[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 473

[John A. Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some of the best radio comes from the public networks of the UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S.  Podcasts permit a shift of listening time from a set appointment to virtually any convenient occasion.  

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. 

Here’s what I’ve been listening to recently.  I hope you might find these suggestions helpful in enhancing your own enjoyment of radio, our favorite medium.

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“The Battle of Lepanto”
IN OUR TIME - BBC Radio 4 
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Battle of Lepanto, 1571, the last great sea battle between galleys, in which the Catholic fleet of the Holy League of principally Venice, Spain, the Papal States, Malta, Genoa, and Savoy defeated the Ottoman forces of Selim II. When much of Europe was divided over the Reformation, this was the first major victory of a Christian force over a Turkish fleet. The battle followed the Ottoman invasion of Venetian Cyprus and decades in which the Venetians had been trying to stop the broader westward expansion of the Ottomans into the Mediterranean. The outcome had a great impact on morale in Europe and Pope Pius V established a feast day of Our Lady of Victory. Some historians call it the most significant sea battle since Actium (31 BC). However, the Ottomans viewed the loss as less significant than their victory in Cyprus and, within two years, the Holy League had broken up.
With: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church at the University of Oxford; Kate Fleet, Director of the Skilliter Centre for Ottoman Studies and Fellow of Newnham College, University of Cambridge; Noel Malcolm, A Senior Research Fellow in History at All Soul's College, University of Oxford. (43”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nrqv8

“Designing Technology to Increase Inclusion for the Disabled”
FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN (Radio National)
Inclusive design isn’t just about meeting the needs of the disabled, it’s about opening-up the possibility of creating better products and services for everyone. New technologies are supporting inclusion.  But there are also challenges. Most Artificial Intelligence programs deliberately look for patterns when processing data.  But by ignoring the outliers, they risk perpetuating a form of inadvertent prejudice.
Original broadcast on November 5, 2017.
Guests:  Jutta Treviranus – Director, Inclusive Design research Centre, OCAD University, Canada; Kylie Appel – Project Manager, TOM: Melbourne; Mark Pesce – Honourary Associate, Digital Cultures Program, University of Sydney; Karen Dolva – CEO and co-founder, No Isolation, Norway; Ian Hamilton – UX designer and accessibility specialist.  (29”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/designing-technology-to-increase-inclusion-for-the-disabled/12892288

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A compendium of these suggestions, plus on occasion additional pertinent material, is published in most editions of the CIDX Messenger, the monthly e-newsletter of the Canadian International DX Club (CIDX).  For further information and membership information, go to www.cidx.ca

John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide”
10th EDITION available NOW from universal-radio.com, amazon.com. amazon.co.uk and amazon.com.au, Ham Radio Outlet.   




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