[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 306

["John A. 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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“The ongoing fight to save public broadcasting" 
FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN
There’s arguably never been a more important time for public broadcasting. Amid the rise of disinformation, low public trust and diminishing newsrooms, independent journalism has a vital role to play in informing democracy and providing a check on power.  But right across the world, public broadcasting is under attack as budgets are being stripped back.  In this episode, we question why?  (30”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/the-ongoing-fight-to-save-public-broadcasting/12064088

“Can we have economic growth without increased resource consumption?" 
FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN
MIT research scientist, Andrew McAfee, argues we need to rethink our assumptions about capitalism and the environment.  Economic growth, he says, has been gradually decoupling from resource consumption. So, if capitalism survives this current crisis, we may need to adapt our understanding of the way it all works.  We also hear from Annmaree O’Keeffe, from the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program, about the value of Australia’s international public broadcasting effort now that the Pacific is once again an Australian geopolitical focus.  (30”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/can-we-have-economic-growth-without-increased-resource-consumpt/12158804

"The perfect coffee”
"Putting Einstein to the test - part one”
"Holy electric flying spiders!”
"Spider intelligence"
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE - ABC RN
At last - the real secret to the perfect espresso!  There are very few places weird enough to test out Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.  Arachnophobes beware - flying B-grade horror spiders ahoy!  They've got brains smaller than a pinhead, but spiders can count!  (about 8” each)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/greatmomentsinscience/past-programs/?month=2020-03
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/greatmomentsinscience/past-programs/?month=2020-02

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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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