Some of the best radio comes from the public networks of the UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S. Podcasts permit a shift of listening time from a set appointment to virtually any convenient occasion.
While there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of great podcasts from other sources, the ones sponsored via public radio have been vetted though the worthy objectives of the medium. Here’s what I’ve been listening to recently. I hope you might find these suggestions helpful in enhancing your own enjoyment of radio, our favorite medium. __ __ “Stanley Tucci” DESERT ISLAND DISCS - BBC Radio 4 Stanley Tucci is an actor, director and writer who is known for his roles in a broad range of feature films including the Devil Wears Prada, Julie and Julia and the Hunger Games. More recently he has whetted the appetites of television viewers with his food and travel series Searching for Italy. Stanley’s grandparents left Calabria in southern Italy for a new life in America, where his parents were born. Stanley himself was born in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in the nearby hamlet of Katonah. He studied drama at the State University of New York and in 1985 made his debut in John Huston’s film 'Prizzi’s Honour'. In 1996 he co-wrote, co-directed and starred in 'Big Night' about two brothers who run a struggling Italian restaurant. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance film Festival. In 2002 he starred in Sam Mendes’s 'Road to Perdition' and he played a serial killer in Peter Jackson’s film 'The Lovely Bones'. He published his first cookbook in 2012. Stanley lives in London with his wife, the literary agent Felicity Blunt, and their family. DISC ONE: Let It Be - The Beatles DISC TWO: Compared to What (Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival) - Les McCann & Eddie Harris DISC THREE: Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - II. Adagio. Performed by Karl Leister (clarinet) and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner DISC FOUR: The Weakness in Me - Joan Armatrading DISC FIVE: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong DISC SIX: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48 - I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato. Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker and conducted by Herbert von Karajan DISC SEVEN: A Foggy Day (In London Town) - Frank Sinatra DISC EIGHT: Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan BOOK CHOICE: Westward Ha! by S J Perelman LUXURY ITEM: Art supplies CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong (44”) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001nfz9 “The Andean Philosophy: The Huarochiri Manuscript" IDEAS - CBC Radio One The Huarochirí Manuscript is one of the few surviving records of Indigenous Andean philosophy and Quechua worldviews in the early modern era. Compiled in the late 16th century, it was once used by the Catholic Church to identify "idolatries." But today, the manuscript is an important tool for recovering and reconstructing metaphysical concepts the Catholic Church tried to eradicate. Jorge Sanchez-Perez, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Alberta, speaks with Nahlah Ayed about what the manuscript reveals about Andean metaphysics, including ideas about animal-human relations and the nature of time. (54”) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/huarochir%C3%AD-manuscript-quechua-worldviews-1.6738584 — — 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.cidx.ca John Figliozzi Editor, "The Worldwide Listening Guide” 10th EDITION available NOW from universal-radio.com, amazon.com. amazon.co.uk and amazon.com.au, Ham Radio Outlet. _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.