The Pod Files - Saturday 3 August 2024

 

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


Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware - episode 204: 2 August 2024: Martyn chats with the superb Alan Parsons, songwriter, musician, record producer, sound engineer, and so much more. A fascinating chat that barely touches the surface of his work. Mentions of working with The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Alan Parsons Project… The list is endless. 



Daily Dad Jokes - 1 August 2024


Merriam Webster’s Word of The Day - 1 August 2024: midriff 


StarDate - 31 July 2024: Big Snapshots


The Daily Business and Finance Show - 26 March 2024


7 Good Minutes - 28 July 2024: Reflective Sunday: Gratitude for Personal Growth



5 Good News Stories - 15 January 2024: *The Science of Tickling Rats / Sheep Preserving Ancient Ruins at Pompeii / Preserving the Ho Chunk Nation Language / Restoring Barbie Dolls for Migrant Children / The Laziest Citizen Contest


A Daily Dose of History - 18 September 2023


7 Good Minutes - 28 July 2024: Extra - Gratitude transforms common days into...


Sounds Profitable - 31 July 2024: The Hidden Cost of Ad-Skipping - A look at the efficacy of podcast advertising and what the true impact of enabling further skipping entails. [I don’t get enough listeners to be able to have ads in Pods Like Us. I know this because I hate to say that I have looked into it.] 


Daily Shower Thoughts - 15 April 2024


Cold Tapes - 30 July 2024: File 060: Chabal



Feedback with Earbuds - 7 December 2020: [this episode’s theme is] ‘A Surreal Wrap-Up.’ This week's curators are Laurah Norton and Maura Currie of the One Strange Thing podcast. [Their choices are] One Strange Thing, The Hidden Djinn, The Conspirators Podcast, Pleasing Terrors, and Take Me Home. This week's podcast spotlight is on You're Wrong About.


Daily Facts - 22 February 2024


7 Minutes for Yourself - 3 January 2024: Self-Care Hacks for Busy Women: Making Time for Yourself


Consider This - 2 August 2024: *Video game performers are on strike and Al is the sticking point - If you're not entrenched in the world of video games, you might not realize how much real actors have to do with modern gaming. / They provide everything from lines of dialogue, to portraying heroes and villains, to performing stunts - all of this bringing video games characters to life. / Some of the biggest game studios rely on voice and performance capture artists, and all this adds up to big bucks. The video game industry made close to $185 billion last year. / Which is why they're now on strike. 


Podnews - 31 July 2024: *UK's Listen focuses on shows you can watch - They have a Head of Visualised Podcasts now / This is sponsored by Riverside. Create studio-quality recordings and edit with lightning speed. Riverside is your podcast and video studio. With our latest updates, you can now edit faster and stream better. Elevate your podcasting game — try Riverside today. / Read today’s update in full, and subscribe to our newsletter. Find more podcasts from Podnews.


Wikipedia Featured Article of the Day - 16 December 2023: Lever House



The Stupid History Minute - 2 August 2024: Wife Carrying


Garrison Keillor's Podcast: The Writer’s Almanac - 3 February 2024: *The gift of Miss Helen Story, remembered - But I found my glasses today. They were in my jacket pocket. Sometimes they're in a shirt pocket, sometimes perched on top of my head. The frenzy ends, the problem solves itself. The comedian is grateful. He looks around and appreciates the beauty of the day, the here and now. It's 5 a.m. My love is asleep in the bedroom, my daughter in her bedroom. / I look out at the lights of New York. I make coffee, take my meds. The day awaits. There is work to be done. Then daughter Maia and I will take a brisk walk around Central Park. / There will be lunch, a nap, a phone call, perhaps from cousin Elizabeth explaining how Our Lord, though omniscient and omnipotent, nonetheless experienced our mortality with all its sorrows and pain, or maybe cousin Joyce planning our trip to Scotland, or cousin Richard reminiscing about his travels in Africa. / I am rich with cousins. My love has only a couple of second cousins. I have dozens. / Cousin Stan is 90, my mentor. Elizabeth is my conscience, Dan my doctor, Susie my family historian, Janice my authority on cheerfulness. Dad had six siblings, Mother twelve. This connects me to hundreds of people, including a month-old great-nephew. 


Question of the Week - 27 February 2017: *How Does My Tea Become Pee? - When you drink tea and use the toilet shortly afterwards, is that the same liquid?


Daily Life Pro Tips - 21 February 2024


New Podcast Trailers - 30 July 2024: *Supercool is a new climate podcast which focuses on solutions that cut carbon while improving people's lives and strengthening communities. It's hosted by author and environmental entrepreneur Josh Dorfman; the first guest is Alan Eber, who led the first 100% local and renewable energy-powered healthcare system (saving $5mn on energy costs).


Naked Scientists In Short - 4 November 2010: *Bowerbirds, a yellow sub and measuring CO2 - This week, Richard Hollingham finds out that bowerbirds are not just brilliant at making elaborate bowers, they're also good at mimicking other birds and pretty much most sounds they hear - including human voices.

He also goes to a Scottish forest to meet researchers from the University of Edinburgh who are using a 220-metre high TV tower to measure greenhouse gas concentrations from across Scotland and all the way to Ireland and even as far as Canada. Lastly, during Richard's recent trip to the Arctic onboard the RRS James Clark Ross, he spoke to a scientist who explained how a small yellow. 


Composer’s Datebook - 1 August 2024: Zwilich's Horn Concerto


Face The Music: An Electric Light Orchestra Song by Song Podcast - 27 July 2024: Eric Paul Johnson finds out what twelve year old Madelyne thinks of the song Here Is The News by ELO, four years after she gave her opinion as an eight year old. 


