The Pod Files - Saturday 6 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

Everything Everywhere Daily - 26 September 2020: *Isambard Kingdom Brunel - In 2002 the BBC did a poll where they named the top 100 Britons in history. It had many people you have probably heard of, including Isaac Newton, Princess Diana, John Lenon, and Queen Victoria. The person who was ranked #2, however, is someone that many people outside of the UK might not have heard of. Yet, he really is one of the most important people when it came to the development of the modern world. Learn more about Isambard Kingdom Brunel on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 6 September 2025: mollify 


StarDate - 5 September 2025: Double Eclipser


The Short Shorts - 5 September 2025: *There you were - There are moments in life worth a lifetime. In that moment when the universe tells you to be daring, to be brave, you better listen. It might just be that that moment will change the course of your life. And then after, you will find yourself falling in love.


BirdNote Daily - 26 January 2023: *The Big Thicket: America's Ark - Tucked away in southeast Texas is one of the most remarkable enclaves of nature. Known as The Big Thicket, this region is home to ten different ecosystems, including cypress bayous, arid sandylands, palmetto thickets, pine forests, marshes, and grasslands. The variety of natural landscapes provides habitat for a broad array of birds, including this Prothonotary Warbler.


Station 151 - Season 1 Episode 9: 31 January 2023: *Spegg - While Wilkins is down for maintenance, Wayne, Mac, and Astrid receive a barrage of horrifying messages from wormhole MTCW189. Should Wayne attempt to reply? / Or would doing so open the door to something terrible that could endanger their very lives?



Punky! Radio - 23 July 2025: *Paul is now a published author so go ahead and buy his book The Ginks! If that wasn't enough, then let's all enjoy nine songs from The Chelsea Curve, Demented Are Go, LHS, Animal Rage, Jo Carley & The Old Dry Skulls, Youth Killed It, Gino And The Goons, Chinese Junk and Wench! / Voice of Jeff, Comedy Suburbs, Tony has your Facebook comments, 20th birthday is NEXT WEEK, Ridgeaway, Tom Jones, mistake?, last week, mortgage, Euros, hair pulling, Paul's book The Ginks is out!, new lodger, From the Vaults, thunderbolts and lightning, Tony's International Gig Guide, this week, accountant, Alcohol practice, more Euros, Dukes Arms, no Izzatwat and a reminder of the ways you can listen to us.


I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue - [BBC Sounds] 4 May 1995: *This programme was suggested by Hilary Palmer, Grahame Lacey, Lyn Wicks, Paul Collis, David Panther, Paul Phippin, Steve Rickaby, Julie McBride, Richard Hammerton, Hella Crosby and Sharon Holl as part of BBC Radio 4 / Extra's All Request Weekend / The winner of the 1995 Sony Award for Best Comedy Programme and long-serving antidote to panel games starts its 25th series from the Theatre Royal, Brighton. / Humphrey Lyttelton is in the Chair / With inventive puns and singing from: Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Willie Rushton, and Tim Brooke-Taylor / The team play Builder's Jargon and Doctor's Songbook and sing Yesterday and I Feel Pretty in the style of Chas and Dave. / Colin Sell is at the piano. 



Composers Datebook - 6 September 2025: Henry Kimball Hadley


The Stupid History Minute - 6 September 2025: Dungeons & Dragons


BirdNote Daily - 27 January 2023: *If You See a Bird with Leg Bands - If you see a wild bird with a small metal band around its leg, that means researchers have given the bird a unique ID to keep track of it over the course of its life. You can report the sighting to the Bird Banding Laboratory, a part of the U.S. Geological Survey that studies banded birds across the continent. Analyzing where and when banded birds are seen helps biologists figure out bird lifespans, migratory routes, and how their populations are changing.


Comicbook Nation - presented by Kofi, Janell, Matt and Evan. Kofi was at Comicbook’s Savage Ventures Offices. Kofi’s lines of decency. Superman sequel, Man Of Tomorrow is coming out on July 9 2027, which James Gunn isn’t a completely a Superman solo film. Technical issues. Sophie Turner cast as Lara Croft in a Tomb Raider tv series. Revenge body. Netflix animated series ending. Street Fighter details announced including cast. Reactions to trailer for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Reactions to the latest episode of Alien Earth. Evan mentions his order of Alien projects. I think that Alien3 had some positives, but Alien and Aliens are the best for me. Reactions to the latest episode of Peacemaker season 2. Latest episode of Wednesday. New Batman comic. The latest Absolute Superman comic. Tabletop game Star Wars Battle of Hoth. 


New Podcasts - 1 September 2025: *THE TRINITY SQUAD! - THE TRINITY SQUAD! is a scripted sci-fi/ fantasy audiofiction about three young women who unlock elemental powers and must battle an empire to fulfill a prophecy. It also has original music in every episode. The show has just gone into Season 3 (the final season for the show), and it's bigger, bolder, and more emotional than ever.


Podnews Daily - 1 September 2025: Live podcast events are "surreal" says Alastair Campbell


MinuteEarth - 11 February 2025: Why Don't Sled Dogs Ever Get Tired?


