[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 296

[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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“'People will die': Country hospital fears it won't cope with coronavirus" 
BACKGROUND BRIEFING - ABC RN
What does it take to prepare for a pandemic?  Many hospitals around the world are already overwhelmed by patients infected with COVID-19.  Australian doctors and nurses are bracing for something most of them have never faced before.  In our country hospitals, resources are already stretched: beds are in short supply and there’s a greater proportion of older people.  Preparation will, in many cases, be the difference between life and death.  ABC National Regional Reporter Jess Davis takes us inside the Wimmera Base Hospital in Horsham, Victoria, as the team tries to prepare for the unimaginable. (39”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/background-briefing-05.04.20/12116462

“Reincarnation" 
BEYOND BELIEF - BBC Radio 4
At some point in our lives, most of us will have wondered about what happens after death: is there an afterlife or is there nothingness?  For many religions in the East the answer is found in reincarnation. Reincarnation is the belief that the human spirit inhabits new lives over and over, each time a person dies.  Reincarnation is supported by Buddhism, Hinduism and Sikhism. But all these traditions have different views on how and why reincarnation takes places. Today we want to have a deep dive into what reincarnation really means within these faith traditions.  Joining Ernie Rea to discuss reincarnation is Dr Chakravarti Ram-Prasad, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Religion at Lancaster University; Dr Saeko Yazaki, Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow and Dr Douglas Davies, Professor in Theology and Religion at the University of Durham  (28”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hdkf

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John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide”
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