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. __ __ “December 15, 2024” THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE - CBC Radio One (103”) - Affordability at home, conflict abroad define the year in Canadian politics Between the cost of living crisis, foreign interference in our elections, global conflicts, and the return of Donald Trump... 2024 has been a tumultuous year in Canadian politics. As the House of Commons prepares to rise for its winter break, Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Canada correspondent Rob Russo, Edmonton Journal columnist David Staples, and Stephanie Levitz, senior reporter in The Globe and Mail's Parliament Hill bureau, about the highlights and lowlights of the year in Ottawa. - What our push-pull relationship with buttons reveals about us. (28”) Touchscreens may reign in tech, appliances and vehicles for now... but old-school buttons appear to be poised for a comeback. Apple's adding two of them to its new iPhone, and Hyundai's bringing tactile controls back to its cars after consumers reported feeling "annoyed" and "steamed" with screens. Rachel Plotnick is the author of Power Button: A History of Pleasure, Panic and the Politics of Pushing. She tells Chattopadhyay how the rise, fall and return of buttons can teach us a lot about labour, culture and human-machine relationships. (18”) - Excitement and uncertainty grip Syria following collapse of Assad regime As celebrations continue in Syria following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad's regime, questions remain about the future of the country, the region, and the rebel force behind the stunning offensive. University of Waterloo political science professor Bessma Momani and Kareem Shaheen, Middle East editor at New Lines Magazine, join Chattopadhyay to unpack the key implications as Syria goes through this turning point. (23”) - Katherine Rundell's case for cultivating wonder in a chaotic world It's a time of year when many of us try to recapture some of the wonder at the world we felt as kids... and Katherine Rundell has a special gift for doing just that. The British author and Oxford University fellow has drawn comparisons to J.R.R. Tolkein for her fantasy books beloved by younger and older readers alike. She joins Chattopadhyay to talk about two of her latest – Impossible Creatures, which brings unicorns, dragons and griffins to life for children; and Vanishing Treasures, which reflects on animals threatened with extinction for adults – and why she thinks cultivating wonder in worlds both imagined and real is vital. (22”) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-magazine-for-december-15-2024-1.7409640 — — A compendium of these suggestions, plus on occasion additional pertinent material, is published every other month in 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.
