[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 238

[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 “power walking” (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 “podding along” 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 program’s 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. Here’s another in a continuing series of small samplings, offered in a 90 minute scope (more of less):

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"The Making of Benjamin Netanyahu"
EXTRA - ABC RN
According to biographer and Haaretz columnist and senior correspondent Anshel Pfeffer, Benjamin Netanyahu has always believed he is on the outer, despite, if he wins the upcoming election and isn't forced to resign due to corruption charges, almost holding the mantel for the longest serving leader of Israel. It is also the reason why he has the unwavering conviction that he and he only can save Israel.  (26”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/extra/25th-march/10931692

“Would you let a robot cook you dinner?”
THE FOOD PROGRAMME - BBC Radio 4
Robots are building burgers, stretching dough in pizzerias and cooking up a media storm. Soon, they could deliver our groceries, invent recipes using machine learning and cook in our homes with arms dangling down either side of our stoves. But should they and what will this mean for the future of everyone that works in the food industry? Sheila Dillon talks to the inventor of the Moley Robotic Kitchen and the chef who taught it to cook crab bisque, MasterChef winner Tim Anderson. Find out how Tim felt being immortalised in cyber cooking history, how IBM and McCormick Flavour Solutions could be concocting a recipe for your next meal and hear whether The Guardian journalist John Harris and restaurant workers' rights activist Saru Jayaraman think robots are ushering the end of work for millions of us or could be liberating us to a life of more fulfilling careers.  (29”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003jnw

"22 March 2019 - Series 54, Episode 5 or 7”
THE NOW SHOW - BBC Radio 4
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.  Featuring Andy Zaltzman, Vikki Stone, Geoff Norcott and Emma Sidi.  Written by the cast with additional material from Laura Major, Ian Smith, Catherine Brinkworth, Kat Sadler and Jeffrey Aidoo. (30”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003d9p

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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 Guide”
192 page 8th edition available from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com] and Amazon [amazon.com]
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