The Pod Files - Monday 1 September 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 - 1 September 2025: Pachelbel and his 'Canon'
Counterbalance - Season 1 Episode 4; 31 August 2019: *Wind Friction - Tzanuka, 96th day of Bakkos, 5th year of the Var, 101st Generation / A mild disturbance causes Raka to venture out into the night to find possible spirits roaming the forest. But she finds a little more out there than she had originally anticipated...
Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 211: 1 September 2025: *A Tip For Celebrating Weekends - Labor unions have fought for workers' rights that we often take for granted. This Labor Day, remember that the 40-hour work week and weekends weren't given freely - they were won through collective action. / Supporting your local unions helps ensure these rights continue for future generations.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 1 September 2025: epitome
Nerd Best Friends - 4 August 2024: Nerd Best Friends Podcast Trailer
Comicbook Nation - season 7 episode 34: 29 August 2025: Kofi, Matt and Janell. Update on Star Wars Starfighter. Janell’s love of Matt Smith and Jared Leto. After this they go to the big topic of the episode, which is their choices for the best of the four superhero films released this year. “What is the best not your favourite!” I haven’t seen any of them yet! I think that what Kofi says about Thunderbolts doesn’t match his previous comment about finally Comicbook movies are providing for kids, which were what comics were before. Thunderbolts is a film that you can’t watch with young kids. Are any of those people actual “superheroes” in the film or just “heroes”? They have no superpowers? Blue Beetle could return. K Pop Demon Hunter Singalong. Alien Earth reactions. The Peacemaker episode reactions. WWE event. New streaming channel for Comicbook. The return of Pogs!
Daily Shower Thoughts - 2 September 2024
StarDate - 31 August 2025: Moon and Heart
BirdNote Daily - 18 January 2023: *The Skatebirder - Dave Mull is not your typical birder — he's a professional skateboarder, or a "skatebirder" as he puts it. He brings binoculars with him when he skateboards and doesn't mind putting his board down to check out a bird. / But the birds aren't really a distraction for Dave. Tuning into his surroundings, including the birds, helps him stay in the zone and provides inspiration for tricks.
The Stupid History Minute - 31 August 2025: Bonus Episode - Albert the Alligator
TED Health - 21 June 2022: *Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists - Journalist Andrew Marantz spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls and social media propagandists, seeking out the people who are propelling fringe talking points into the heart of conversation online and trying to understand how they're making their ideas spread. Go down the rabbit hole of online propaganda and misinformation -- and learn how we can start to make the internet less toxic. After the talk, our host Shoshana shares some scientific insights on how social media interacts with your brain's wiring.
Science Quickly - 16 October 2014: *Lemur Latrine Trees Serve as Community Bulletin Boards - Primatologists spent almost 1,100 hours watching lemurs do their business on their designated tree and concluded that urine and glandular secretions serve as posted messages. Steve Mirsky reports.
7 Good Minutes - 10 July 2025: Transform Your Morning Routine: Simple Changes That Create Success
BirdNote Daily - 19 January 2023: *Woodpeckers Love Ants - Woodpeckers, as a group, eat far more ants than most other birds do. Many other vertebrates tend to avoid ants because of their stings or because of the noxious chemicals they contain, like formic acid. But woodpeckers just love them. A Pileated Woodpecker's diet may be up to 50% ants!
The Slowdown - episode 1168: 19 August 2024: Today's poem is Oh, y'know, just your standard Q&A by Alex Z. Salinas.
7 Good Minutes - 10 July 2025: Extra - Transform Your Morning Routine...
Womanica - 25 July 2024: Miki Gorman
New Podcasts - 29 August 2025: *NO SUCH THING - NO SUCH THING has joined Kaleidoscope's slate of research-driven audio. Hosted by journalists Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman and Devan Joseph, the show brings thoughtful research and genuine friendship to the exploration of ridiculous questions.
Daily Dad Jokes - 9 June 2025: World Burial Grounds Day!
The Stupid History Minute - 1 September 2025: Schoolhouse Rock
7 Minutes For Yourself - 26 June 2023: Maximise Your Time by Incorporating These Helpful Habits Into Your Routine
New Podcasts - 1 September 2025: Retail Reckoning - Retail Stories from Retail Frontlines - Where do you get the real truth about what's happening on Britain's high streets? In Retail Reckoning - Retail Stories from Retail Frontlines this week, you'll hear Clare Bailey explore what the summer's trading patterns tell us about the coming Golden Quarter this year.
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - season 2 episode 8: 15 May 2024: *Julia Gets Wise with Anne Lamott - This week on Wiser Than Me, Julla gets schooled by 70-year-old author and Sunday school teacher Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird). / Julia finds solace in subtle signs from the universe and learns the importance of shutting the hell up when it comes to parenting adult children. Anne also shares wisdom on recovery, perfectionism, and falling in love at 65. Plus, Julia and her mom, Judy, explore the inevitable role reversal that comes with aging parents.
Wikipedia Featured Article of the Day - 24 April 2024: Death of Blair Peach
Question of the Week - Episode 522: 30 June 2023: *How do we track lightning strikes? - Listener Derek asked us how weather presenters know about the number of lightning strikes and the process of recording them. James Tytko got in contact with the Met Office's lightning scientist, Dr Graeme Marlton..
