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.
[Apoligies for the long gap between newsletters. Most of my podcast listening takes place on my “power” walks which due to a balky arthritic knee forced a suspension of such activity foir a time. But that seems to have resolved itself with some care, so we’re back.] __ __ “Loudon Wainwright III and k.d. lang” THE MUSIC SHOW - ABC Radio National Loudon Wainwright III is a songwriter who falls somewhere between Woody Guthrie and Tom Lehrer. As well as being a storyteller and comedian, he's the father of a brood of musical children including Rufus and Martha Wainwright. He's 80 now and planning his first Australian tour in over twenty years. And from The Music Show's archives, another chance to hear host Andrew Ford’s favourite of a few interviews with Canadian singer k.d. lang, who spoke to him about creating a great Canadian songbook with her album "Hymns of the 49th Parallel". (54”) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/musicshow/loudon-wainwright-iii-and-k-d-lang/107269072 “No Coincidence, No Story” THIS AMERICAN LIFE - NPR and WBEZ Chicago Public Media We asked listeners to send us their best coincidence stories, and we got more than 1,300 submissions! There were so many good ones that we decided to make a whole show about them. From a chance encounter at a bus station to a romantic dollar bill to a baffling apparition in a college shower stall. (62”) https://www.thisamericanlife.org/489/no-coincidence-no-story — — 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” Opinion Writer, “The Daily Gazette - Sunday”, Schenectady, NY _______________________________________________ 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.
