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. __ __ “March 29, 2025” PLAYBACK - RTE Radio 1 Sinead Mooney brings you the best of the week’s wireless. This week: The holy show that was the Dáil speaking row. 1985 and the phenomenon of the Moving Statues. And end of the world bunkers and grab bags. (44”) https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22501256/ “Whatever happened to the idea of geoengineering the planet?” FUTURE TENSE - ABC Radio National Geoengineering is the deliberate manipulation of nature to lessen or reverse the impacts of global warming. Even its supporters concede it’s risky. nA decade ago, the controversial technology was talked about as a “necessary evil” in the fight against climate change – a matter of when, not if. However, despite the continued heating of the planet, no large scale testing has yet been attempted. In this program we ask why? And where to from here? Guests: Hugh Hunt – Acting Director, Centre for Climate Repair, Cambridge University; Alan Robock – Distinguished Professor, department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University; Steve Pacala – Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University; David Mead – Executive Director of Strategy and Development at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). (29”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/futuretense/geoengineering/12477026 — — 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” 11th EDITION, with comprehensive listings of radio programs on AM, FM, shortwave, satellite radio, internet-wifi radio and podcasts, 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.
