The Pod Files - Thursday 18 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


Escaping Denver - Season 5 Episode 6: 15 September 2025: *The Pivot - The Puncher is now behind them and Noah and Sara must push forward if they're to follow through on The Narrator's mysterious plan.


Composers Datebook - 16 September 2025: A concerto by Sally Beamish


Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 16 September 2025: debunk


BirdNote Daily - 20 Feb 2023: *Annakacygna: The Ultimate Bird - Like today's swans, the extinct species Annakacygna hajimei and Annakacygna yoshiiensis were quite large. But unlike their modern relatives, these birds lived most of their lives out at sea, and their fossils reveal remarkable adaptations to this unusual lifestyle. This led the researchers who first described these species to dub them "the

'ultimate bird' that ever existed."


MinuteEarth - 20 February 2025: Invasion Of The Earthworms!


7 Good Minutes - 19 July 2025: How to Build Unshakable Discipline That Transforms Your Life



StarDate - 14 September 2025: Death Spiral


Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 222: 16 September 2025: *A Tip For Reviving Your Sluggish Computer - In this episode, Arielle Nissenblatt shares why you should restart your computer regularly to improve performance. Discover why clearing downloads and organizing your desktop can breathe new life into your daily computing experience. Plus, Ned offers a bonus tip about managing startup applications to speed things up even more.


Havoc Town - season 1 episode 6: 16 September 2025: *Keep Thy Heart - Sympathy for a devil. A godly man makes a horrible sacrifice.


The Stupid History Minute - 16 September 2025: Pee-Wee's Playhouse


BirdNote Daily - 21 February 2023: *New Sam Peabody - In late winter, White-throated Sparrows erupt into song, easily set to human words: "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody." Or "Oh, sweet Canada, Canada, Canada." But something changed since those classic memory aids were coined. Sixty years later, the bird sings a simpler, shorter song. Bird song, like human language, changes. By the 1960s, the bird's longer song became rare. / Researchers suggested that the "classic" song had - for some unknown reason - died out, to be replaced by a shorter version.


Breaker Whiskey - 20 August 2025: Two Hundred Seventy Two



7 Good Minutes - 19 July 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - Discipline is not about controlling your life, but about...


Disability Daily Podcast - episode 157: 10 June 2025: *June 5: J. Glenn Beall, Dr. Ruth Fulton Benedict, Philippe Rahmy & Christine Sun Kim - Today we celebrate politician and polio survivor James Glenn Beall, hard of hearing anthropologist Dr. Ruth Benedict, poet with osteogenesis imperfecta Philippe Rahmy and Deaf sound artist Christine Sun Kim!


The Slowdown - episode 1195: 10 August 2024: Today's poem is First Kiss by Rooja Mohassessy.


Desert Skies - Bonus: 18 September 2025: *Season 3 Announcement - It's the moment you've been waiting for. Well, maybe not the moment but definitely the moment before THE moment. Desert Skies is coming back!


Apocalypse Radio - Season 2 Episode 10: 21 May 2025: Time to Act - In the season finale, Episode 2.10, of Apocalypse Radio: Mason, Will, and Hen talk to Tairam and decide that they can no longer sit idly by. It's time to act.


StarDate - 15 September 2025: Moon and Companions



Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 223: 17 September 2025: *A Tip For Precise Measurements when Baking a Cake (w/ Paul & Erika of That Aged Well) - Did you know that there's a crucial difference between "a cup of flour sifted" and "a cup of sifted flour" that can make or break your cake. Paul explains this baking precision tip learned from his mother during a childhood birthday cake experience. Guest tippers Paul and Erika from the That Aged Well podcast share this flour measurement wisdom that might just save your next baking adventure.


Bruno's You Don't Have To - season 1 episode 20: 29 July 2025: *Father Joe Sweats For Your Sins, and Jeremy Piven Doesn't Tip - Are award shows just a bunch of buddies giving trophies to each other? Bruno thinks so, and he's not afraid to say it. On the 20th episode, we're tearing down the pretense of formal ceremonies and building something new from the ground up. Hear how a memory of a sweltering church service inspired a rebellion against inefficiency and how that led to the creation of an award for indie podcasters. This is a story for anyone who's ever felt like an outsider, bent the rules to get something done, and believes in celebrating the underdog. It's funny, a little devious, and 100% authentic.


BirdNote Daily - 22 Feb 2023: *On Pigeon Patrol at the Train Station -   Vahe Alaverdian of Falcon Force, along with his Harris's Hawk named PacMan, have partnered with the San Francisco Municipal Railway to deter pigeons from El Cerrito del Norte Station, where the situation had gotten dire. This form of pest management involves having a trained bird of prey fly around the area to frighten, not trap or kill.


Happy Place - season 3 episode 3: 27 May 2019: *Ruby Wax - The transition from comedian to psychotherapist is not an obvious one, but Ruby Wax has never been predictable. In this fascinating interview with Fearne, she discusses how she made the leap, the science behind mindfulness... and why we should be ready for the coming of artificial intelligence.



