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, offered in a 90 minute scope (more of less): —— “The Good Friday Agreement” THE HISTORY HOUR - BBC World Service In 1998, the political parties in Northern Ireland reached a peace agreement that ended decades of war. We hear from Paul Murphy, the junior minister for Northern Ireland at the time. Plus, a cross-communitychoir in Bosnia and women pioneers from the worlds of finance and oceanography. (51”) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswql7 “Catching up with the Jetsons: cities in 2050” FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN Fifty-four percent of the world’s population currently live in urban areasand according to the UN, by 2050 that percentage will increase to around 66 percent. The urban population of the world at the mid-point of this century is expected to be close to six-and-a-half billion people. So what will future cities look like? How will they function and—importantly—how do we keep them focussed on human need? This panel session was recorded at the World Science Festival, Brisbane. Original broadcast was on 3 April 2016. (29”) http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/catching-up-with-the-jetsons:-cities-in-2050/9462348 __ __ 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.
