[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 357

[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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“Stan Grant on Coronavirus and History”
BIG IDEAS - ABC RN
While we’re all in this together, the pandemic is also pushing us apart.  It’s increasing tension within nations and between nations.
Will the repression of civil liberties and authoritarian governments be a lasting legacy and has the strategic rivalry between the USA and China reached a dangerous new phase? Journalist Stan Grant looks at the impact of the pandemic on international relations and democratic freedoms. "Coronavirus at the End of History”, NSW History Council Annual Lecture recorded 8 September 2020.  Speaker: Stan Grant - Journalist & Professor of Global Affairs Griffith University. (55”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/stan-grant,-coronavirus-and-history/12658530

“Answers to Your Questions about the Cost of Stuff — like Payday Loans, Baby Formula, Glasses and Modern Monetary Theory”
THE COST OF LIVING - CBC Radio One
The team takes on questions from our listeners, who wanted business mysteries solved like - why has the price of baby formula changed so much over the years? Why are eyeglasses so expensive, anyway? Why are payday loan interest rates allowed to be so high? And just what is modern monetary theory — or MMT — anyway? (28")
https://cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_COSTOFLIVING_P/media/costofliving-UsAMcyAD-20200904.mp3?ttag=season:1

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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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