The Pod Files - Friday 23 May 2025

 

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

The Podcast Advice Show - season 1 episode 13: 21 May 2025: *The impact of Al in podcasting - In this special episode recorded at the Podcast Show in London, Damien St John and Ant McGinley explore Al's impact on podcasting for UK creatives with Cliff Fluet of Lewis Silkin/Eleven Advisory. Topics include voice cloning, automated editing and legal concerns like copyright and deepfakes. Hit play to discover how podcast creators are blending human creativity with Al innovation. 

Beauty Unlocked the podcast - 20 May 2025: *Bonus Episode: I Regret My Buccal Fat Removal: A Trend Gone Too Far? - A cosmetic trend took social media by storm, promising perfectly sculpted cheekbones and a high-fashion look -but the aftermath isn't all glitz and glam. / In this bonus episode, I dive into the rise and sharp fall of one of the most talked-about beauty procedures of the past few years. / What started as a viral aesthetic has left many wondering: was it worth it? / Tune in as we explore the hype, the regret, and the deeper pressures behind the pursuit of the "perfect" face. / Are You Ready?

Composers Datebook - 22 May 2025: Richard Wagner at 200+

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 22 May 2025: voluble

The Joel Martin Mastery Podcast - episode 179: 21 May 2025: Joan Jett Took 23 Rejections And Turned Them Into A Number One Hit - On today's episode of the Music Minute, I share that Joan Jett took 23 rejections and turned them into a #1 hit.

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 123: 21 May 2025: A Tip For Naming Your Pet With Flair (w/ Noah Westreich) - Guest Tipper Noah Westreich named his dog after a character from a musical and believes you should too. Hear him out! / Rabbi Noah Westreich is an assistant rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El. He lives in San Francisco with his husband, also named Noah, and dog, Bobby. Noah received rabbinic ordination and an MA from Hebrew Union College in New York City, and his BA from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. He grew up in New Jersey.

New Podcasts - 19 May 2025: *Finding Lucinda - Do you have what it takes to emulate your hero? Finding Lucinda follows a young singer-songwriter on a road trip of self discovery to trace the roots of their musical hero Lucinda Williams. ISMAY meets Lucinda's early collaborators, digs through the archives to uncover hidden treasures, and visits the studios and venues where Lucinda got her start. Finding Lucinda is a story about not knowing whether you have what it takes to be the artist you want to be, and looking for answers on how to move forward anyways.

The Art of Deciding - season 1 episode 12: 6 March 2025: *Sara Collins - Booker Prize judge and lawyer turned award-winning author - The Booker Prize is the biggest literary award in the world. It can change lives and make careers. But who decides which is the best book? How do you take a collection of subjective opinions and choose a winner? / Sara Collins is a prize-winning author, broadcaster, podcaster, former lawyer and, in 2024, was a Booker judge. She takes us inside the process - which starts with reading 156 books! - and reveals her own thoughts on Samantha Harvey's Orbital, the eventual winner.

BirdNote Daily - 9 July 2022: *Birds as Pollinators - Birds are part of the complex web of Nature, and each fits into this web in its own way.

Some even pollinate flowers! While feeding at a flower, this Rainbow Lorikeet gets pollen on its forehead and throat. When it visits another flower of the same species, it transfers the pollen to that flower. The pollen fertilizes the plant's eggs to produce its seeds, and the plant's reproduction is assured. / More info and transcript at BirdNote.org

7 Good Minutes - 30 April 2025: Boost Your Personal Well-Being: Simple Steps to Feel Your Best Today!

The Stupid History Minute - 21 May 2025: The Extension Cord 

Daily Dad Jokes - 11 April 2025 

7 Good Minutes - 30 April 2025: Extra - Boosting your personal wellbeing starts with...

Literally! With Rob Lowe - Episode 263: 22 May 2025: *Ike Barinholtz: Wahlberg Adjacent - Rob and Ike are the biggest Kate Hudson fans! Actor Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project, The Studio, Running Point) joins Rob Lowe to talk about their mutual friends Kate Hudson and Amy Poehler, the time Ike ate the coconut cake Tom Cruise gifted to Mindy Kaling, Rob's look-a-like in the Lakers organization, doing improv in Amsterdam with Seth Meyers, and much more.

StarDate - 21 May 2025: Moon and Saturn

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily - episode 1145: 21 June 2024: Today's poem is Love Poem by the Light of the Refrigerator by Alisha Dietzman.