Composers Datebook - 17 September 2025: Ellington's 'Money Jungle'


Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 17 September 2025: jovial


Breaker Whiskey - Episode 273: 17 September 2025: From Daniel (Listener Message) 


Podnews Daily - 16 September • Ep 2,167 • 4 min left

The massive podcast market we're all ignoring - It's big! It's hot! They speak Portuguese! [I can still hear background noise on my Apple Podcasts app, so I’m guessing that I have had a different update on my iPhone 14 to the one they’re talking about? That would explain why transcripts are new to me!] 


StarDate - 16 September 2025: Dwarf Planets


DASH - 27 July 2021: Season 1 Episode 4: *Dash Season 1: The Case of the Mysterious Zita Makara - Through the grief he's feeling in the present, Dash must face the ghosts of the past.



Disability Daily Podcast - Episode 158: 15 June 2025: *June 6: Gideon Glick - Today we celebrate hard of hearing actor Gideon Glick!


Sounds Profitable - 15 September 2025: Short-Form Podcast Cannibalization, Kenya's Podcasting Scene, & More


Through the Square Window - Teaser: 7 September 2025: *The opening two minutes of episode one of Through the Square Window, a brand-new podcast hosted by Samira Ahmed and Graham Kibble-White, guiding you through the UK TV shows we watched in decades gone by. Episode one launches later in September.


Consider This from NPR - 16 September 2025: *Robert Redford died early Tuesday morning, according to his publicist. He was 89 years old. / Redford was a golden child of Hollywood starring in dozens of movies. But he was never content just being an all-American matinee idol. / He became an Oscar-winning director, founded the Sundance Institute and grew the Sundance Film Festival, and advocated for environmental causes before activism became a Hollywood cliche. / Linda Holmes, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, and film critic Bob Mondello look back on Robert Redford's work and legacy. 


5 Minute Chef - 23 September 2024: *Pronto Pesto Chicken Wrap - "In this flavor-packed episode of 'The 5 Minute Chef', Chef Tony takes us on a whirlwind journey from the hostels of Rome to the sun-soaked kitchens of Australia. With his signature Aussie wit, Tony shares the art of crafting the perfect Pronto Pesto Chicken Wrap, a dish that's faster than a wallaby on roller skates and tastier than a Tim Tam dunk. From rotisserie chicken shortcuts to pesto-spreading techniques, this episode is bursting with laughs, clever tips, and enough Italian-Aussie fusion to make both your Nonna and your mate Davo proud. Get ready for a wrap that's so good, it might just make you forget about Chris Hemsworth's abs... maybe."


Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware - episode 244: 25 April 2025: *Cherub Sanson - Today's episode features Cherub Sanson - sound healer, teacher and inspirational speaker. / Together with her sound partner Tim Wheater, Martyn has composed and performed immersive 3D sound pieces at some of the greatest concert halls, including the magnificent Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.



Audio Poem of the Day - episode 1828: 9 June 2025: Overheard in the Herd by Jorie Graham


MinuteEarth - 21 February 2025: Why It Sucks to Be a Male Hyena


The Trip by Theo Banks - 16 September 2025: [Teaser] Chapter 4: Marcus


Beauty Unlocked the podcast - episode 112: 17 September 2025: *Toxic Tudor Secrets: Elizabeth l's Deadly Mask of Youth - Elizabeth I may have been one of the most powerful rulers in history, but behind her glittering portraits was a deadly secret. To maintain her iconic "Mask of Youth," she relied on toxic cosmetics that slowly poisoned her body. / In this episode, I peel back the layers of her beauty routine, explore how her image became a weapon of power, and reveal the impossible double standards women have always faced. / From court gossip to ambassadorial shade, discover how beauty, politics, and poison shaped the Virgin Queen. / Are. You. Ready?


BirdNote Daily - 23 Feb 2023: *A Heron Nest Starts with Just One Stick - During winter and early spring, Great Blue Herons build their nests high in the treetops. / The male delivers the supplies to the nest site stick by stick, as the female arranges things. / It's the perfect childhood home for their young, made without blueprints, architects or engineers. But by early May, the chicks are starting to test the limits of their nests!



Phase Hero - episode 93: 18 September 2025: Brandon, Jenna, and Aaron presenting. Jamie is away working and not near to an Internet connection. “WiFi hates Jamie!” “RIP Robert Redford.” The first looks at Doctor Doom from Avengers Doomsday. James Marsden asked about coming back for Doomsday. New Marvel Zombies trailer. Fantastic four first steps becoming available to watch at home. A deleted scene that should have been in the film. Matt Reeves talking about The Batman 2. Superman coming to home viewing. First look at Ryan Gosling in Star Wars: starfighter. Trailer released for Super Mario Galaxy. Will we see anymore X-Men actors in Doomsday? Other potential characters. What is happening at New York Comic-con this year? Discussion about the latest episode of season two of the peacemaker. Aaron comes out with his own tinfoil hat related theory. 


Composers Datebook - 18 September 2025: Prokofiev and Leifs agree: ‘There's no place like home!'


Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 18 September 2025: rationale


StarDate - 17 September 2025: New Dwarf?


The Trip by Theo Banks - season 1 episode 4: 18 September 2025: *Chapter 4: Marcus - Marcus Reyes. Restless, charismatic, and sharp — Marcus is the founder of BrightLoop Energy, a clean-tech startup. He moves quickly, speaks fast, and lives at the border of ambition and burnout. Always chasing what's next, Marcus brings the group its spark and unpredictability, a disruptor's edge softened by genuine warmth.





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