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.
__ __ “Seafood Film Club” I’M SORRY I HAVEN’T A CLUE - BBC Radio 4 Henning Wehn revisits the German National Anthem, Lucy Porter and Rory Bremner guess well-known idioms in Catchphrase, and Tony Hawks gives iconic films a nautical twist. Regular listeners will know to expect inspired nonsense, pointless revelry and Colin Sell at the piano. (28”) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mmmj “Can Europe Unite to Defend Itself” THE WORLD THIS WEEKEND - BBC Radio 4 The UK's efforts to access a key EU defence scheme fail. Where does this leave the government's reset of relations with Brussels? Also, after President Zelensky's top aide quits after an anti-corruption raid, one of Kyiv's MPs tells us further resignations are needed. (30”) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002mz0y “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Surprising Influence of Marketing UNDER THE INFLUENCE” - CBC Radio One Terry O’Reilly explores the critical shift from advertising as a loud one-way conversation to a new delicate dialogue, where the goal is no longer to triumph by weight, but to win by influence. (27”) https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-70-under-the-influence/clip/15991540-hiding-plain-sight-its-all-marketing — — 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.
