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The Pod Files - Friday 4 July 2025

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  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember (Changed tactic now where starred dialogue denotes quoting from the show’s own notes Rock 'n' Roll Survivors Podcast - season 3 episode 19:  Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day -  30 June 2025:  expunge Composers Datebook -  30  June 2025:  Anton Arensky StarDate -  27 June 2025:  Destination Moon The Stupid History Minute -  25  June 2025:  The Dutch Oven  BirdNote Daily -  3 September 2022: * Jaegers Give Chase in September -  A tern or gull plunges headfirst into the water, then bounces aloft grasping a small fish in its bill. But before the bird can swallow its catch, a Parasitic Jaeger swoops in. The jaeger nips the bird's wing, and it drops its hard-won fish. /  The pirate catches the fish in mid-air and gulps it down. The jaeger (German for hunter) is built for sprinting speed and predatory feats. /  More info and transcript at Bi...

The Pod Files - Thursday 3 July 2025

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  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember (Changed tactic now where starred dialogue denotes quoting from the show’s own notes Radiolab - Episode 642: 16 June 2025: *Making a Monster - Episode one of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. / Rodney Fox went into the ocean one summer day in 1963. He came out barely alive, his body torn apart by a great white shark. At the time, it was one of the worst shark attacks ever survived. / After he recovered, he was pulled back into the shadowy world he feared most. Again and again and again. That shark attack left behind a question that still lingers, for Rodney, and for all of us: When you can't see the thing that scares you, what kind of monster does your mind create? And how do you fight past it? / Special thanks to Surekha Davies, Asa Mittman, Scott Poole, and Maria Tatar. StarDate - 23 June 2025: Cygnus Clusters Disability Daily Podcast - Episode 98: 7 April 2025: *April 7: Kitty Cone & Francis...