The Pod Files - Monday 26 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
Monsters Sharks and Dinosaurs - 25 May 2025: *Bizarro - Imagine this: You're walking down a Metropolis street when the ground trembles beneath your feet. People point skyward, initially with hope - assuming Superman has arrived to save the day from whatever danger approaches. But their expressions quickly shift to confusion, then horror. / The figure descending from the clouds resembles Superman, but something is terribly wrong. His face is chalky white and cracked like dried mud. His costume is a backward, disheveled version of the iconic suit, the S-shield reversed and distorted. His movements are jerky and unpredictable, like a marionette with tangled strings. / This isn't the Man of Steel - it's his twisted doppelgänger, Bizarro. / "Me am Bizarro! Me here to save day by destroying everything!" he announces in his backward, fractured speech pattern. His voice sounds like gravel in a cement mixer, a warped parody of Superman's reassuring tones.
7 Good Minutes - 5 May 2025: Small Daily Habits: Unlock Massive Personal Growth Over Time!
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 26 May 2025: commemorate
StarDate - 25 May 2025: Second Leap
BirdNote Daily - 15 July 2022: *Woodpeckers and Forest Fires - A forest fire roars along a mountain slope once green with spruce and pines, ignited by a lightning strike late in a Northwest summer. / Once the fire has run its course, acres of blackened trunks stand silently against the blue sky. But by next summer, woodpeckers have discovered the charred forest and the feast of insects it provides. The Black-backed Woodpecker - like this female - comes closest to being a burnt-forest specialist. It will even form loose nesting colonies in recent burns. / More info and transcript at BirdNote.org
One Mic Black History - 18 July 2020: *Houston riot of 1917 - The little known story about the mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers of the Third Battalion of the all-black 24th United States Regiment on August 23, 1917
Composers Datebook - 26 May 2025: Edward Collins premieres
7 Good Minutes - 5 May 2025: Extra - Small daily habits unlock...
Podnews Daily - 26 May 2025: *New York Festivals 2025 winners announced - The New York Festivals Radio Award winners were announced for 2025., which include podcasts as well as radio shows. Broadcaster of the year was CBC/ Radio-Canada. The Lever's investigative podcast was awarded the prestigious National Press Club Award. / Nick Quah chats with YouTube's Tim Katz ("a vice-president who oversees partnerships across different sectors — news, civics, health, education, kids' content — including, now, podcasts."). Katz describes a podcast on the platform as "listenable content — so, content that's video optional," and says that "if you look at the top podcasts in the US, almost all of them are on YouTube", although Podtrac told us in February that only half were. / The biggest podcast sponsors are more likely to sponsor true crime podcasts, says Rephonic in new analysis. 35% of shows have sponsors (similar to 34% for shows in all genres).
The Stupid History Minute - 26 May 2025: Old Glory
BirdNote Daily - 16 July 2022: *Night Voices of Summer - At the close of a summer day, the songbirds go silent. As if on cue, the birds of the night make their voices known. In an Eastern woodland, the eerie trills and whinnies of an Eastern Screech-Owl are among the first sounds of the night. Meanwhile, as night falls west of the Rockies, a Western Screech-Owl (like this one) calls out. But there's another bird whose voice will drown out the loudest of screech-owls: the Barred Owl! Pairs may break into a rollicking duet, sometimes called their "monkey call." / More info and transcript at BirdNote.org
Sky tour podcast – 1 August 2024: August Podcast: Nova Watch in the Northern Crown - Let's go on a night-sky tour of the stars and planets that you'll see overhead during August. Find a good seat for some great "shooting stars," watch Saturn climb in the eastern sky in early evening, check out the summer's brightest stars, and start looking for a once-in-your-lifetime star blast. [this show has an absolutely perfect theme tune at the end. It matches the title wonderfully, Waring it sounds like you are actually looking at the stars!]
Daily Dad Jokes - 17 April 2025
I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue - some episode from season 79 (don’t push me for information, because I won’t tell you how I have episodes of this supreme BBC Radio 4 show that isn’t available officially!)
Science Quickly - 1 August 2014: *Environment Has Beef with Beef - Raising beef uses 28 times more land, 11 times more water and six times more fertilizer than the average expenditures for other livestock. Cynthia Graber reports
7 Minutes For Yourself - 25 May 2023: Don't Let Fear Hold You Back - Break Free From Limited Ideas and Beliefs
The Gerry Anderson podcast – pod 363: 26 May 2025: intro. Presented once more by Richard and Chris, who are joined by Ross covering for Jamie being away again. Chat. Listener feedback. Interviews from last September, at a convention, where Chris spoke with actors (and former Blue Peter presenter) Peter Duncan, and Gianni Garko. Listener feedback. Randomiser - The guys watch the episode Storm At The End of the World from New Captain Scarlett. Outro. Post show banter. “What do you do when Jamie is here, Ross?”
BirdNote Daily - 17 July 2022: *Most Kingfishers Don't Fish - In North America, kingfishers fish. But in tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia, most of the roughly 90 species of kingfishers don't "fish." They hunt in woodlands, where the smaller ones, like the four-inch Pygmy Kingfisher, eat grasshoppers and centipedes. / Larger kingfishers will take frogs, reptiles, small mammals, and even snakes. This Pied Kingfisher, found in Africa and Asia, does eat fish. / Did you know that Australia's Laughing Kookaburra is a member of the kingfisher family? It has been known to dispatch snakes up to three feet in length. / More info and transcript at BirdNote.org
Daily Facts - 21 June 2024
MinuteEarth - 20 December 2024: This is Not A Pine Tree
7 Good Minutes - 6 May 2025: SELF-ACCEPTANCE Made Easy With These Proven Techniques!
Wikipedia Featured Article of the Day - 23 March 2024: Argosy (magazine)
Womanica - 2 March 2021: Olive Ann Beech
BirdNote Daily - 18 July 2022: Recreating a Princess's Feather Skirt - Rick San Nicolas is a master featherworker, carrying on a tradition of making elaborate feather garments that dates back centuries in Hawaii. He's recreating the famous pa'ü, or skirt, given to Hawaii's Princess Nähi'ena'ena nearly 200 years ago on Maui. The original pa'u was made mostly from the feathers of a bird called the 'o'o. Now, all 'o'o species are extinct, due to the effects of invasive species and habitat loss. That makes the original pã'ü a remarkable sign that 'o'o's were once present on Maui. Learn more on the Threatened podcast. / More info and transcript at BirdNote.org
A Daily Dose of History - 11 February 2024
7 Good Minutes - 6 May 2025: Extra - Self-acceptance grows when...
The Daily Business & Finance Show - 10 August 2023
Audio Poem of the Day - 25 May 2025: Your Kingdom by Eleni Sikelianos
Comicbook Nation - 24 May 2025: starts with Matt and Janell, saying that Kofi will be on later. Starts with them chatting to Murewa Ayodele, writer of Storm comics for Marvel Comics. After the interview they are joined by Kofi, who wasn’t able to join earlier due to family issues. Jurassic World trailer reactions. DC update - Penguin season 2 not happening since it’s been nominated as a limited series. Superman merchandise gives away a character from the upcoming film. Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning reactions. Kofi says that “Hayley Atwell is looking great among old men.” “A lot of Tom Cruise ego.” Lilo And Stitch film discussion. A lot of wrestling. Carvey board game. Wrestlemania 42 being moved, but no information on where to.
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