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.
__ __ “Music Man for Africa” SUNDAY FEATURE - BBC Radio 3 A celebration of the life and work of cultural ambassador and musicologist Leo Sarkisian of the Voice of America. (45”) https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/english-language-broadcast/fighting-disinformation-world-radio-day/16933693/ [Ed. Note: Because the BBC has foolishly* limited availability of much of its content to overseas listeners, independent radio producer David Goren, who was a producer of this piece, has made it available via SoundCloud from this link: https://soundcloud/shortwaveology/music-man-for-africa-sunday ] [* I say “foolishly” because if the BBC wants to make subscribers of worldwide listeners, I’m all for that and would be one of the first in line IF and only IF they were to open their entire catalog to me.] “What are the latest developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case?” FRESH AIR - NPR and WHYY Philadelphia Investigative journalist and author Vicky Ward was one of the first reporters to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's world in 2003 for Vanity Fair. She later said the most disturbing allegations she uncovered were never published because they were cut by her editor. In those newly released government files, Ward also found a document of Epstein trying to discredit her, confirming what she's been saying for 23 years. (43”) https://www.npr.org/2026/02/11/nx-s1-5711226/what-are-the-latest-developments-in-the-jeffrey-epstein-case — — 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.
