Podcasts permit a shift of listening time from a set appointment to virtually any convenient occasion. I do it while taking my daily (more or less) 3 mile walk, while I’m “plodding along”.
While there are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of great podcasts from other sources, the ones sponsored via public radio have been vetted through the worthy objectives of the medium. Here’s what I’ve been listening to recently. I hope you might find these suggestions — in roughly 90 minute bites -- helpful in enhancing your own enjoyment of radio, our favorite medium. __ __ “Extremism has always been part of mainstream America: historian” IDEAS - CBC Radio One "This is the hardest lecture I've ever given." That's how historian Leonard Moore described his final lecture at McGill University in Montreal, where he taught popular — and powerful — courses on American history for more than 30 years. The topic of his final lecture was, as Moore put it, "the really difficult present." He spoke about the deep polarization in the United States, his home country, and the sense that for him and many other experts, the upcoming election between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump may be the most pivotal in U.S. history. It was an emotional farewell to teaching, featuring insights and anxieties about where the United States may be headed, and was attended by members of the public and friends, family and generations of former students. (54”) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/leonard-moore-extreme-mainstream-america-1.7213746 “Neofeudalism: techno-lords and peasants” THE PHILOSOPHERS ZONE - ABC RN (Radio National) For many on the political left, the end of capitalism is a cherished ideal - but what if capitalism ended and we found ourselves with something worse? This week we're exploring the possibility that Western liberal democracies could be sliding in the direction of "neofeudalism" and devolving into a much nastier set of economic and social structures than the ones we presently have. Guest: Francis Russell, Lecturer in Humanities, Curtin University, Perth WA (38”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/neofeudalism-techno-lords-and-peasants/103744328 — — A compendium of these suggestions, plus on occasion additional pertinent material, is published in most editions of the CIDX Messenger, the monthly e-newsletter of the Canadian International DX Club (CIDX). For further information and membership information, go to www.cidxclub.ca John Figliozzi Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide” NEW!!!! 11th EDITION now available from universal-radio.com, amazon.com. amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.com.au _______________________________________________ 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.
