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.
__ __ “Fighting disinformation ahead of World Radio Day” ENGLISH LANGUAGE BROADCAST - Radio Exterior de España It's World Radio Day Friday. To celebrate, we take you on a journey through the history of Spanish radio, from the birth of Radio Nacional de España to the transition to democracy, up until the present day, when radio continues to prove itself as a crucial source of information when all else fails. However, radio stations and the media in general currently face many challenges, one of the most significant being the spread of disinformation. To discuss this issue and the tools available to combat it, we speak to Borja Díaz-Merry, a reporter at Verifica RTVE, Radio Televisión Española's fact-checking team. Disinformation is also a source of concern among Spanish youth. This was highlighted during a meeting between Roberta Metsola, the President of the European Parliament, and over 300 young people in Madrid last week. We attended the event, where other issues were raised too - particularly the housing crisis. (56”) https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/english-language-broadcast/fighting-disinformation-world-radio-day/16933693/ "Kentucky's Real People Radio" THE DOCUMENTARY - BBC World Service For World Radio Day 2026, we visit WMMT in Whitesburg, Kentucky, one of many small community radio stations in the US existentially threatened by cuts to government funding. At a moment when news has become increasingly polarised, these stations are even more needed, often providing communities with their only source of essential information and emergency warnings. (27”) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8ywk — — 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 PLEASE NOTE: Times change and some things just get passed by. Such is the case with THE WORLDWIDE LISTENING GUIDE. This 11th Edition will be its last. Once the current crop of issues is sold, the series is sold out for good. For 35 years, starting with THE SHORTWAVE RADIOGUIDE, it has been my pleasure to provide to select listeners a written record of some of the best programming available on public media radio everywhere. The media landscape is changing — much for the good, but some that’s concerning. This is especially true for the jewel that is public service media. But it’s also clear that radio — all its platforms — is de-emphasizing schedules and embracing the freeing capacity of podcasting. It’s also clear that — happily — there are some fine accessible and more timely resources for finding that public audio content available online. So for the next few weeks I will be compiling some of the best of those to share with you and provide places where you can still gain the information that the WWLG has tried to provide for these many years. On to the future! Happy Holidays! _______________________________________________ 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.
