[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 381

[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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“Travels with Graham Greene — the remarkable life and times of a master storyteller”
WRITERS AND COMPANY - CBC Radio One
Graham Greene was one of the most popular and admired English writers of the 20th century. Best known for Brighton Rock, The Quiet American, The Heart of the Matter and his film The Third Man, he was the author of both literary novels and thrillers, as well as nonfiction, memoirs and screenplays. Pope Paul VI was a fan of his work. He made the cover of Timemagazine with his controversial 1951 novel The End of the Affair.  Greene's restless spirit and political engagement frequently took him to the world's hotspots — in Africa, Central America, Southeast Asia and beyond. Up to his death at 86, in 1991, he witnessed, and wrote about, the key events of modern history. From his early psychoanalysis, to his conversion to Catholicism, his work with British Intelligence and his tormented love affairs, his life was as complicated and eventful as his fiction. Graham Greene is the subject of a new biography, The Unquiet Englishman: A Life of Graham Greene, by Canadian poet and editor Richard Greene. Greene previously edited Graham Greene: A Life in Letters and is also the author of a biography of Edith Sitwell. Richard Greene spoke to Eleanor Wachtel from his home in Toronto. (62”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/travels-with-graham-greene-the-remarkable-life-and-times-of-a-master-storyteller-1.5874862

“Interview: Stacey Abrams”
TED RADIO HOUR - NPR 
The runoff Senate elections in the state of Georgia was big news, and a driving force behind the scenes for Democrats is Stacey Abrams. She's a lawyer, politician, author, and founder of Fair Fight Action, a voter advocacy group. TED featured Stacey Abrams on the program a few months ago, and wanted to share a special bonus cut of her entire interview with Manoush Zomorodi. (26”)
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/953980644/bonus-episode-stacey-abrams

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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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