MinuteEarth - 16 December 2024: How To Avoid The Next Atlantis

Daily Facts - 18 June 2024

New Podcasts - 20 May 2025: *Where There's A Will, There's A Wake - Where There's A Will, There's A Wake is back for a new season today - with a new host. Mel Giedroyc is the new Mortician-in-Chief for the show, where celebrity guests bring their deaths to life as they plan their final day, from dawn to dusk and into the afterlife. It's from Sony Music.

The Bright Sessions - 23 May 2025: *Season 2 Bonus: Seasons 1-2 Blooper Reel - Here are never-before-heard bloopers from the first two seasons of The Bright Sessions! / Thank you so much to everyone who attended our livestreams celebrating these seasons and we hope to see you at the next! / Visit atypicalartists.co/10years for more info. / And for an extended version of this and all reels, please consider supporting us either by subscribing to Atypical Plus if you're on Apple Podcasts or by becoming and Atypipal at atypicalartists.co/support [I was so happy to see this suddenly appear in my feed. I miss The Bright Sessions. It is one of the greatest audio dramas ever in my own humble opinion. Superpowers with real world issues.]

Wikipedia Featured Article of the Day - 21 March 2024: William Y. Slack

Womanica - 27 February 2021: RBG

5 Good News Stories - 13 November 2024: *Introduction and Today's Good News Stories / Half a House for Half a Million / World's Largest String Cheese Ball / Escaped Black Angus Bull Captured / New Bacteria Detection Method / Wind-Powered Cargo Ship's Historic Voyage / Conclusion and Additional Programs

Sounds Profitable - 20 May 2025: *Apple Podcast Design Docs, Buying on Spotify iOS, & More - Today in the business of podcasting: Spotify can now sell audiobooks directly in the iOS app, what the business of podcasting can learn from the New York Times' profile of Kara Swisher's podcast deal, and Apple Podcasts has new templates and a Canva partnership to help podcasters present their shows well.

Science Quickly - 28 July 2014: *Ocean Plastic Particles Could Get in Gills - Sea creatures eat plastic dumped in the ocean, but they also might be accumulating plastic by sucking up tiny particles with their siphons and gills. Christopher Intagliata reports

The Icarus Complex - Season 3 Episode 8: 19 May 2025: Chapter 33 The One with Eliza

New Podcasts - 20 May 2025: *Italiano mit Caterina - In Italiano mit Caterina, a special guest: a professor of philosophy and history, a famous YouTuber with over 1,800 videos published and a loyal audience who love him — Ermanno Ferretti, also known as Scrip. You'll get to know everything about him and his podcasts.

5 Minute Mysteries - 19 September 2024: *The Mystery of the Oak Island Money Pit - In episode four of 5 Minute Mysteries, we dive into the legend of the Oak Island Money Pit, one of the most enduring treasure hunts in history. For over 200 years, treasure seekers have flocked to this small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, driven by rumours of buried riches hidden deep within a mysterious pit.

Despite numerous attempts, no one has yet uncovered the elusive treasure, but countless theories persist, from pirate gold to lost Templar relics. Join us as we explore the fascinating mystery of the Oak Island Money Pit and the enduring quest for its secrets.

A Daily Dose of History - 9 February 2024

Podnews Daily - 20 May 2025: *What are your Essential Listens? - What five podcasts have impacted you the most? Left of Media is creating The Essential Listening Poll - a list of the 100 most influential podcasts of all time to be published in August at Podcast Movement in Dallas. / Kara Swisher (and the business beind ) is the subject of a profile in the New York Times. We learn that Swisher and business partner Scott Galloway turned down a $40mn guaranteed offer, and instead signed a 70% revenue deal with Vox Media that could return $70mn for them to split. / Spotify has been criticised for listing spam podcasts that operate as links to websites for illegal drugs. Previous industries who have targeted free podcast hosts like Spotify also include book piracy and sex workers. Spotify say they've removed them.

New Podcasts - 20 May 2025: *Uinta Triangle - What happened to Eric Robinson? Uinta Triangle is new today from Lemonada Media and KSL Podcasts, the makers of "COLD" The 9-part series retraces the global journeys of hiker Eric Robinson, which culminated in his mysterious disappearance in Utah's remote High Uintas Wilderness. Part investigation, part adventure journal, part human drama, it's a story about the lengths people will go to find answers about their loved ones.

TED Health - 2 November 2021: *The inaccurate link between body ideals and health - Global obesity rates are on the rise, but body shaming campaigns are doing more harm than good, says medical anthropologist Nancy N. Chen. Reflecting on how the cultural histories of body ideals have changed over time, she offers a new way to view ourselves and our health by enhancing body diversity to close the gap between what's ideal and what's real.

