Another podcast suggestion....

Still another podcast suggestion.... As noted previously, the CBC has launched a major podcasting site offering the "best of" several of its shows. I have been catching up with the downloads from past weeks, and among the best of the best thus far has been the first three parts of a five part series on the life and work of Karl Polanyi. The series was part of the offerings on "Ideas", a CBC Radio One show that airs Monday through Thursday evenings. The Polanyi series, titled "Markets and Society" was originally aired last year and is now being offered as a "Best of Ideas" download each Monday through July and through August 1. (You can get the downloads as mp3 files -- at least for now -- here.) I recall (vaguely) reading The Great Transformation decades ago (more on that point tomorrow...), and this series is tempting me to revisit the work. Putting that work in its historical/biographical context will made the re-read all the more interesting. In looking up the other shows broadcast on Ideas, I see that I am missing a great deal by getting only this "best of" taste - the program listings for past and current, including one that focuses on Jane Jacobs, looks terrific. At the moment the only access besides the limited padcast offerings is through CDs or transcripts (both involving purchses) or trying to listen online. Tags: CBC podcasting, CBC Best of Ideas, Markets and Society, Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation, social theory, accountabilitybloke, Mel Dubnick