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: —— “Roy Wood, Jr.; Growing Up Undocumented” FRESH AIR - NPR (WHYY Philadelphia) Roy Wood Jr. says the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest — sometimes in places where he felt unsafe as a black man — helped him understand the psyche of the country. He grew up the son of a civil rights journalist in Birmingham, Ala., and joined 'The Daily Show' in 2015, after working for ESPN and as a radio personality. Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews 'Ready Player One.' And writer Sara Saedi was 2 when her parents fled Iran and moved to California. Her new memoir, 'Americanized,' describes her 18-year-long path to citizenship, and the lingering anxiety of being undocumented. (51”) https://www.npr.org/2018/03/31/598504978/best-of-comic-roy-wood-jr-growing-up-undocumented “A New Thread in the Mueller Investigation” FRESH AIR - NPR (WHYY Philadelphia 'New York Times' reporter David Kirkpatrick explains the connection between the Mueller investigation and efforts by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to influence U.S. international policy. (49”) https://www.npr.org/2018/03/30/598073013/a-new-thread-in-the-mueller-investigation __ __ 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” 192 page 8th edition now available from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com] and Amazon [amazon.com] _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
