[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 341

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Podcasts permit a shift of listening time from a set appointment to virtually any convenient occasion.  I do it while “power walking” (most) every morning.  The act of putting one foot in front of the other can be pretty monotonous and by “podding along” while plodding along the mind also gets something useful to do.  So it can be with the time spent gardening, washing dishes, preparing meals and many other day to day activities.

Podcasting has grown to the point that it can justly be considered a medium all its own.  Therefore, the attempt here has to be to highlight only a small portion of it, just one corner where excellence reigns.

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 program’s web site, most programs are made available through any number of other amalgamation sources such as iTunes and TuneIn. 

This continuing series of small samplings in more or less 90 minute helpings are curated by me.  I have listened to every podcast listed here, so admittedly these are thoroughly subjective recommendations.  But I hope you will find that my interests and tolerance for incompatible topics and views are pretty wide-ranging and that this alone will make many of these suggestions of interest to you as well. 

As always, good listening! 

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“Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era?”
LATE NIGHT LIVE - ABC RN
Has COVID-19 signalled the end of the American era? Professor Wade Davis argues that the virus reveals what America has become, and even if President Donald Trump is defeated, a profoundly polarized nation may not be able to find a way forward. 
He writes that "for the first time in the history of the world, all of humanity has come together, focused on the same existential threat, consumed by the same fears and uncertainties, eagerly anticipating the same, as yet unrealized, promises of medical science.” Guests: Professor Wade Davis, Prolific author, Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk, and Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. (53”)
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/the-end-of-the-american-era/12597368

“Tony Hall’s Exit Interview” 
THE MEDIA SHOW - BBC Radio 4
Tony Hall, the 16th Director-General of the BBC, on the crises and successes of his time in charge. In this extended interview, Hall considers editorial controversies, the rise of the tech giants in the UK television market, and government hostility towards the BBC. (66”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq

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John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide”
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