The Pod Files - Thursday 8 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

Toppermost of the Poppermost - final mix of  forthcoming episode April 1965 Side A 

Composers Datebook - 6 May 2025: Larsen's 'Lyric' Third

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 6 Мау 2025: exculpate

StarDate - 5 Мау 2025: Moon and Regulus

They Had Fun: New York City Stories - Trailer: 4 May 2022: *Start spreading the news... They Had Fun is coming your way! If you love New York, if you miss New York, if you live in New York and are starting to forget why you love it... this is the podcast for you. Tune in every week for a new story about the most fun a real New Yorker has ever had in NYC. Love, success, trash, possibilities, pizza... and fun! / music by Ménage Quad

Fanzone from TrueFans - Season 1 Episode 19: 6 May 2025: *Episodes - Find out why the episodes list for a podcast might not show ALL the episodes straight away, and how to filter a search for an episode. 

BirdNote Daily - 11 June 2022: *Fairy-Wrens Sing Secret Passwords to Unborn Chicks - Superb Fairy-wrens teach their embryonic chicks a secret code. This "incubation call" contains a special note that will later serve as a password. When the chicks have hatched, this password enables the adult birds to identify their babies in the darkness of their domed nest. A species of Australian cuckoo lays its eggs in the wren's nest, hoping to pawn off the task of parenting. But wren chicks learn their mother's song and incorporate the password note into their begging calls.

Puzzler with AJ Jacobs - to add

Sounds Profitable - 5 May 2025: *Podcasts

SOON Spotify Ad Exchange, Defining the "Top" Podcaster, & More - Today in the business of podcasting: Spotify is adding podcasts to SAX this quarter, WARC report looks at how brands are gaining ground with audio advertising, a look at just how sturdy Rogan's grip on podcasting charts is, and Mark Zuckerberg teases a potential future Meta product that'd cause some big waves for the advertising industry at large if it was adopted.

The Stupid History Minute - 6 May 2025: The Teachers Apple

New Podcasts - 2 May 2025: *Fun Facts Daily - Start your day smarter with Fun Facts Daily. / Every episode explores a different topic giving you a quick and easy way to enjoy learning something new every weekday! / Expect positive, uplifting, and fascinating trivia about art, biographies, geography, history, pop culture, science and anything else that might pique your curiosity. It's new on Airwave.

Holidays After Dark - 6 May 2025: *Star Wars Day 2025: May the 4th Be With You - In this episode, Holidays After Dark explores the pop culture phenomenon "Star Wars Day" and the history behind its famous slogan “May the 4th be with you".

Podnews Daily - 6 May 2025: *Playback data all in one place - German podcast platform Audiorella launched Audiorella Data, a tool that gathers playback data from Spotify, YouTube, and other key platforms into one dashboard. ZDF is its first customer. / Acast released its financial report for Q1/2025. The company saw sales growth of 30%, up to US$55mn for the quarter. North America grew by 65%. However, the company went back into loss, losing $3mn in the quarter; and total listens dropped by 1% year-on-year - though that is a creditable number, given Acast lost the BBC in November. / The South African government is planning to regulate podcasters. A government minister said that there was “an obligation to protect the rights of the people who use these podcast platforms, including equality, dignity, and privacy," adding: "You can't have a platform where anything goes and has no regulatory parity."

Daily Dad Jokes - 1 April 2025 

New Podcasts - 5 May 2025: *Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge Us - Uncomfy features stories from guests who dared to get uncomfortable in a moment that challenged their worldview. In the thick of intense emotions, they chose to stay curious and open, rather than lash out or shy away, and came out the other side with stronger relationships, clearer beliefs, and increased confidence. And you can do it too! The show is hosted by journalist Julie Rose and is a BYUradio production. 

Apocalypse Radio - Season 2 Episode 8: 7 May 2025: * Episode 2.8: Bad Vibes - The gang finally admits that something is amiss.

