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 “power walking” (most) every other day (when it’s not cold and wet or I haven’t succumbed to laziness). The “art” 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.
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. Admittedly, these are thoroughly subjective recommendations, but my interests and tolerance for incompatible views are pretty wide-ranging. Here’s another in a continuing series of small samplings: —— “Let Nature Be Your Teacher” BIG IDEAS - ABC Radio National Why does a connection to nature matter so much for all of us? In this Sydney Writers Festival session three authors explore nature and how it shaped their lives. James Rebanks who runs a 600 year-old family farm in the Lake District in Northern England discusses the purity of nature, Australian scientist and natural heritage advocate Tim Flannery explains what nature has taught him, and Jeanette Winterson talks about the day when twitter sphere erupted after she posted a photo of a dead rabbit she was about to put in her cooking pot. So what does nature mean to each of us? Why is nature so pure? And how do we reconnect with the natural world in an age where our lives are connected to technology? 'Let Nature be your Teacher' was a Sydney Writers Festival event held at the Roslyn Packer Theatre in Walsh Bay, Sydney. 20th May 2016. (54”) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/let-nature-be-your-teacher/8063636 “City of the Future” THE DOCUMENTARY - BBC World Service How does Houston, Texas, a massive city, deal with the pressures of immigration, an exploding youth population and a widening divide between rich and poor? The answer could be critical to the future success of the US. Sociologists who have studied the city for decades believe that many US metropolitan areas could look like Houston in 30 years' time. Since the election of Donald Trump, these issues have become even more critical. Catherine Carr travels to Texas to see how the city’s authorities and inhabitants are coping with the radical changes to Houston’s demographics and meets the pioneers attempting to intentionally build bridges across city divides. (27”) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ks9pg __ __ 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 _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
