[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 290

[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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“SARS, Ebola and now Covid-19 - world health and the role of the W.H.O." 
REAR VISION - ABC RN  
For over 60 years the World Health Organisation has been the preeminent international health organisation but questions have been asked about its response to several infectious diseases. This is the story of the WHO, its strengths and its failings. Guests:  Jeremy Youde, Associate professor of political science at the University of Minnesota Duluth;  Sara Davis, Australian Research Council Future Fellow; Kelley Lee, Professor of Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. (30”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/global-health/12067602

“Before the Internet" 
SPARK - CBC Radio One 
We have all come to realize how important the Internet is to connect with each other during the coronavirus pandemic. But before there was the World Wide Web, humans found many other ways to connect with one another — through roads, letters, the telegraph and amateur radio.  Each of these communication methods introduced its own challenges to social structures, many of which anticipated the challenges of the internet era, like information overload, access and the ever-changing social norms.  So what do some of these old-school ways of connecting show us about the digital age? (56”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/4-ways-we-connected-with-each-other-before-the-internet-1.5526675

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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”
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