The Pod Files - Monday 8 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 - 8 September 2025: Bernstein's 'Mass' 

TWO THOUSAND AND LATE - Season 1 Episode 1: 8 September 2025: *HOW TO PROCRASTINATE THE END OF THE WORLD - THIS IS HOW TO PROCRASTINATE THE END OF THE WORLD (otherwise known as the nine circles of hell on earth)! What do you do when you're thirty-six years old and you've been possessed by a demon and been fired from your job? You don't let the demon possessing you bring about the apocalypse like it wants to. [Wow, this is so cool and fun. Harper suddenly gets possessed by the demon Havoc on the event of her 36th birthday. Written and directed by the great Lauren Shippen, who always provides the voices for both Harper and Havoc. It does contain bad language, violence, and a kicking rock theme tune. So good that I listened to the inaugural first two episodes released on the show’s first day. I wonder what Dr Bright from Lauren’s earlier show The Bright Sessions would have made of the Harper/Havoc situation?] 

TWO THOUSAND AND LATE - Season 1 Episode 2: 8 September 2025: *STEP ONE: HARASS A LANDLORD & LATE - It doesn't have to be your landlord, just a landlord. / Ideally, a guy you went to high school with who still hates your guts and is being unreasonable to your best friend from the job you no longer have. [At the end of this episode, post show music, Lauren Shippen suggests another audio drama to listen to. That is so cool, and is something that Lauren has been doing a lot of on her social media accounts. I did grab that clip, but Google says it’s too big to place here, so I’ll let you know that Lauren suggested the incredible audio drama Windfall.] 

BirdNote Daily - 4 February 2023: *Birds Are Evolving Rapidly, Today - House Finches are evolving rapidly and visibly. In 1941, some captive House Finches from California escaped near NYC. They spread rapidly and are now found across most of the US. We know the finches have evolved, because those that survive differ from their parents. Size is one example. Male House Finches in recently established populations are larger than the males that escaped. Females have become smaller and survive better than larger females as nestlings. Evolutionary changes are occurring visibly all around us.

The Trip by Theo Banks - season 1 episode 1: 6 September 2025: *Chapter 1: Ethan - Ethan Miller. Polished, poised, and always in control — A corporate lawyer with a sharp mind and a sharper wardrobe. Born and raised in Manhattan, he's the group's natural anchor: dependable, reserved, but surprisingly funny when he lets his guard down. [ Instagram: thetrip.series ][X: thetrip_series ]

The Trip by Theo Banks - season 1 episode 2: 6 September 2025: *Chapter 2: Camille - Camille Dufresne. Elegant and quietly magnetic — an art curator with a Parisian edge and a deep instinct for beauty. She moves through New York like she's reading it from the inside out, always attuned, never in a rush. She's the last to speak, but the one they listen to. [ Instagram: thetrip.series ] [X: thetrip_series ]

The Stupid History Minute - 8 September 2025: Josie & The Pussycats 

7 Good Minutes - 15 July 2025: Master the Art of Finding Joy in Every Moment of Life

Podnews Daily - 8 September 2025: Taylor Swift made New Heights 6x larger last month

SmartLess Presents ClueLess - Episode 72: 8 September 2025: *Star Trek Day (Mini Episode) - On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) would like to share some fun facts and test your knowledge about Star Trek Day, which happens to be today, September the 8th! You'll learn about its curious connection to the TV show Riverboat, you'll try to solve a brain twisting math problem, and then we'll play a mini-round of our game The Sort 'Em Consortium, putting Star Trek series in order.

7 Good Minutes - 15 July 2025: Extra - Master the Art of Finding... 

The Gerry Anderson Podcast - episode 371: 8 September 2025: Chris, Richard and Jamie are joined by guest, the actress and author  Sophie Aldred and author special surprise guest, the actress Nicola Bryant, to look at the Stingray episode Ghost Ship. “Zoom in 1964!” 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 8 September 2025: sanguine

StarDate - 7 September 2025: Moon and Saturn

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 216: 8 September 2025: *A Tip For Collecting Stuff - Welcome to Put Off Week! / In this episode, Arielle suggests checking in on collections you've started or considering starting a new one. Collections can make traveling and visiting new places more exciting as you search for items to add. Be sure to share with us what you're collecting!

