[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 370

[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 when weather permits.  Hence…Podding Along!

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 sources. 

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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“Is Fungus Intelligent?”
CROWDSCIENCE - BBC World Service
As regular listeners may recall, CrowdScience has delved into the strange world of fungi before, as we dug down into the forest floor to reveal how plants and trees are connected to the vast mycelial network known as the “wood wide web”. But what makes this network possible and how might it have evolved? Fungi are incredibly clever, or at least , it appears that they’re capable of displaying complex behaviour that gives them the appearance of intelligence. In this episode, we speak to fungal ecologist and author of a new book, Merlin Sheldrake, about fungal “brains”, the evolution of magic mushrooms and zombie insects – the astonishing way certain fungi can take over the bodies of ants and wasps in order to sow their spores above ground.  (29”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszv6v

"In Defence of Domestic Workers: Adelle Blacket"
IDEAS - CBC Radio One
One in every 25 women working in the world today is a domestic worker. They are nannies, cleaners, cooks and caregivers for the elderly. They are some of the world's most vulnerable workers whose employment has been made even more precarious because of the pandemic. "Due to COVID, they've lost their jobs; they have no source of income. [Domestic workers] are literally camping outside their respective embassies when their employers ended their employment contracts in the mix of the socio-economic downturn. So who cares for domestic workers?" asks Adelle Blackett.  Blackett is the Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development at McGill University. She was the principal legal architect behind the International Labour Organizations Convention 189 and its accompanying Recommendation No 201. These details point to large realities, as the treaty offers rights and protections to the 67 million domestic workers whose workplace is the household.  To date, 31 countries have ratified Convention 189. neither Canada nor the US is one of them.   (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/legal-scholar-fights-to-protect-domestic-workers-from-exploitative-conditions-1.5893958

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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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