[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 318

[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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“What if we hadn't locked down? The return of race science and more..." 
QUIRKS AND QUARKS - CBC Radio One
...A dinosaur’s last meal and maybe we can go to Mars, but should we?  
This edition of the weekly program:
• What if we hadn't locked down? Studies show we saved many millions of lives
• The return of race science — the quest to fortify racism with bad biology
• A dinosaur's last meal of fresh ferns fossilized in incredible detail
• PATHWAY TO MARS continuing series: Is it ethical to go to the red planet? (56”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/jun-13-what-if-we-hadn-t-locked-down-the-return-of-race-science-and-more-1.5606494

"Coronavirus will alter our history — just like these epidemics and pandemics before it"
REAR VISION - ABC RN
It's still too early to know how profoundly coronavirus will change our societies, but it's clear we'll be living with the shockwaves for years to come.  This pandemic will alter the course of history in ways we can't predict — just like those before it.  Along with wars, economic changes and technological developments, outbreaks of infectious disease have radically shaped the world we live in today.  Perhaps the most infamous is the bubonic plague, which ravaged Europe for centuries and resulted in the Black Death, the global pandemic that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s.  We've also heard a lot recently about the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed millions of people around the world.  But lesser-known epidemics and pandemics have also left an indelible mark. Here are four. (30”)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/coronavirus-epidemics-pandemics-that-transformed-human-history/12251914

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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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