Daily Dad Jokes - 12 June 2025 

BirdNote Daily - 5 February 2023: *Winter Birds of Southern Florida - It's winter in North America — a good time to head for the subtropical realms of South Florida and listen to the region's birds, such as the secretive Mangrove Cuckoo pictured here. Rarely seen, it sings sporadically in winter. When it does, you're sure to take notice. A sweeter voice belongs to the Spot-breasted Oriole. Found in suburban neighborhoods, these birds were brought to Florida in the 1940s from Central America. / And we can't forget the sharp-edged phrases of the White-eyed Vireo or the eerie cries of the Limpkin.

Escaping Denver - Season 5 Episode 5:  8 September 2025: *The Armistice 5.05 - The arrival of a Puncher Robot, makes Noah and Sara's situation exponentially more dangerous, but there's something familiar about this Puncher's voice. Will this foe be more of a friend in the end?

New Podcasts - 7 September 2025: *Who Was She? - Who was she? Podcast focuses on the stories of Baha'i women. This season concentrates on the life of actress and activist Carole Lombard. Find out about her growing up as Hollywood became established, her avoiding the infamous "casting couch," the way she treated everyone equally on set during a time of extreme racism and classism and why her life was cut tragically short.

Daily Shower Thoughts - 5 September 2024

Science Quickly - 22 October 2014: *Faecal Transplanters Fish Out Key Ingredient - The bacterium Clostridium scindens, a member of the gut's microbiome, appears to ward off the hospital-acquired infection C. difficile. Christopher Intagliata reports

7 Minutes For Yourself - 1 July 2023: How To Achieve Consistent Growth and Progress - A Motivational Guide

MinuteEarth - 14 February 2025: *Is it a bee, a wasp, a fly, or a moth? - To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords - Mullerian mimicry: a type of mimicry in which two or more animals with defenses develop similar appearances as a shared protective device / Batesian mimicry: a type of mimicry in which an animal with no defenses is protected by its resemblance to an animal capable of defense

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Skipping Through Theatre - season 1 episode 1: 6 October 2024: *With Ava Downer - This episode Nathan and Maddie are joined by Ava downer. An incredible performer onstage. / This episode contains Al-generated voice using ElevenLabs technology. Used under the Free Plan with required attribution. Learn more at https://www.elevenlabs.io 

BirdNote Daily - 6 February 2023: *Renaming the San Pedrito - The Puerto Rican Tody is a tiny green bird found only in Puerto Rico, where the species is called San Pedrito. But the scientific name for these birds is Todus mexicanus, despite the fact that they don't live in Mexico - due to a mistake made by European scientists in the 1800s. People in Puerto Rico are working to get the San Pedrito an appropriate scientific name.

Daily Life Pro Tips - 19 July 2024

Disability Daily Podcast - 2 June 2025: *May 29: Dr. Harold J. Conn

Who Was She? - Trailer: 11 January 2021: *Lidia Zamenhof - This season is about Lidia Zamenhof, an Esperantist, and Baha'i who traveled the world to teach languages in an effort to bring unity to humankind.

New Podcasts - 8 September 2025: *Guns Unpacked - Guns Unpacked, a podcast by Arizona State University (ASU) and 2022 MacArthur fellow Jennifer Carlson, returns for a second season.

Co-hosted by Alex Young, the show hopes to interrogate, elevate, and engage the terms of the gun debate as it stands today in the United States. The second season feature discussions with scholars, journalists, and creative writers on topics ranging from the social history of hunting to the impact of US gun culture on Indigenous women.

The Slowdown - episode 1189: 22 August 2024: Today's poem is Nature Poem About Flowers by Matthew Rohrer.

