[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 288

[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.

Podcasting has expanded almost exponentially so very quickly that it can justly be considered a medium all its own.  Therefore, the attempt here has to be to highlight only a small portion of it, just one corner where excellence reigns.

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 or less):

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“Margaret Atwood, Ingrid Veninger, Douglas Coupland, Sophia Chang" 
q: THE PODCAST - CBC Radio One  
Author Margaret Atwood shares her thoughts on the current world crisis, how she's occupying her time, and the importance of the arts right now. Filmmaker Ingrid Veninger discusses joining forces with 10 other female filmmakers from around the world for The 10x10 Project, in which they're creating an anthology of 10-minute shorts shot from isolation. Artist and author Douglas Coupland talks about revisiting his series Slogans for the 21st Century, and retooling old favourites to suit the current world crisis. Hip hop veteran Sophia Chang discusses how she came to be embraced by the Wu-Tang Clan. (55”)
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/456707185/q-the-podcast (Scroll to April 13, 2020.)

"Time in a time of excess time" 
THE PHILOSOPHER’S ZONE - ABC RN
How's the time passing for you right now? A little slower than usual? Many of us have extra time on our hands at the moment, and for many of us that time can feel like a burden. But what is this mysterious relationship between what time feels like and what it really is? The answers are more complicated than you might expect, and the question of what time "really is" has puzzled scientists and philosophers since... well, practically the dawn of time. (29”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/time-in-a-time-of-excess-time/12139150

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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], Amazon [amazon.com], Ham Radio Outlet [hamradio.com]

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