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. __ __ “Cover Story: The Times They Are A-Changin'” THE MUSIC SHOW - ABC Radio National Ahead of new episodes of Cover Story (dropping very soon!) we bring you one of our favourites from season one. Singer and rapper Ziggy Ramo and musician and broadcaster Alice Keath look at Bob Dylan’s 'The Times They Are A-Changin’ '– a political anthem just vague enough to apply to the US civil rights movement, the Velvet Revolution, Perestroika, and in some cases seemingly nothing at all. Music details: The Times They Are A-Changin' Composed by Bob Dylan Originally recorded by Bob Dylan for the album The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964) on Columbia Records Covers by: The Byrds (1965) Billy Joel (1987) Frazey Ford (2021) Burl Ives (1968) Golden Kids - Marta Kubišová, Helena Vondráčková and Václav Neckář (1994) Bettye LaVette (2018) Timothée Chalamet (2024) Nina Simone (1969) Bob Dylan - Live at Budokan Hall, Tokyo (1979) (54”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/bob-dylan-ziggy-ramo-alice-keath-cover-story/105825420 “Northern Ireland 1998 - what can we learn?” REAR VISION - ABC Radio National As all eyes look to the Middle East this week, hoping the seemingly intractable conflict between Israel and Hamas can be resolved, Rear Vision looks back to Northern Ireland. In 1998 The Good Friday Agreement was signed by groups in Britain and Ireland, bringing an end to 30 years of violence, murder and religious conflict. How did this come about? and are there lessons we can learn? Guests: Professor Feargal Cochrane, from Dept Politics and international studies at the University of Warwick; Jon Tonge, Professor of British and Irish Politics at the University of Liverpool; Historians Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards and Professor Marianne Elliott; Former US diplomat and strategist, George Mitchell. (29”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/rearvision/norther-ireland-1998-what-can-we-learn/105839636 — — 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.