Sounds Profitable - 2 September 2025: *Podcasting's Live Event Profits, Edison Publishes Top 25 UK Pods, & More


Bruno's You Don't Have To - season 1 episode 16: 15 July 2025: *Weed Moms, Cultural Pressures & Judgy Dads - A minivan, a mom, a dispensary pickup—and a kid in the backseat. Bruno spirals into cultural expectations, Catholic guilt, and the weird stuff old ladies say about babies. It's sharp, reflective, and ends with infused pre-rolls. / Parenting norms, dispensary culture, family expectations, humor, and social commentary - all in under 3-minutes.



Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware - season 3 episode 2: 6 June 2018: My Dad Wrote A Porno - Alice, Jamie & James from My Dad Wrote a Porno... what a riot we had! I'm surprised we managed to record a podcast at all. This evening reminded me so much of the dinners we used to have at my mum's growing up - everyone howling with laughter and staying until the wee hours. So wee that mum left hours before we finished recording. If you've listened to MDWAP you'll know what to expect: adult themes, sexual content and strong language. Basically all the good stuff.


Podnews Daily - 2 September 2025: "Too boring": number one reason why people stop listening 


Daily Shower Thoughts - 4 September 2024


New Podcasts - 1 September 2025: *Find and Tell - iHeart Australia's Find and Tell returns for a new season. The show amplifies Indigenous voices through rich stories, bringing to life the diverse tales of Australian storytellers. It is hosted by BlakCast Founder, Mundanara Bayles. This season's storytellers include Erub and Larrakia Emmy-Award-winning producer and writer Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury, Filipino-Murrawarri ARIA-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, and rapper Dobby and Koori and Noongar comedian, lawyer and broadcaster Micah Kickett. (Podnews is produced on the land of the Turrbal and Jagera people.)


Sounds Profitable - 3 September 2025: Media Companies Court Podcast Stars, Creator Cashflow, & More


Daily Life Pro Tips - 18 July 2024 


Talk More Talk - Kit, Ken and Darren chat with author Luca Perasi, about his book Press To Play: The Unmistakable 80’s Sound. 


The Chronicles of Wild Hollow - 6 September 2025: *PDP Party Political Broadcast - This is a party political broadcast from the PDP, and their leader, Obsidian Vandersplat. / Highperion Day is coming...


Wikipedia Featured Article of the Day - 26 April 2024: Into Temptation (film)


BirdNote Daily - 28 January 2023: Birdhouses in Turkey - It's easy to imagine that putting up a birdhouse or nestbox is a relatively recent practice. But in Turkey, it has a long history. / Since at least the 13th century and continuing through the period of Ottoman rule, birdhouses were placed on all sorts of structures: mosques (like this one - the Yeni Valide Mosque in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey), schools, libraries, houses, tombs, bridges, and palaces. In this culture, birdhouses were viewed as an expression of love and compassion for animals. The Ottomans even endowed charities to provide food and water for birds and to care for sick birds.


7 Minutes For Yourself - 29 June 2023: From Struggles To Success: How To Acknowledge Progress and Reach New Goals


New Podcasts - 1 September 2025: *Hacks On Tap - Political strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy, and journalist John Heilemann, are partnering with Vox Media and bringing their hit political podcast, Hacks On Tap, to the Vox Media Podcast Network. Vox Media will be responsible for helping the show grow its audience and revenue, assuming sales, marketing, and distribution duties.


Stories My Brother Used To Tell - season 1 episode 4: 6 August 2024: *The Challenger - It's 1987 and 18 year old Eric has bought his first car, a 1978 Dodge Challanger. It's pretty. / It's sporty. It has the wrong wheels. Eric details the story of buying his first car and how it all went wrong within just a couple of weeks.



Question of the Week - Episode 523: 14 July 2023: *Do tennis players have favourite balls? - Regular listener, Mike, asked: "When tennis players are about to serve, they get a selection of balls. They seem to look at them and then select two to serve with. Now these are all new and good quality balls, how do they select the ones they like to use? Do they recognise them? Do they have favourites?" Very topical, Mike. Rhys James travelled to meet the tennis coach, James Hoad in Bury St Edmunds. 


Radio Headspace - 22 April 2021: A Sudden End


Disability Daily Podcast - Episode 146: 1 June 2025: *May 24: Dr. Helen B. Taussig & Sue Thomas


New Podcasts - 2 September 2025: *Kind - Sometimes you need a reminder of the good in humanity, and Kind aims to do that. It's a brand new podcast about the times people have received kindness and how that changed things. Through each interview, expect stories of strangers funding ballistic underwear, tech support from a gentle passerby, and new friends sharing that last square of chocolate.


BirdNote Daily - 29 January 2023: *Great Blue Heron, Alone Again - Great Blue Herons nest in colonies, in adjoining trees or with several nests in one tree. But by autumn, the adults and gangly young have left the nests to take up solitary lives, a pattern that is the reverse of many other species. After all the "togetherness" of the nesting colonies, the Great Blue Herons spend the off-season by themselves.


5 Random Questions - season 4 episode 35: 4 September 2025: On this week's 5 Random Questions, Dan LeFebvre talks about his pet peeves about pet peeves, a time travelling conundrum, the art of not knowing how to describe yourself, and more. / Answering the questions this week: Dan Le Febvre / Throughout Dan's career, he's produced hundreds of tutorials covering topics such as productivity and project management, 3D modeling, fluid dynamics, and visual effects. / Dan is also the host of "Based on a True Story", the podcast that compares Hollywood with history.

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