[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 390

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Podcasts are a great development in this history of radio because they 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 and my own psyche permit.  Indeed, were it not for podcasts I doubt I would have found any other inspiration for putting in these miles as long as I have.

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.  While there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of great podcasts from other sources, the ones sponsored via public radio have been vetted though the worthy objectives of the medium. 

Furthermore, I personally curate this continuing series of small samplings that are listed in more or less 90 minute helpings. Admittedly that makes these recommendations somewhat subjective.  But, as you will see, my interests are many and my tolerance for incompatible topics and views are pretty wide-ranging.  I hope you will find these suggestions helpful in enhancing your enjoyment of radio.

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“Antarctica, the Big Dead Place”
EARSHOT - ABC RN (Radio National)
In the late '90s when the charismatic, young American, Nicholas Johnson took up a position in waste management at McMurdo Station in Antarctica he imagined incredible adventures within a pristine landscape. Instead he discovered boredom and bureaucracy, all within the confines of a station resembling a dirty old mining town. Soon after arriving Johnson started documenting life at McMurdo Station in an anonymously written satirical newsletter, Big Dead Place which he would secretly leave around the station. Described as the M*A*S*H or Wikileaks of Antarctica, Big Dead Place contradicted most literature written about life on the ice. So what is it really like to work at America's largest Antarctic base? (29”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/antarctica-big-dead-place/13291694

“Taxing the corporations; Public service workforce and leadership challenges; what does 'duty' mean these days"
EXTRA - ABC RN (Radio National)
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has stated that there was a surge of US five trillion dollars in the wealth of the world’s richest in this past year. Most of that comes from large corporations, and some of those corporations, pay minimal tax thanks to various loopholes and tax havens. The OECD has been working on an international tax project and it just received the thumbs up from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who said they were behind a minimum corporate global tax. (55”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/extra/19-april-2021/13298794

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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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