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. __ __ “Sports Media’s Big Gamble on the Betting Industry” ON THE MEDIA - NPR and WNYC New York Public Media The NCAA's March Madness tournaments crowned men's and women's champions. The end of "The Big Dance" will also mark the end of one of America's largest gambling events. An estimated 68 million Americans bet on the madness last year, a number only expected to rise. The betting boom comes in the protracted wake of a 2018 Supreme Court decision allowing states to legalize sports betting. But in addition to sportsbooks and casinos, media companies have jumped in on this new, legal market—posing ethical questions for journalists and potentially changing how we view sports. This week, to figure out how we got here, OTM producer Rebecca Clark-Callender digs into the long history between the press, sports, and gambling with Brian Moritz, associate professor and sports media scholar at St. Bonaventure University, Danny Funt, reporter and contributor to the Washington Post, and Albert Chen, former editor at Sports Illustrated and author of Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between FanDuel and DraftKings That Upended Sports in America. . (19”) https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/sports-media-big-gamble-betting-industry-on-the-media [Ed. Note: There are some echoes of Musk’s apparent reliance on AI in this account from Australia of something similar back in 2020.] “Centrelink and the Robodebt Recovery System” REAR VISION - ABC Radio National Centrelink’s 'automated debt recovery system' - or Robodebt - sparked two Senate inquiries, an Ombudsman inquiry, numerous court cases and caused enormous stress to thousands of Australians. The Robodebt system has now been found to be unlawful by the Federal Court, but several questions remain unanswered. How and why was this system introduced? And why was it allowed to run for so long? (29”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/robodebt/12946354 "Caroline Darian, daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, tells her own story" THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE - CBC Radio One It was one of the most notorious rape trials in French history. Last year, Dominique Pelicot was convicted and jailed for drugging and raping his then-wife, Gisèle Pelicot, over the course of a decade – and recruiting dozens of other men to abuse her while she was unconscious. Gisèle Pelicot opted for a public trial, making her identity known, to raise awareness for other victims like her. The trial also put their three adult children in the spotlight. But one of them says her own experience has been overlooked. Not only was Caroline Darian forced to reckon with the shocking revelations, but also with the discovery that photographs of her were found on his computer – and with what she believes they suggest. Darian shares her journey with Piya Chattopadhyay in a Canadian broadcast exclusive interview. (46”) Note: This conversation contains frank discussion of sexual violence. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-57-the-sunday-magazine/clip/16136986-caroline-darian-daughter-gisele-pelicot-tells-story — — 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 _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
