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. [Ed. Note: Public service media — the kind that prioritizes serving the public’s requirement for reliable information over securing the support of advertisers through emotional appeals and sensational exhibitionism — is under attack everywhere, but especially at the moment in the United State. When you weigh the decision whether to directly support public service media (if you don’t do so already), be aware of this crucial difference in the respective missions of these two forms. Do you want to be exploited for someone else’s profit or do you want to be truly informed about matters that both affect you and over which you have some direct control through your vote? If you take the time to really think about it, the only correct answer is the latter. Become a sustaining member of your local public service media.] __ __ “Indigenous Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin on the Quiet Power of Listening” IDEAS - CBC Radio One At the age of 92, prolific Abenaki artist and filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin is not slowing down. For nearly 70 years, her storytelling and documentary work has served as a mirror for Canada, vividly capturing and reflecting Indigenous experiences, providing a space for all Canadians to witness perspectives that have otherwise been suppressed and ignored. Obomsawin talks about her life's influences and the quiet power of listening in her 2023 Beatty Lecture at McGill University. (54”) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/indigenous-filmmaker-alanis-obomsawin-beatty-lecture-1.7019757 “Live from the Brookfield x Monocle Liveable Cities Celebration” THE URBANIST - Monocle Radio To celebrate the release of Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey 2025, we record a special edition of the programme in association with Brookfield from the rooftop of their smart new offices in Mayfair, London. (36”) https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-urbanist/live-from-the-brookfield-x-monocle-liveable-cities-celebration/ — — 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.