The Tom Petty Project - season 7 episode 7: 19 April 2023: Kev starts with reactions to listeners feedback. This time Kev is looking at the song All Mixed Up, a very r&b tinged song for the band to record. 



Everything Phil Collins - 29 July 2024: this episode looks at the live bootleg No Ticket Required. 


New Podcast Trailers - 30 July 2024: *Why Wars Happened is new - focusing on the intricate political backgrounds behind history's most significant wars. It's researched, written, recorded, edited and produced by Emily Ross; on YouTube as well as podcast apps. 


Comicbook Nation - 2 August 2024: Kofi and Janell presenting while Matt is away on assignment. Kofi reacts to seeing the new M Knight Shyamalan film Trap. Janell went to see Deadpool and Wolverine with a cinema full of kids in there with parents. Superman Legacy has wrapped filming. Season two of Squid Game coming December 26 2024. They’ve announced that there will be a third and final season of Squid Game the following year. “We are not Politics Nation!” After a break they respond to some listener/viewer feedback they had during the live recording of this show. There still are going to be two spin-off series from Citadel. After responding to the fans, they are joined by Evan Valentine. They look at the series Batman: Caped Crusader, available on Amazon Prime. 



New Podcast Trailers - 31 July 2024: *The Process - What is the one job you think everyone should work at least once in their lives? The Process is a journalistic narrative-driven show that intimately dives into a person's life and different processes -- such as covering a war, creating a video game from scratch, or, today, someone who has the secret of a dream job.


New Podcast Trailers - 31 July 2024: *The Simpler Life? with James & William is new from Acast today, featuring Irish influencer James Kavanagh and his partner William Murray who have left the city lights of Dublin in search of a quieter place in the countryside - a house in Kilkenny, with space for growing vegetables and raise chickens.


New Podcast Trailers - 31 July 2024: *The Sons of San Fernando - The 1980s, where hair was big, colours were dayglo, and it was a good time to grow up. / Tony and Eric remember those times well, and as friends of over 40 years, they've some stories to tell - The Sons of San Fernando has wide ranging, personal, relatable stories from the Gen X days, and launched this month.


New Podcast Trailers - 1 August  2024: Investies has joined the fwd. podcast network from AdLarge. The show offers invaluable financial guidance and advocacy, providing listeners with unfiltered advice on the stock market and economic trends. It's hosted by Linda Garcia, a recognized financial expert, author and educator.


New Podcast Trailers - 1 August  2024: this is actually a trailer for the Show. What’s Your Problem, but it says that it is a trailer for the show Hacking Humans. I am better look for the proper thumbnail! 


Seaside Pod Review - 22 December 2022: Randy has some sexy lighting according to Kev. Before going into the main topic of this episode, they go back to the song that they listen to the previous time, Action This Day, to listen to a live version of this song, and get some feedback from the listeners. I still say that the Hot Space album helped them to get to the sound of their next album The Works, despite the negativity that Hot Space received and still receives. The randomly chosen song for this episode’s review is the classic Queen song We Are The Champions. 



New Podcast Trailers - 1 August 2024: *The News Agents is claiming it has now had over 100 million downloads. The show is from Global in the UK, and was launched with Persephonica.


The Puzzler - 3 July 2024: "Syllable Charades" w/ Jo Piazza


TIK Radio - 23 September 2023: 002- Daily Intake of Love & Light


New Podcast Trailers - 2 August 2024: *The Gynarchy with Dr. Kirti Patel aims to create a space where women can find reliable, up-to-date information on women's health and important feminist topics, delivered in an accessible and engaging format, and launched yesterday. Dr Patel is a board-certified gynecologist with over 20 years of experience in women's health.


The Puzzler - 4 July 2024: "Social Medic" w/

Jo Piazza


What Came Next - Episode 12: 10 March 2023: *Duran Duran: Seven and the Ragged Tiger - After the success of Rio the pressure was on to keep Duran Duran a hitmaking machine. Despite going to exotic locations to film videos, wearing the latest fashions and being featured on the cover of a number of magazines, the sudden fame was weighing on the band, and their fortunes were in danger of being seized by the British government. In tax exile they began working on what was originally a concept album, but soon became Seven and the Ragged Tiger. It would spawn their first number one hit in the U.S., but it would be the last the classic version of the band would record for over two decades.



New Podcast Trailers - 2 August 2024: *Coach with Bill Belichick has been announced, from Backyard Ventures and Underdog Sports. Hosted by Bill Belichick, the 8-time Super Bowl champion and sports analyst, the show is to focus on Bill's NFL experience, from the way he coaches a team, to breakdowns of how to play the game. It launches this NFL season.


The Puzzler - 5 July 2024:"Sports Onomatopoeia" w/ A.J. & Greg


TIK Radio - 23 September 2023: TIK Astrology - Kabbalistic Astrology


New Podcast Trailers - 2 August 2024: *_New on Airwave:_ A History of the World in Spy Objects The Enigma Machine. The B2 stealth bomber. The poisoned-tipped umbrella. Napoleon's Briefcase of Secrets. As long as there has been conflict, there have been spies, and as long as there have been spies, there have been incredible gadgets and iconic objects. [a show I actually listen to, and think that I’m up to date on? I’ll have a look… Yes, I’m up to date.] 


The Puzzler - 8 July 2024: "J.M." w/ Jane Marie


The Gadget Show - 29 April 2024: *Is The Console Dead? - In the third episode of The Gadget Show Podcast, Jason and Suzi discuss whether the console is on its way out with the rise of handheld and cloud-based gaming. Jason's son, Jackson Bradbury, a professional gamer no less, discusses how he became a pro gamer and his daily routine to stay at that level!




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