[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 401

[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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“Victor Gao: 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party”
HARDtalk - BBC Radio 4
As the Chinese Communist Party marks its 100th anniversary, Stephen Sackur speaks to veteran party loyalist Victor Gao, vice president of the Centre for China and Globalization in Beijing. The party has engineered a remarkable transformation that’s made China a global superpower, but is the level of internal control and repression sustainable?  (23”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1nbd

“Ben Rhodes: President Biden's Foreign Policy Challenges”
HARDtalk - BBC Radio 4
Stephen Sackur speaks to former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama, Ben Rhodes. He has written a new book, After the Fall, reflecting on his time in the White House, the legacy of President Trump and the foreign policy challenges facing President Biden. With the rise of authoritarian, nationalist trends around the world, is the US in any position to lead a much touted global alliance of democracies?  (23”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct1n18

"Is the process of ageing inevitable?”
FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN (Radio National)
Some animals, like sea sponges, can live for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. They also never get cancer.  Understanding why that’s the case has led scientists to question conventional notions of aging.  The idea that future humans may never grow old now seems theoretically possible. Guests: Dr Francesca Minerva – Research fellow, Bioethics, University of Milan; Dr David Sinclair – Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School; Dr Andrew Steele – Computational biologist and author; Dr Sven Brodmerkel – Assistant Professor, Integrated Marketing Communications, Bond University. (29”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/is-the-process-of-ageing-inevitable/13336650

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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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