[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 482

[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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“Look Up: How the Sistine Chapel Changed this Canadian Author's Life”
IDEAS - CBC Radio One
Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel may be one of the most exalted works of art in the world, but Michelangelo's own relationship with it was complicated. Canadian writer and Rome resident Jeannie Marshall had a complicated relationship with it, reflecting her family's tormented relationship with the Catholic Church. Fellow Canadian and Rome resident Megan Williams met with her to visit the Sistine Chapel and talk about Marshall's book, 'All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel' — a reflection on the power of art to move and provoke us and to transcend even the historical, social and religious context that so powerfully shaped it. (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/sistine-chapel-art-emotion-jeannie-marshall-1.6874656

“Rain”
SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD - BBC Radio 4
St. Swithun's day is arguably the most British of all Saints days, associated as it is with one of the nations most popular topics of conversation: the weather. More specifically of course, it's associated with rain as the saint is most commonly prayed to in times of drought and tradition has it that, if it rains on St Swithun's day, it will rain solidly for the next forty days. Mark Tully considers the emotional impact rain has upon us in a summer that has already seen its fair share of it. With readings provided by Longfellow, Tagore and Langston Hughes and a range of evocative music from Chopin and Debussy to Ella Fitzgerald and the Portuguese Fado singer Mariza. Why go out in the rain, when you can stay inside and listen to it on the radio? (28”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kr7nh

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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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