New Podcasts - 20 May 2025: *The British History Podcast - _With Airwave:_ The British History Podcast - if you want a dry recounting of dates and battles, you're in the wrong place. This show helps you learn about who these people were and how their desires, fears, and flaws shaped the scope of this island at the edge of the world. And some of those desires are downright scandalous.

5 Minute History - 26 May 2020: *The History of Fighter Aircraft - In the sixth episode of season three of the 5 Minute History podcast, we take a brief look at the history of the fighter aircraft.

Daily Life Pro Tips - 15 June 2024

7 Minutes For Yourself - 22 May 2023: How To Find Calm Amidst Chaos - Proven Strategies For Regulating Your Emotions

New Podcasts - 21 May 2025: *Wrestling Out Loud: Faith and Liberation - Wrestling Out Loud: Faith and Liberation is back for a second season, going even deeper into the big questions of faith, justice, and community. The host, CEO of Faith in Public Life, Jeanné Lewis, is joined by guests including Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, and vocal artist Sonny Singh, as they share wisdom from their spiritual journeys and visions for our collective liberation.

Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware - season 2 episode 2: 21 February 2018: *Paloma Faith - inspiring woman, powerful voice, beautiful hair. She taught us so much in this episode. Giving celebrities food poisoning. Random acts of kindness. And most of all: never trust your guest's temporary dietary requirements!

Composers Datebook - 23 May 2025: Daniel Pinkham's 'Nocturnes'

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 23 May 2025: bastion 

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 124: 22 May 2025: A Tip For Sorting Your Silverware Like a Pro - Transform your dishwasher game with this simple silverware organization hack. Learn how sorting utensils while loading can save you precious minutes during unloading. This game-changing tip from our community will revolutionize your kitchen cleanup routine.

The Daily Quiz Show - 31 December 2024: Art and Literature 

Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 1,714: 18 January 2025: Orange Blood by David Trinidad

New Podcasts - 21 May 2025: *The Daily Aus - The Daily Aus is running a limited series, Investigating Ozempic, in its feed this week. / The show "dives deep into Australia's medical weight-loss industry", taking a look at the complex world of medicated weight-loss.

The Stupid History Minute - 22 May 2025: The Dustpan 

BirdNote Daily - 10 July 2022: *Anhingas (Snakebirds) - In the black water of a Louisiana bayou, the water ripples where a slender form glides just beneath the surface. It appears to be a snake, but look closer at the long, narrow spike of a beak. It's a Snakebird, a colloquial name for the Anhinga, swimming with just its head and neck above the water. An Anhinga hangs motionless in the water or swims slowly just below the surface, its neck crooked, like that of a cobra. When an unwary fish swims close, the bird's head darts forward, impaling its prey. Then it flings it in the air and downs it headfirst!

More info and transcript at birdnote.org

StarDate - 22 May 2025: Moon and Companions

New Podcasts - 21 May 2025: *The Town with Matthew Belloni - The most recent episode of The Town with Matthew Belloni has a guest of Charlie Hellman, Vice President, Global Head of Music Product at Spotify. He joins Matthew to talk about the current state of the music industry, how the music streaming era has impacted artists, how artists actually get paid by Spotify, competing with YouTube, the surge in Al-generated music, and artists' biggest frustrations with Spotify.

Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 2,990: 22 January 2025: Too Late the Truth by Haki R Madhubuti

Holidays After Dark - season 4 episode 82: 20 May 2025: *National Missing Children's Day 2025: Never Stop Searching - In this episode, Kristin uncovers the mission behind National Missing Children's Day and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The infamous cases of the abductions of Adam Walsh and Etan Patz are also explored.

Question of the Week - Episode 463: 15 February 2021: *How would a foetus develop in zero gravity? - Listener David asked: "Would a foetus develop differently in zero gravity conditions?" Adam Murphy found an answer with the help of reproductive biologist Adam Watkins, from the University of Nottingham...

Creators from TrueFans - season 1 episode 3: 19 May 2025: *Top Picks and Pauses creatOrs - Claire and Sam announce a brief hiatus until June 16th, sharing podcast recommendations and answering listener questions about the TrueFans platform to tide listeners over during the break. / Claire recommends "Conning the Con" by Sarah Ferris, a true crime podcast about a family turning the tables on a con man / Sam suggests "The Snap," featuring two Nashville artists navigating Bitcoin and value for value to monetize their music / Sam explains how to add TrueFans to your phone's home screen using the browser's "share" function / We reiterate that streaming sats to unclaimed shows is worthwhile as funds are held until creators claim their profiles / We hear what our listeners have been telling us this week / As usual we invite independent podcasters to be featured on the show by sending comments through TrueFans.