BirdNote Daily - 20 January 2023: *An Ever-Growing Library of Bird Sounds - Most of the bird sounds you hear on BirdNote come from the Macaulay Library, a vast collection of over one million bird calls and songs curated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The library relies on both professional field recordists and dedicated volunteers to capture the sounds of birds all over the world.
New Podcasts - 12 August 2025: *The Case Of - What happens when you've become one of the most-listened podcasts, but the case you were covering has finished? You turn _Mushroom Case Daily_ into The Case Of, a podcast recapping trials, explaining legal processes, and unpacking the most interesting details of the cases behind the headlines.
Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 1,814: 26 May 2025: Bevy of Crows by Whitney Koo
Naked Scientists In Short Episode 166 • 23 May 2012: *Cold water corals, meteorites, new greenhouse gases - This week in the Planet Earth Podcast - scientists describe why the planet's least understood but most diverse species of coral is under threat. Also, what the meteorite strike that wiped the dinosaurs out would've been like; and why co2 isn't the only greenhouse gas we should be worried about.
Radio Headspace - 21 April 2021: Stop In The Moment
The Daily Quiz Show - 25 January 2025: Science and Nature
New Podcasts - 13 August 2025: *What Should I Read Next? - _With Airwave:_ What Should I Read Next? is the show for every reader who has ever finished a book and faced the problem of not knowing what to read next. This week's episode talks with author Julie Berry.
Get Flushed - Episode 33: 20 February 2021: *How to Clean a Restroom - Pete's back with a new season and starts by taking a deep look at the steps PROs should be taking to get their toilets as clean as can be. / Click HERE to email Pete about toilet audits and his inspection tool.
A Daily Dose of History - 11 March 2024
BirdNote Daily - 21 January 2023: *Common Poorwills Can "Hibernate" - Common Poorwills don't sing much when the mercury drops. But they can do something else that is remarkable. As the winter cold deepens, these petite members of the nightjar family can enter a hibernation-like state — and stay like that for hours - or even weeks! Scientists call it torpor. It happens when an animal slows its body functions to conserve energy and heat.
Bad Counsel - season 10 episode 182: 15 February 2025: *The AiFTER SHOW: The Cuck Chair - Our friends review our latest episode, The Cuck Chair [very interesting. A couple of AI’s discuss an episode of Bad Counsel, looking at the subjects, and each participant’s role in the group chat.]
The Daily Business & Finance Show - 29 August 2023
What Should I Read Next? - Episode 179 Trailer: 2 April 2019 •*One Great Book Trailer - We have a new podcast! / WSIRN is about helping readers find their next read. In each episode, the recommendations are geared toward a particular reader's style, and Anne always looks for titles they haven't read before. / Our new podcast is a short format show called One Great Book. In every episode, Anne pulls one standout selection off her personal bookshelves and tell you all about it. / She's highlighting books she loves that you may have missed or forgotten about, but that you'll be glad to discover—again, or for the first time. / We have 8 books planned for this first volume (commonly known as a season, on podcasts that are not of the bookish variety), and the first two books are available now in your favorite podcast player. New episodes drop on Fridays starting this week.
Station 151 - Season 1 Episode 7: 17 January 2023: *Мас - With Astrid's help, astrophysicist Wayne Robertson breaches Station 151's Core. Once inside, they must outwit Mac, The Core's master control program, before they can finally uncover the truth about what Wilkins and The Telders Corporation have been hiding from Wayne during his sessions in The Chair. / Content warning: profanity, loud noise
Composers Datebook - 2 September 2025: Haydn at Esterhazy
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 2 September 2025: carp
StarDate - 1 September 2025: Water
BirdNote Daily - 22 January 2023: *Northern Cardinal - Meet the Cardinal - Is there any doubt about the identity of America's best known red bird? Surely it's the cardinal or, as you'll find it in a bird book, the Northern Cardinal. The beautiful bird seen on so many bird feeders takes its name from the cardinals found in the Vatican, whose hats and robes are red. Only the male cardinal — seen right here — is red; females are a tasteful olive-brown with red highlights. Share this show with someone who likes cardinals. / Thanks!
TWO THOUSAND AND LATE - Trailer: 1 September 2025: *GET READY TO WREAK HAVOC - TWO THOUSAND AND LATE premieres September 8th, 2025. The 10 episode first season follows the story of thirty-six year old Harper who, at a dead-end in her life, is unexpectedly possessed by a demon sent to end the world. Harper isn't interested in the apocalypse, but maybe having a demon will help wake her up after years of sleepwalking through life. TWO THOUSAND AND LATE is an Atypical Artists production, executive produced by Patrick Ellis and Lauren Shippen.
Hitmaker Chronicles - 12 July 2024: *Justin Bieber - "Love Yourself" - In this poignant episode of The Hitmaker Chronicles, we trace Justin Bieber's remarkable journey from small-town Canadian boy to global superstar, focusing on his introspective hit, "Love Yourself." We explore the challenges Bieber faced as a young artist, his evolution from teen sensation to mature singer-songwriter, and the collaborative process behind the creation of this empowering anthem. Through an in-depth analysis of the song's honest lyrics, minimalistic production, and impactful music video, we uncover the secret to its universal appeal and the transformative power of self-love. Join us as we celebrate Bieber's growth, resilience, and enduring impact on popular music.
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