The Pod Files - Monday 20 October 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


Star Trek: Khan - episode 7: 20 October 2025: *I Am Marla - Forging a tenuous alliance, Khan's followers and the Elboreans work toward possible mutual survival. As Khan weighs hard choices affecting both peoples, tragedy strikes.


New Podcasts - 20 October 2025: *No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp - No Small Endeavor has launched a special series exploring why poetry is exactly what we need to face our polarized culture; it can help us protest, pray, lament and even hope. / Host and ethics professor Lee C. Camp invites us all to pursue goodness and light in spite of the darkness around us. Lee talks to Joy Harjo, former U.S. Poet Laureate, who draws from Indigenous traditions and her own work to show poetry as survival, witness, and a guide to community; Haleh Liza Gafori, a poet, musician, and acclaimed translator of Rumi, who brings the ecstatic vision of a 13th-century mystic into our anxious, divided age; and Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet, theologian, and host of the Poetry Unbound podcast, who reveals how poetry can be both prayer and protest, holding grief and healing together. 


Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 20 October 2025: etymology



StarDate - 19 October 2025: Orionid Meteors


New Podcasts - 20 October 2025: *Tea, Tales, and Tomes - In Tea, Tales, and Tomes this week, things are getting spooky, with Halloween specials bringing spine-tingling magic to every age. In one Once Upon a Fright, you are invited to sit beside the campfire and delve into the ultimate Halloween reading guide. Complete with eerie sound effects, this performance-based episode is the perfect listen to get you and your little reader feeling ALL the seasonal vibes.


TWO THOUSAND AND LATE - Season 1 Episode 8: 20 October 2025: *STEP SEVEN: START A UNION. Actually do something. Make demands, take no prisoners, and don't let up until you win. Lead everyone else into victory!




MBirdNote Daily - 23 April 2023: *The Early Bird - We've all heard that the early bird gets the worm. But research shows that birds dining early and heavily may lower their life expectancy. Socially dominant birds stay lean (and agile at avoiding predators) during the day, and then stoke up later, before a cold night. Subordinate birds have to look for food whenever and wherever they can find it, and carry fat on their bodies to hedge against unpredictable rations.


New Podcasts - 20 October 2025: *The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall - In the 1980s and 90s, Satan and his followers were accused of brainwashing children, sacrificing babies, and infiltrating North American society on a massive scale — yet these thousands of alleged Satanists were nowhere to be found. In The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall, explore the tangled web of the Satanic Panic: the believers, the skeptics, the bystanders, and the wrongfully-convicted. The stories of these eyewitnesses point us toward the real underlying problems: was the fault with Satanists? Or ourselves?


The Stupid History Minute - 20 October 2025: David Berkowitz 


SmartLess Presents ClueLess - episode 78: 20 October 2025: *National Chicken & Waffles Day (Mini Episode) - On a new mini episode of SmartLess Presents ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan (and Producer Devon) aren't waffling around, they're here to tell you all about National Chicken & Waffles Day! You'll learn about the surprising pre-waffle history of the Eggo brand, you'll learn which side of the combo is Elliott's favorite, and then we'll play a mini game where we ask you to name a more iconic duo, and, uh, yeah, we'll wait!


New Podcasts - 20 October 2025: *Out of Zion with Susan Michael - The Lifeaudio podcast network is excited to announce Out of Zion with Susan Michael, a show hosted by Susan Michael. With decades of experience traveling and studying in Israel, Susan will explore key questions about the Bible, Jesus, Israel, and your faith journey.


Questlove Supreme - 15 Jan 2020: *Sophia Chang tells her story of being an Asian woman working behind-the-scenes in hip-hop, and why she's the "Baddest Bitch In The Room".



Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 2 episode 256: 20 October 2025: *An Anti-Tip for Breaking Your Phone Habits - Want to break free from mindless scrolling? / This anti-tip might be the chaotic solution you didn't know you needed. Arielle suggests having someone randomize your app layout to disrupt autopilot phone usage, while Ned questions her sanity and offers a less stressful alternative.


