[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 113

[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 (when itâs not cold and wet or I havenât succumbed to laziness).  The âartâ of putting one foot in front of the other can be pretty monotonous and by âpodding alongâ while plodding along the mind also gets something useful to do. 

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. 

Admittedly, these are thoroughly subjective recommendations, but my interests and tolerance for incompatible views are pretty wide-ranging. Hereâs another in a continuing series of small samplings:

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âWhat explains the Catholic Church's Silence on Child Sexual Abuse?â
"Mark Shriver's Pilgrimage: Searching for the Real Pope Francis"
RELIGION AND ETHICS REPORT - ABC Radio National
- The roots of Australiaâs own Catholic funk are obvious â revelations from the royal commission into church and institutional sex abuse.  Over the past three weeks, the commission has heard that 1,900 church personnel were accused of abusing 4,500 children over 50 years.  Most cases went unchecked, no reports to police.  The silence intended to protect the churchâs reputation.  But what if many priests and bishops stayed quiet because they were hiding their own sex lives? not with underage people but with consenting adults. Not breaking the law but breaking their vows.  The work of Richard Sipe has come up many times in the commission. The US therapist, writer and former priest has helped reveal the secrets that caused much of the sexual abuse crisis. 
- The church sex abuse crisis has rocked the faith of millions of Catholics.  A Pew study found that, in the United States alone, 40 per cent of people raised Catholic have left the church.  For one member of Americaâs most famous Catholic family, the crisis has been especially painful.  Mark Shriver is the nephew of JFK and the son of Sargent Shriver, a legendary humanitarian who ran the Peace Corps and the war on poverty in the 60s. In an effort to rescue his faith, he set out to test the Vaticanâs commitment to change. The result is his new book, "Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis".
(29â)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/religionandethicsreport/why-sex-abuse-in-the-catholic-church-,-the-real-pope-francis/8314894

âDid I Really Hear That?â
REWIND - CBC Radio One
Technical glitches, uncooperative guests, hosts doubled over in uncontrollable laughing fits.... CBC Radio has had its fair share of bloopers over the years. Relive some of the most unintentionally funny, but most memorably human moments ever heard on CBC Radio.  (56â)
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/pastepisodes (scroll down to December 15, 2016)

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A 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

Good listening!

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