BirdNote Daily - 7 February 2023: *Winter Birds Love Suet - Birds at a suet feeder... What a burst of vitality on a chilly morning! What's the attraction? A cake of suet, suspended from a branch in a small wire feeder. Suet is beef fat, a high-energy food critical for birds' survival in the colder months. Suet is an especially strong magnet for birds (including this Northern Flicker) that eat lots of bugs in the warmer months. You can learn about suet feeders -- and what kinds of birds they'll attract -- at Birds.Cornell.Edu.

Daily Facts - 18 July 2024

Disability Daily Podcast - Episode 145: 2 June 2025: *May 30: Halderman v. Pennhurst filed (1974)

The Short Shorts - 5 September 2025: *Envy - Some of us live our lives as expectators. We can only see how others love, how others are loved. We feel envy for that we might never feel, that we might never have. But by envying we keep hoping. Because we only envy that which we don't have, so by envying I know I want love.

New Podcasts - 8 September 2025: *If Objects Could Talk - What if ancient artifacts from the Getty Museum came to life to tell their stories? If Objects Could Talk unlocks the hidden lives as the objects themselves reveal their surprising and often humorous history. Did you know that ancient Romans used crushed eggshells for toothpaste? Or that Egyptians shaved their eyebrows in mourning —for their cats? A great listen for curious kids and parents to explore how these items were created, used, and cherished in daily life thousands of years ago.

Questlove Supreme - season 3 episode 36: 21 September 2022: *Steve Rifkind Pt. 1 - LOUD Records founder Steve Rifkind sits down with Questlove Supreme. He speaks about growing up in the music industry, being around James Brown and Frankie Crocker, plus his time managing New Edition. In Part 1, the veteran record executive also discusses signing Wu-Tang Clan, Twista, and Tha Alkaholiks, as well as his complex relationship with Tupac Shakur

New Podcasts - 8 September 2025: *Gear Abby: An Outdoor Advice Column For Your Ears - Gear Abby has been launched by The Rock Fight Podcast Network. Hosted by author and outdoor journalist Shawnté Salabert, the new podcast is part trail guide, part advice column, and part gear nerd corner.

The Daily Quiz Show - 28 January 2025: Art and Literature 

The Bright Sessions - Season 6 Bonus: 25 August 2025: Season 6 (The AM Archives) Blooper Reel - Here are never-before-heard bloopers from the sixth season, The AM Archives! Thank you so much to everyone who attended our livestreams celebrating this season and we hope to see you at the next!

A Daily Dose of History - 14 March 2024

New Podcasts - 8 September 2025: *Middle Class Matters - Life in the middle class comes with its fair share of blessings and battles—and now, there's a podcast that isn't afraid to talk about it all. Middle Class Matters is new from the Rogue Media Network. With honesty, humor, and a Southern dose of sass, Renae and Brooke tackle the everyday issues facing working-class families across America.

Questlove Supreme - season 3 episode 37: 28 September 2022: *Steve Rifkind Pt. 2 - In Part 2 of the QLS interview, Steve Rifkind tells Team Supreme about giving Mobb Deep a second chance, discovering Akon, and how he has returned to the music business with the same passion.

Windfall - Season 2 Trailer: 27 November 2024: *An Announcement From Her Majesty, Queen Wanda - Her Majesty Queen Wanda delivers another royal address.

5 Good News Stories - 21 January 2025: Taylor Swift Way Auction

BirdNote Daily - 8 February 2023: *The Mississippi Sandhill Crane Makes a Comeback - While most Sandhill Cranes migrate, the Mississippi population lives year-round in wet pine savanna near the Gulf Coast. Their dependence on this unique habitat caused their population to plummet to just 35 when the savanna began to disappear. Through the Endangered Species Act, an almost 20,000-acre wildlife refuge was established for the cranes and the population has begun to recover.

Skipping Through Theatre - season 1 episode 2: 20 October 2024: *With Imogen Leaver - Nathan and Maddie are joined by Imogen Leaver, some of her credits include, Spider-Man Far From Home and her most recent Deadpool And Wolverine!!!!!! / This episode contains Al-generated voice using ElevenLabs technology. Used under the Free Plan with required attribution.