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Audio: Recommendations for good mobile news? What can you trust?
Tue, 07 Nov 2006

It occurred to me that I've been remiss in my duty to rant on about everything ... well, else. I know I went on about podcasting months ago, for instance - back in the summer (or last summer?) when I was listening to RetroGamingRadio. I must have had the blinders on recently, with life being so busy and whizzing by: babies, funerals, trying to get life under control, working on new builds of Shadow Plan.. busy. I suppose I've not been listening to as much music of late for some reason, and I generally don't take in podcasts too often anyway - this time of year I tend to just take in the quieter city sounds and enjoy the brisker air as I walk anywhere.

But I do check news websites each day.. from nerd stuff to CBC and CNN for the mainstream goingsonabout. And the radio, while in the car.. 680 or CFNY or the like.. background noise and traffic alerts. It occurred to me that I'd like to hear what other parts of the world think about us, or the US, or the like. Every once in awhile I get that urge to rip through random podcasts or streaming-radio from across the world.. catch some Japanese music or news, hear whats going on in Croatia, find out what the Italians are reading. Not that I can understand much of it, but occasionally I'll catch an English language broadcast from some random world station. Cool stuff and one of the great benefits the net brought us.

Usually I just pick up some BBS or UK stuff, since I've always had a soft spot for my distant ancestors and that lovable accent. Of course, I'm always paranoid about what they're telling you -- for a set of countries that amount to some of the most surveiled in the world, can you really trust the broadcast media?

So tell me .. where can I get some English-language audio news, free and in a handy format like mp3, that talks about interesting news in the world with a freshly non-Americanized viewpoint?

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