The Pod Files - Friday August 15 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


Composers Datebook - 10 August 2025: Two by Mozart


Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day - 10 August 2025: hidebound


StarDate - 9 August 2025: Venus and Jupiter


BirdNote Daily - 11 December 2022: *A Bird Walk 65 Million Years Ago - For today's bird walk, we're going to need binoculars, sunscreen, hiking boots, annnnnd a time machine. Let's set our course for the late Cretaceous Era, 65 million years ago. Stay alert! 


New Podcasts - 1 August 2025: *News on Knees | The Prayer Podcast - In News on Knees, we take the daily headlines from our worried hearts to the hands of God. / News on Knees also invites all Christ followers to email their recorded prayers for the world, their state, local region, or even a specific societal issue to storykingmedia@gmail.com


Sounds Profitable - 8 August 2025: Amazon Restructures Wondery, Spotify Launches Audiobooks Plus, & More



Daily Tips That May Or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - 11 August 2025: *A Tip For Enjoying Your Activites More - Arielle shares her philosophy on attending events and trying new activities solo when you can't find company. Learn why going alone to restaurants, sports, or entertainment venues can actually enhance your experience and build confidence. Ned adds his perspective on how focusing on others can sometimes diminish your own enjoyment of activities.


BirdNote Daily - 12 December 2022: Dave Mull and the Courage of Steller’s Jays


New Podcasts - 1 August 2025: *Julie’s Gone - Already hitting #1 in some charts, Julie's Gone is new from Casefile Presents, looking at the disappearance of a 19 year-old woman in Melbourne. It's with Acast.


Podnews Daily - 11 August 2025: "Unfiltered" podcasts on TV cancelled


Daily Tips That May Or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - 12 August 2025: *A Tip for Decluttering Your Digital Life - Email overload got you down? Try setting a monthly "Unsubscribe Day" to clear out newsletters you haven't read. Just 30 minutes once a month can dramatically reduce inbox clutter and help important messages stand out. Your future self will thank you for this simple digital maintenance habit.


Limelight - 15 August 2025: *Central Intelligence: Series 2:

Episode 9 - The story of the CIA, told from the inside out by veteran agent Eloise Page. Starring Kim Cattrall, Ed Harris and Johnny Flynn. / In Episode 9... After the Bay of Pigs disaster, JFK demands accountability - CIA Director Allen Dulles is out. In his place, chaos brews. Enter Ed Lansdale, the ClA's eccentric covert action operative, tasked with a bold mission - kill Castro by any means necessary.

Exploding cigars, poisoned wetsuits, and psychological warfare take centre stage, as Richard Helms watches his long-game strategy inch closer to deadly execution.



PodCube™ - 12 August 2025: D 08.12.2067_CLOWN_EULOGY


Sounds Profitable - 11 August 2025: How B2B Uses Podcast Ads, Seattle's Audio Fiction Scene, & More 


The Daily Quiz Show - 22 January 2025: Music


New Podcasts - 3 August 2025: *Al toque de la una - After two decades immersed in the corporate world and motherhood, two writers return to the stories they once wrote in their youth. Al toque de la una a Spanish language podcast shares tales of insomnia and quiet desperation, drawn from real experiences of women. Each episode features a unique narrative-blending fiction, personal anecdotes, and raw reflections with a touch of intimacy and truth.


Metropolis - trailer: 22 August 2024: A murder mystery in neon utopia. A 13-episode science fiction audio drama by Lux Radium. / While ace reporter Nan Kanally and the rest of the world struggle through post-war poverty, Metropolis has assembled a neon utopia on an icy, distant island. It's an electronic heaven made possible by a fleet of astonishing autonomous robots. / But Metropolis holds its secrets tightly. The only word that gets out is from the few reporters they invite. One of them is Nan's best friend, the sportswriter Stanley Bronfels. / But when Stanley disappears, it falls to Nan to discover the secrets of Metropolis... or find oblivion herself.


Monsters, Sharks, and Dinosaurs - 10 August 2025: Galactus From The Fantastic 4



7 Good Minutes - 29 June 2025: Break Free From Negative Patterns That Keep You Stuck


Podnews Daily - 12 August 2025: New Heights gets Taylor Swift

as guest [were the number of downloads larger for this episode, James?] 


The Stupid History Minute - 10 August 2025: Bucky Badger


The Slowdown - episode 1178: 7 August 2024: Today's poem is America by Claude McKay, with special guest Tonya Mosley.


