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.
__ __ “Robert Reich's America, plus Ten Years Since the Release of the Panama Papers” LATE NIGHT LIVE - ABC Radio National In his new memoir, Former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, traces how the Democrats lost the working class and paved the way for Donald Trump. Plus ten years on since the release of the Panama Papers, has anything changed in the global financial system? (54”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/robert-reich-and-gerard-ryle/106450890 “The Music of Kubrick” MUSIC CLASS - ABC Classic Ok, ok, so Stanley Kubrick didn’t actually write the music for his movies, but he sure made some interesting soundtrack choices, and in very specific ways. Professor Dan Golding, of Screen Sounds fame, is in the Music Classroom for this exploration of soundtracks to iconic Kubrick films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining. (59”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/music-class/music-class-the-music-of-kubrick/106517280 — — 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 Member, North America Shortwave Association Executive Council Co-Coordinator, NASWA Annual SWL Fest Editor, The NASWA Journal “Shortwave Center” column Author, "The Worldwide Listening Guide” _______________________________________________ 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.
