[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 248

[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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“Fading Minds: Why There’s Still No Cure for Alzheimers" 
APM REPORTS - American Public Media
In the 1970s, the founder of the National Institute on Aging convinced a nation that senility was really Alzheimer's and could be cured. Research money flowed to one theory, leaving alternatives unexamined — today it's come up short. (53”)
https://www.apmreports.org/documentaries  (Scroll down page to title; connect via Apple or Google podcasts.)

“New Zealand’s Electoral System" 
REAR VISION - ABC RN
Watching New Zealand and their politicians after the recent terrorist attack in Christchurch, it was hard not to be impressed. Compassion and respect, combined with action seem to have brought a grieving nation together. When you see our politicians slugging it out in the election campaign, you might well ask 'why can’t our politicians be more like Jacinda Ardern’?  Could it be that the New Zealand political system – the MMP or mixed-member proportional representation system - attracts a different type of politician by limiting the dominance of the main political parties?  (30”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/new-zealand’s-radical-change/10998508

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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”
NEW! 184 page 9th EDITION available now from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com] and Amazon [amazon.com]

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