[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 419

[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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“Sleep”
SPARK - CBC Radio One
Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it! Everybody sleeps. But how has the way we sleep evolved with the technology we've developed? 
	• Roger Ekirch's Not-so-brief History of How Our Sleep Patterns Have Evolved
	• New tech to help us sleep better, with clinical sleep specialist Amy Bender 
	• Spark producer Adam Killick tries out a home sleep analysis kit   (55”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/waking-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night-thank-your-pre-industrial-ancestors-1.5990900

“A vision of the world through the lens of Taryn Simon: probing the uncertainty of memory and truth”
WRITERS AND COMPANY - CBC Radio One
The work of photographer and conceptual artist Taryn Simon has been described by critics as both terrifying and brilliant. Mixing camerawork, writing, graphic design and performance art, her complex and ambitious projects raise questions about the nature of truth, the reliability of memory and the struggle between order and chaos. Simon's breakout work looked at Americans who had been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, often due to the misuse of photographic evidence. The resultant book, The Innocents, was published to great acclaim in 2003.  (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/writersandcompany/a-vision-of-the-world-through-the-lens-of-taryn-simon-probing-the-uncertainty-of-memory-and-truth-1.6139835

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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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