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.
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“Dan Osborn, the Independent Senate Candidate Who Could Tip Nebraska”
THE NEW YORKER RADIO HOUR - NPR and WNYC New York Public Media
• As control of the Senate hangs in the balance, many eyes are on Dan
Osborn, of Nebraska. He’s a dream candidate for the Democrats: a mechanic in
the food-processing industry, a former president of his local union, and a
veteran of the Navy and the Army National Guard. But Osborn isn’t a Democrat;
he’s running as an independent. Polls show a close or tied race with the
Republican incumbent, Pete Ricketts, an heir to a financial fortune. David
Remnick talks with Osborn about leading a strike at a Kellogg’s plant; how
Donald Trump’s tariffs are affecting voters in an agricultural state; and
Osborn’s decision to not caucus with either party if he wins the seat.
• Colson Whitehead is one the few novelists, and the only still alive, to
win two Pulitzer Prizes—for “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys”—in
successive years. Whitehead’s protagonist in the Harlem trilogy is Ray Carney,
a small-time crook who fences stolen goods while working as a furniture
salesman. Ray first appeared in “Harlem Shuffle,” and the final book of the
trilogy, “Cool Machine,” will be published in July. David Remnick and Whitehead
discuss the trilogy’s second book, “Crook Manifesto,” and how David Bowie
inspired Whitehead’s genre-hopping approach to fiction. (56”)
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/articles/dan-osborn-the-independent-senate-candidate-who-could-tip-nebraska
“Comic Josh Johnson andTrumpeter Adam O'Farrell”
FRESH AIR - NPR and WHYY Philadelphia
Comic Josh Johnson explains why he shares his insecurities on stage Trumpeter
Adam O'Farrill mentors the next wave of jazz virtuosos on ‘ELEPHANT’. (45”)
https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2026/06/11/fresh-air-for-jun-11-2026?showDate=2026-06-11
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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
Member, North America Shortwave Association Executive Council
Co-Coordinator, NASWA Annual SWL Fest
Editor, The NASWA Journal “Shortwave Center” column
Author, "The Worldwide Listening Guide”
Opinion Writer, “The Daily Gazette - Sunday”, Schenectady, NY
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