Disability Daily Podcast - 23 March 2025: *March 20: Willie Brown - Today we celebrate Willie Brown, a California politician and former Mayor of San Francisco with retinitis pigmentosa.

They Had Fun: New York City Stories - season 9 episode 2: 7 May 2025: *The Great Saunter... with Arielle Nissenblatt - On this week's episode, podcast production queen, Arielle Nissenblatt, tells us about the time (or three) she participated in The Great Saunter around the entire perimeter of Manhattan!

MinuteEarth - 7 December 2024: Porcupines!

7 Good Minutes - 21 April 2025: Boost Your Mood NOW with These 7 Simple Tweaks!

Wikipedia Featured Article of the Day - 16 March 2024: Jamie Kalven 

5 Good News Stories - 1 November 2024: *Leave the Leaves Campaign / Discovery of 18th Century Onion Glasses / New Species of Frogs in Madagascar / World's Smallest Washing Machine / American Humane Hero Dog Awards / Show Wrap-Up and Subscription Info

7 Good Minutes - 21 April 2025: Extra - Boosting your mood starts with... 

Happy Place - 13 November 2019: *Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton - The former US secretary of state, senator and First Lady, is joined by her daughter Chelsea to share with Fearne stories of their favourite females from across the world - all taken from their new book, Gutsy Women.

 

Science Quickly - 9 July 2014: *Supercooled Organs Could Stretch Time to Transplant - Liver transplant time from human donor to patient is limited to 12 hours, but rats that got livers specially stored for three days were going strong three months later. Cynthia

Graber reports

A Daily Dose of History - 5 February 2024

The Podcast Top 5 - season 1 episode 19: 5 May 2025: Spotify's Big Wins, Pod Pods Dreams, and the Future of Podcasting Tech - In this week's episode of The Podcast Top 5, host Emily Soule from mowPod dives into the latest in podcast and audio news. / We're talking Spotify's massive Q1 profits and their bold moves in Mexico with the first-ever Mexico Podcast Awards. We also dive into POD Pods-yes, earbuds designed just for podcast lovers (if only they were real). Plus, we break down the launch of PodHeroes, the world's first expert podcasting marketplace, and Descript's very real transcription fails. / From fantasy tech to financial flexes, this one's for the podcast power users. Let's get into it.

7 Minutes For Yourself - 14 May 2023: Developing Mental Strength During Life's Trials - Building Resilience During Difficult Times

The Daily Business & Finance Show - 3 August 2023

TED Health - 28 September 2021: *The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine - What if you were holding life-saving medicine .. but had no way to administer it? / Zoom down to the nano level with engineer Kathryn A. Whitehead as she gives a breakdown of the little fatty balls (called lipid nanoparticles) perfectly designed to ferry cutting-edge medicines into your body's cells. Learn how her work is already powering mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines and forging the path for future therapies that could treat Ebola, HIV and even cancer.

Daily Shower Thoughts - 15 July 2024

The Slowdown -  episode 1140: 14 June 2024: Today's poem is Fish, Serpent, Egg, Scorpion by Kwame Dawes.

New Podcasts - 5 May 2025: *Go and Find Out - Jonny Wright takes you on an immersive 16-month global hitchhiking journey through Europe, India, and Southeast Asia - meeting strangers, chasing questions, and learning how to live outside the map. With original sound design, poetic narration, and unexpected encounters, this series explores what happens when you leave behind comfort and go in search of something more.

 

The Daily Quiz Show - 25 December 2024: Music

Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 1,700: 29 December 2024: Science Says by Mary Jo Bang

Phase Hero - 4 May 2025: Brandon, Jenna, Jamie and Aaron give reactions to Marvel’s Thunderbolts, but not only that. No! They are recording this at the IMAX Headquarters. 

Daily Facts - 13 June 2024

Eras - 10 September 2023: *Kylie Minogue episode 5 - Ahead of Kylie's headline set at Radio 2 in the Park 2023, Scott Mills chats to the Princess of Pop, as they discuss the highlights of her 35 year career.