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. 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 can be 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. 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. __ __ PLEASE NOTE: The previous edition of this e-newsletter was erroneously numbered 341. It should have been labeled #342. Apologies for the error. __ __ “Trust Fall” INVISIBILIA - NPR Hacking, phishing, surveillance, disinformation... these are tools used to silence dissidents and influence elections. But what happens when these same methods are used against an ordinary citizen? The story of a man fighting an enemy he can't see and becoming increasingly paranoid. Which makes him a lot like the rest of us. What happens when you no longer know how to trust? (48”) https://www.npr.org/2020/06/02/868001948/trust-fall “Post Pandemic Recovery” THE URBANIST - Monocle 24 As governments start to think about post-pandemic recovery plans, we take a look at our cities and what is being done to mitigate the effect of a world brought to a standstill. (29”) https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist/458/ [Ed. Note: The previous edition of this newsletter failed to provide a complete reference for the following podcast. That deficiency is rectified here. Apologies for the inconvenience.] “Just-in-Time or Just-in-Case Economy?" FUTURE TENSE - ABC RN A little known management theory called Just-In-Time was originally devised to make supply chains in the Japanese car industry more efficient. In the second decade of the 21st century it underpins all economic and organisational activity right across the globe. But a growing number of economists and business management experts believe the Just-In-Time philosophy has reduced the resilience of industry and influenced the casualisation of employment. And in a time of coronavirus, they argue, it now threatens our future economic and social wellbeing. Guests: Dr Jim Stanford - Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute; Dr Giovanni Di Lieto - Senior lecturer, International Business and Economics, Monash University; Associate professor Mike Rafferty – International Business, School of Management, RMIT; Rich Weissman - Supply Chain Management Specialist. Former Assistant professor, Endicott College, Massachusetts. (30”) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/just-in-time-or-just-in-case/12370736 __ __ 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.
