[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 327

[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 gardening, washing dishes, preparing meals and many other day to day activities.

Podcasting has grown to the point 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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CAPSULE REVIEW
“SUNDAY MISCELLANY” - RTE Radio 1
This is a beautiful, unique literary program. It consists of essays written by famous authors as well as ordinary people on just about any subject.  Interspersed are musical selections appropriate to the mood set by each spoken piece.  Clearly, each one comes from the heart. There’s really no other program like it on radio. The podcast version only carries the first snippets of each music piece due to copyright restrictions, but the streamed from the site version carries the entire program.  Give yourself a treat each week and add this one to your listening list.
https://www.rte.ie/radio1/sunday-miscellany/
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“Sunday 28th June"
SUNDAY MISCELLANY - RTE Radio 1
Beer and kindness in Bordeaux, Cór Chúil Aodha's hotline to heaven, JFK in Ireland; the family you choose for yourself, and Jean Lurçat's visions. With Noel Harrington, Catherine Foley, Deaglán de Bréadún, Rosaleen McDonagh, and Emer O'Kelly And music from Peadar Ó Riada and Cór Chúil Aodha, Charles Trenet, the Clancy Brothers, and Nina Simone.  (32”)
https://www.rte.ie/radio1/sunday-miscellany/podcasts/  (scroll down to this date)

"How to ethically navigate the pandemic's new normal as restrictions begin to lift"
TAPESTRY - CBC Radio One
In our new COVID-19 world, decisions that were once easy — going to the park, visiting friends and family — are suddenly more complex and morally fraught. Philosopher Alice MacLaughlin and moral psychologist Azim Shariff offer some ethical guidance. Plus, a new addition to our Soundtrack for the Soul.  (51”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/tapestry/navigating-the-moral-maze-of-the-pandemic-music-for-the-soul-1.5628445

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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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