[Swprograms] Podding Along - Issue 372

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Please note that the previous edition of this newsletter was inaccurately listed as Issue 370. It should have read Issue 371.]

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 when weather permits.  Hence…Podding Along!

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 sources. 

This continuing series of small samplings in more or less 90 minute helpings are curated by me.  I attest to the fact that I have listened to every podcast listed here.  So admittedly these are thoroughly subjective recommendations.  But my interests and tolerance for incompatible topics and views are pretty wide-ranging, even if I do say so myself. 

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“Drugs in the Vietnam War”
WITNESS HISTORY - BBC World Service
During the Vietnam war, US commanders grew increasingly concerned about the widespread use of drugs by US troops in Vietnam. Initially the focus was on marijuana. But in the early 1970s, reports began to emerge of the large scale use of heroin by US military personnel. The drug had became widely available in South Vietnam. Alex Last spoke to Dr Richard Ratner, then a psychiatrist in the US army in Vietnam, about his memories of treating soldiers suffering from heroin addiction.  (9”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cszmng

"Why do we text instead of talk?”
THE WHY FACTOR - BBC World Service
We can now curate who we talk to in a way that wasn’t thinkable when a bulky landline phone sat in a corner of a house and rang with anonymous urgency. The screens on our devices allow us to communicate in any number of quick, cheap but silent ways.These modern technologies are very useful, which is why they are so ubiquitous, but are they taking something from us that is deeply human? Sandra Kanthal asks why we choose to text instead of talk, and if this incredibly popular form of communication is changing the way we interact and relate with each other.  Contributors: Gary Turk - Spoken Word Artist/Poet; Sherry Turkle - Professor of the Social Studies of Technology, MIT and Author, Reclaiming Conversation: How To Talk In The Digital Age; Sophie Scott - Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London; Mary Jane Copps - Owner, The Phone Lady; Chetan Deshpande - Digital Sales and Profit Consultant   (24”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyv0t

"Millennials and business”
THE WHY FACTOR - BBC World Service
Whether it is the growth in co-working spaces around the world full of 20 and 30-somethings starting their own thing, to TV shows on entrepreneurship, all the way to the big successes out of California’s Silicon Valley, the millennial generation are attracted to starting their own businesses. However, it is not just about making money but also about passion and doing good. Christine Selph from Deloitte and professor Ethan Mollick from the Wharton School of Business give us an overview of this generation and of entrepreneurship. We go to a session run by Pop Up Business School to speak to some millennials about their motivations. Ayzh founder Zubaida Bai and Upstart founder Richard Dacalos tell us about the power of social entrepreneurship to solve problems which can be neglected by governments, while former World Bank economist Charles Kenny cautions us about focusing too much on the individual at the expense of government.  (23”)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyv0v

"Cundill Prize-winner reveals Aztec history through their own words”
IDEAS - CBC Radio One
Picture the Aztecs and what images come to mind? A bloodthirsty people sacrificing captives and ripping out their hearts to frenzied crowds? The hapless and incompetent leader Moctezuma handing over his empire to the daring Spanish? Little wonder these images remain so powerful in both scholarly circles and popular culture. History in this instance was literally written by the victors, the Spanish.  But these stereotypes are likely going to become defunct. Historian Camilla Townsend turned to obscure, and often ignored sources written by the Aztecs themselves to see how they saw themselves and their place in history. (54”)
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/cundill-prize-winner-reveals-aztec-history-through-their-own-words-1.5827006 

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A monthly (well, mostly 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

John Figliozzi
Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide”
Current 184 page 9th EDITION available from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com], Amazon [amazon.com], Ham Radio Outlet [hamradio.com]




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