[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 399

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Podcasts are a great development in the 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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“Podcasts Go Premium”
THE MEDIA SHOW - BBC Radio 4
Amazon-owned Wondery are launching their first British podcast, while Apple and Spotify are moving some of their most popular podcasts behind a subscription paywall. What impact will this have on the world of podcasts - and should British podcasters worry about the dominance of a few US players?  Guests: Declan Moore, Head of International at Wondery, part of Amazon; Caroline Crampton, journalist and host of Shedunnit; Imriel Morgan, Chief Executive of Content is Queen; Matt Deegan, Creative Director at Folder Media. (28”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vh5j

“Beware of Bitter Oranges: Modern Lessons from a Medieval Thinker”
IDEAS - CBC Radio One
About history, Ibn Khaldun wrote that it is "a discipline widely cultivated among nations and races. It is eagerly sought after. The men in the street, the ordinary people, aspire to know it. King and leaders vie for it.”  He noted that while on the surface, history may seem like a mere collection of facts or information for entertaining crowds at parties, a close study of it could show how "certain dynasties came to occupy an ever wider space in the world, and how they settled the earth until they heard the call and their time was up.”  It's this theory of civilization — how societies form and how they decline — that set his most famous book, Muqaddimah, apart from anything that came before it.  Ibn Khaldun was a 14th century North African scholar widely regarded as the first in many disciplines — sociology, history, economics — even Ronald Reagan referred to Ibn Khaldun as a precursor to Adam Smith. (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/beware-of-bitter-oranges-modern-lessons-from-a-medieval-thinker-1.6078888

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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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