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. __ __ “Adaptive Reuse, Shaping Cities Through Retail and Vienna’s Climate Neutrality” THE URBANIST - Monocle Radio We look at adaptive reuse through two lenses: a blockbuster case in the UK capital and an attempt to get European cities to legislate for less demolition. (34”) https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist/718/ “Rare Earth Minerals” REAR VISION - ABC Radio National Rare earth minerals are again in the headlines. Their supply and who control’s them, are ringing alarm bells, as tariff negotiations put world trade on edge. These minerals are essential to the global green energy transition and are a vital ingredient of today’s cutting edge technology. Where are they? And what power do they exert? Guests: Gracelin Baskin, director of the critical minerals security program at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC; Olivia Lazard. Affiliated with Carnegie Europe and the Berggruen Institute in Brussels; Dr. Chris Vernon, chief research scientist at CSIRO based in Perth, Western Australia; John Mavrogenes, Professor of economic geography at the Australian National University in Canberra. (29”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/rae-rearth-minerals/105340230 “Michael Wolff on MAGA’s Revolt over Jeffrey Epstein” THE NEW YORKER RADIO HOUR - NPR and WNYC New York Public Media The journalist talks about his interviews with the infamous abuser, and the political fallout from the White House’s attempt to close his case. (28”) https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/tnyradiohour/articles/358aa3cc81145959daf1eb20 — — 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.