7 Good Minutes - 29 June 2025: Extra - Break Free From Negative Patterns That...



ComicBook Nation - season 7 episode 31: 8 August 2025: Kofi and Janell welcome back their co-host Matt, who was apparently at GenCon last time. Matt’s second child, yay. Congratulations buddy. Photos and videos of the filming of Spider-Man Brand New Day have been posted online. “There have been some really bad takes…” Tangent to generation discussion. What’s James Gunn up to next? Superfamily stuff. Reactions to the Disney Plus series Eyes of Wakanda. Alien Earth reaction from Kofi. Quick mention of interview episode that they’ve put out as a bonus episode. After a break they are joined by Evan Valentine. Kofi and Evan discuss the film Weapons. Reactions to episode one of Wednesday. The guys reflect on the new long awaited season 14 of King Of The Hill. “Things got bloody in comics!” Absolute Superman comic issue 10. Janell “made a nerd friend!” Matt talks about the board gaming convention GenCon. Heroquest from Abalon Hill. 


The Stupid History Minute - 11 August 2025: Blue


Daily Dad Jokes - 4 June 2025


Science Quickly - 3 October 2014: *Good Palm Oil Yields Could Be Bad News - Increased palm oil yields could unintentionally have the effect of creating a bigger demand for land for even more palm oil planting. Cynthia Graber reports


5 Good News Stories - 27 December 2024: Elephants vs. Bees


MinuteEarth - 31 January 2025: Why Are Snakes So Creepy?


TED Health - 24 May 2022: *4 kinds of regret -- and what they teach you about yourself | Daniel H. Pink - Regret is one of our most powerful emotions -- and also one of the most misunderstood. / Over the past two years, author Daniel H. Pink has collected a trove of more than 16,000 regrets from people in 105 countries in an effort to better understand this mysterious emotion. He shares the key patterns that emerged (it all boils down to the same four core regrets, he says) and explains how to transform your own regrets in order to create the life you've always wanted to live.


Composers Datebook - 11 August 2025: Bernstein in Hollywood


Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day - 11 August 2025: stipulate


StarDate - 10 August 2025: Perseid Meteors


Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 1,795: 6 May 2025: The Other Side, written and read by Jennifer Foerster


New Podcasts - 4 August 2025: *Living Planet - In the northern hemisphere, summer is here and the living is easy. Well, maybe not so easy when it comes to making environmentally friendly choices! From which sunscreen to buy to your next car purchase, your pet's diet to your morning caffeine fix, Living Planet's Greener Living series shares useful tips to make better decisions for yourself and the planet.


Womanica - 12 March 2021: Juanita Morris Kreps


The Stupid History Minute - 12 August 2025: Chico


Shout It Out Loud - 15 August 2025: Former KISS Guitarist Bruce Kulick On Working With His Brother Bob Kulick on KISS Kruise!


BirdNote Daily - 13 December 2022: An Owl Is Mobbed


Breaker Whiskey - 13 August 2025: From Rosy (Listener Message)


New Podcasts - 4 August 2025: Olympus Dale: The Ghost of Valkyrie - In this dynamic audio drama, a supernatural barrier mysteriously appears around the small town of Olympus Dale, trapping the citizens inside and cutting them off from the rest of the world. A group of misfit kids must face paranormal terrors to unravel the town's secrets and reverse a looming cataclysm. / Launched earlier in the year, the show is now ready to binge.


Happy Place with Fearne Cotton - season 5 episode 7: 9 December 2019: *Elizabeth Day - The host of How To Fail drops in to talk about her own experiences with failure, and what she's learned from hearing the mistakes of dozens of guests from her show.


Composers Datebook - 12 August 2025: 'Twilight Butterfly' by Thomas


Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day - 12 August 2025: ramshackle


StarDate - 11 August 2025: Moon and Saturn


Daily Tips That May Or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 197: 13 August 2025: *A Tip For Connecting With Others (w/ Orli Segal) - Be the river, not the dam: How joining others on their journey can lead to better outcomes. / This episode features pediatric nurse practitioner Orli Segal who shares her approach to meeting children where they are rather than forcing them to adapt to adult expectations.


BirdNote Daily - 14 December 2022: Birds Can Keep the Beat


Escaping Denver - Season 5 Episode 1: 10 August 2025: *The Crow - We find Noah and Sara trapped in a monster-proof elevator dangling a mile above a dark abyss. / Meanwhile, The Narrator had made his way to the middle of nowhere. He thinks he's safe until he sees what appears to be a familiar friend.







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