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 morning in what sometimes seems like a vain attempt to diminish the results of sitting behind a desk for 35 years. 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 is 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. 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 or less): __ __ “Michael Enright's final episode as host: a look back at the past 20 years; the world's transformation; an exit interview; audio postcards; and Michael's final essay” THE SUNDAY EDITION - CBC Radio One A very special program — Michael Enright’s last as host of The Sunday Edition, a position he has held for 20 years. To mark the close of this latest and longest chapter in his storied career as a journalist and broadcaster, Michael will be joined by guests who have become friends of the program. The decades-long battle to achieve fairness for Indigenous kids in Canada: Cindy Blackstok: 0:37 Our turbulent times and hope for the future: Paul Rogers 16:37 Canada’s First Lady of Literature: Margaret Atwood: 33:40 How the pandemic has changed our lives: Adam Gopnik: 48:30 Peter Brown Skit 1:09:37 Turning the tables: Michael’s exit interview with Matt Galloway 1:14:37 Our “Man About Music”: Robert Harris 1:31:02 Goodbye messages from listeners: 1:46:59 Goodbye messages from friends of the show: 1:59:00 A lifelong obsession with radio and 20 years of The Sunday Edition — Michael’s essay: 2:18:24 (148”) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/arts-culture/the-best-of-the-sunday-edition/ (scroll down to this title) __ __ 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” NEW! 184 page 9th EDITION available NOW from Universal Radio [universal-radio.com], Amazon [amazon.com], Ham Radio Outlet [hamradio.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.
