.  Theyâre chic, expensive to buy into, and critics say theyâre also symbols of rising urban inequality.  Also, in this episode: are levels of density in our cities making us ill? And the impact of short-term letting on urban affordability.  (30â)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/pencil-towers-and-issues-around-urban-inequality-and-density/10903852

"Prime Minister of Italy (2016 â 2018) - Paolo Gentiloniâ
HARDtalk - BBC World Service
Theresa Mayâs European parliamentary elections could be a defining moment in the struggle for the EU's future; a continent wide clash between the forces of liberalism and populism exists - perhaps best personified by French President Emmanuel Macron up against Hungary's Viktor Orban. HARDtalkâs Stephen Sackur speaks to Italyâs former centre-left Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. Politically heâs with Macron, but his country is led by populists sympathetic to Viktor Orban. Whose message is resonating with European voters? (23â)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswj5c

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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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