[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 403

[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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"Historian reveals Aztec history through their own words"
IDEAS - CBC Radio One
Camilla Townsend won the 2020 Cundill Prize for her book, 'Fifth Sun: A History of the Aztecs’ Picture the Aztecs and what images come to mind? A bloodthirsty people sacrificing captives and ripping out their hearts to frenzied crowds? The hapless and incompetent leader Moctezuma handing over his empire to the daring Spanish? Little wonder these images remain so powerful in both scholarly circles and popular culture. History in this instance was literally written by the victors, the Spanish. But these stereotypes are likely going to become defunct. Historian Camilla Townsend turned to obscure, and often ignored sources written by the Aztecs themselves to see how they saw themselves and their place in history.  (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/historian-reveals-aztec-history-through-their-own-words-1.5827006

“Nietzsche and transfiguration”
THE PHILOSOPHERS ZONE - ABC RN (Radio National)
Friedrich Nietzsche was certainly no Christian. But this son of a Lutheran pastor was no rationalist atheist either. Far from abandoning Christian theology altogether, Nietzsche engaged closely with Christian themes and concepts, re-casting them for a secular age. One of these was transfiguration, the strange alchemical process by which human brokenness and misfortune can be turned into a kind of redemption. For Nietzsche, this was an aesthetic process, and it made an art form of philosophy. (29”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/nietzsche-and-transfiguration/13467550

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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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