[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 350

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.  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 can be 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. 

This continuing series of small samplings in more or less 90 minute helpings are curated by me.  I attest to the fact that I have listened to every podcast listed here.  So admittedly these are thoroughly subjective recommendations.  But my interests and tolerance for incompatible topics and views are pretty wide-ranging, even if I do say so myself. 

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“Trusting Strangers: Who Do We Trust and Why?”
ALL IN THE MIND - ABC RN 
When two strangers meet, how do they figure out whether they should trust each other? Within 100 milliseconds of seeing someone for the first time, you could assess everything from whether you share a cultural or racial identity with a stranger to the width of their jaw. Before you even talk to them for the first time, you have already made a judgement about how trustworthy they are. Sometimes you make this decision before you even see the person. In an era when trust in organisations and strangers is falling, what can this teach us about how and why we trust? Guests: Professor Dr Anne Bockler Raettig,
Institute for Psychology, Leibniz University Hannover; Dr Clare Sutherland, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen; Dr Nicole Nelson, Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Queensland. (29”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/trusting-strangers/12664518

“How Banks Help Criminals Get Rich”
BACKGROUND BRIEFING - ABC RN
An unprecedented leak of secret US Government reports has revealed how two trillion dollars of suspected dirty money snakes around the globe. Mario Christodoulou shows how terrorists and mobsters smuggle staggering sums of money through some of the world's largest banks - and often get away with it.  This never-before-told story is the culmination of a 16-month-long investigation by 400 journalists for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. (68”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/fincen-files-banks-crime/12678814
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/how-banks-help-criminals-get-rich-part-2/12699388

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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”
Current 184 page 9th EDITION available from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com], Amazon [amazon.com], Ham Radio Outlet [hamradio.com]
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