[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 448

[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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“Dr. Paul Farmer, Co-Founder of Partners in Health”
IDEAS - CBC Radio One
Dr. Paul Farmer was a towering figure in global public health. As a co-founder of Partners in Health, he sought to radically change ideas about healthcare and who deserves it. Sadly, Dr. Farmer died suddenly in his sleep on Feb 21, 2022, at the age of 62. In May of 2020, he shared his thoughts with IDEAS about equity and humanity in healthcare.  (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/we-re-not-doing-enough-doctor-urges-equal-health-care-for-the-most-vulnerable-1.5552347

“The Hittites”
IN OUR TIME - BBC Radio 4
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire that flourished in the Late Bronze Age in what is now Turkey, and which, like others at that time, mysteriously collapsed. For the next three thousand years these people of the Land of Hatti, as they called themselves, were known only by small references to their Iron Age descendants in the Old Testament and by unexplained remains in their former territory. Discoveries in their capital of Hattusa just over a century ago brought them back to prominence, including cuneiform tablets such as one which relates to an agreement with their rivals, the Egyptians. This agreement has since become popularly known as the Treaty of Kadesh and described as the oldest recorded peace treaty that survives to this day, said to have followed a great chariot battle with Egypt in 1274 BC near the Orontes River in northern Syria. With Claudia Glatz, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow; Ilgi Gercek, Assistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and History at Bilkent University; Christoph Bachhuber, Lecturer in Archaeology at St John’s College, University of Oxford.  (52”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0012q5n


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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”
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