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. __ __ “Helping people die on their own terms — why Bhawani became a VAD practitioner” CONVERSATIONS - ABC RN (Radio National) Bhawani O'Brien grew up in Malaysia with Sri Lankan parents, both of whom were doctors. Bhawani was also expected to become a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or an accountant. Luckily for her, she adored her father, and followed his footsteps into medical school without protest. But after decades working as a GP, Bhawani had lost her purpose and also her beloved father, who died back at home in Malaysia while Bhawani was stuck behind locked borders in Western Australia. Not long after his death, she found a random pamphlet in her pigeonhole at work. It was about voluntary assisted dying, which became legal in WA in 2021, and it changed the course of Bhawani's professional and personal life. She immediately started her training as a voluntary assisted dying practitioner, and has since helped 100 people in their dying moments. (53”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/bhawani-obrien-voluntary-assisted-dying-doctor/104386936 “This agency is trying to protect elections from adversaries like Russia and Iran” FRESH AIR - WHYY Philadelphis and NPR New Yorker journalist David Kirkpatrick says a government command hub has been tasked with tracking and protecting U.S. elections from foreign adversaries who seek to sow discord and foment violence. (33”) https://www.npr.org/2024/10/31/g-s1-31221/this-agency-is-trying-to-protect-elections-from-adversaries-like-russia-and-iran — — 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.
