[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 55

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most radio listening takes place in the car or while doing other things that allow freedom for the ear, but not the eyes and hands.  Podcasts permit a shift of listening time from a set appointment to virtually any convenient occasion.   
I do it while âpower walkingâ (most) every other day.  The âartâ of putting one foot in front of the other can be pretty monotonous and by âpodding alongâ while Iâm plodding along my mind gets something to do along with my body.  Some of the best radio comes from the public networks of the UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S.  Apart from the originating programâs web site, most programs are made available through any number of other amalgamation sources such as iTunes and TuneIn. Hereâs another in a continuing series of small samplings:

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âAre Our Perceptions of Honesty Changing?â
FUTURE TENSE - ABC Radio National
From Donald Trump to ânativeâ advertising to online âinfluencersâ â our understanding of honesty and deception seems to get increasingly blurry. The fine line between truth and falsity is now multi-layered; and thereâs also more deceit and outright lies about â or so it seems. Are we, in fact, far more comfortable as a society with high levels of exaggeration, spin and even lying? Do we naturally discount for deceit? And does the media we use actively encourage and even reward deception?  If so, what does that mean for our ability to deal with real challenges and adversities in the future?  (29â)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/are-our-perceptions-of-honesty-changing/7530584

âSovereigntyâ
IN OUR TIME - BBC Radio 4
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Sovereignty, the authority of a state to govern itself and the relationship between the sovereign and the people. These ideas of external and internal sovereignty were imagined in various ways in ancient Greece and Rome, and given a name in 16th Century France by the philosopher and jurist Jean Bodin in his "Six Books of the Commonwealth", where he said (in an early English translation) 'Maiestie or Soveraigntie is the most high, absolute, and perpetuall power over the citisens and subiects in a Commonweale: which the Latins cal Maiestatem, the Greeks akra exousia, kurion arche, and kurion politeuma; the Italians Segnoria, and the Hebrewes tomech shÃvet, that is to say, The greatest power to command.' Shakespeare also explored the concept through Richard II and the king's two bodies, Hobbes developed it in the 17th Century, and the idea of popular sovereignty was tested in the Revolutionary era in America and France. (43â) 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07hhvxx

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Good listening!

John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide"
New 7th edition now available from Universal Radio, Amazon and W5YI.com
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