Ghost: Scary Stories for Halloween - 20 October 2025: You Might Also Like: Health Discovered - Introducing Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Finding the Right Care Team and Treatment Strategies from Health Discovered. Recurring painful bumps in your underarms, groin, or under the breasts may seem like acne - but they could be hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, often misunderstood skin condition. HS affects up to four percent of people in the U.S., yet it's frequently misdiagnosed or dismissed. What can those impacted do to heal and prevent these bumps? What are the misconceptions about HS? And how can patients advocate for themselves? We spoke with Vivian Shi, MD, a board-certified dermatologist, about the early warning signs of HS, treatment options ranging from topical therapies to biologics and surgery, and debunked myths linking HS to poor hygiene. We also hear from Ebone Colbert, who shares her 15-year journey with HS, from symptoms to diagnosis, and why support and the right care team matter.


Trailer Park: The Podcast Trailer Podcast - season 2 episode 20: 4 May 2025: Quick Al-rielle Trailer Drop: "30 Minute Meltdown" Podcast Trailer - Arielle here with a very quick episode drop. / I'm using my Al voice to share the trailer for 30 Minute Meltdown, a podcast I discovered recently because I'm featuring it in my newsletter, EarBuds Podcast Collective.


7 Good Minutes - 15 August 2025: How to Begin Again Every Single Day


MinuteEarth - 16 March 2025: Animal Behaviour


Ghost: Scary Stories for Halloween - 20 October 2025: *The October Records Episode 20: The Hunter - Jacob Mitchell has been hunting something through the woods for three days, following black sap and boiling footprints, not realizing he's being herded while the forest itself remembers being lake bottom. Aaron Mitchell, stretched with extra joints and extending thirty feet tall, leads Margaret to his grandfather's body from 1974-transformed into a living tree with transparent bark showing working organs, growing cocoons that birth dozens of wrong versions of Margaret with antlers, compound eyes, and backward torsos. / The Mitchells aren't hunters but living webs strung through the canopy, while the Margaret-things reveal "it" isn't a creature but the relationship between predator and prey-the moment of the pounce itself. Twenty more malformed Margarets wait at the library, explaining they'll watch her die on Halloween then eat each other until only one perfect version remains. The forest keeps rearranging itself as Aaron's body weaves through the trees like a spider, telling Margaret she's both hunter and hunted, chasing herself through time while already caught in the web.



7 Good Minutes - 15 August 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - Each sunrise whispers.


Daily Dad Jokes - 27 June 2025 


BirdNote Daily - 24 April 2023: *White-throated Swifts - A pair of White-throated Swifts twists and turns, sailing through the air. Dashing headlong across the canyon toward an unyielding wall, the birds disappear at the last second into a slender crevice. This swift is aptly named - and doubly so. The White-throated Swift is among the fastest of all birds. And its lyrical, scientific name suits it perfectly: Aeronautes saxatalis - sailor of the air who dwells in the rocks.

 

Podnews Daily - 20 October 2025: *Trebble launches reliable Al podcast editing tool - The tool thinks more carefully about the edits it makes. 



5 Good News Stories - 9 March 2025: White Claw Spill


Keeping Up With The Cardassians - 14 August 2023: Nick singing again. I’m sorry, I’m supposed to be selling this podcast to you aren’t I, but that’s not going to help. Gal Gadot developing a Wonder Woman film, to which James Gunn said isn’t happening. Ryan Gosling on a horse as Aquaman. Nick seen the then new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. Swearing in films. Joe went record shopping in different places. Nia Da Costa spoke about possible hero fatigue. Rob met Chad Smith at a ball game. Celebrity deaths. After the chat they look at the Battlestar Galactica season 3 episodes 17: Maelstrom and 18: The Sun Always Rises. 



Composers Datebook - 20 October 2025: Lou Harrison's Piano Concerto


Daily Facts - 2 October 2025


Science Quickly - 11 December 2014: *Canary out, Smartphone in for Gas Detection - By using tiny carbon nanotubes tuned electronically to particular gases, researchers turned smartphones into toxin sensors.

Cynthia Graber reports. 

 

The Slowdown - 24 September 2024: Today's poem is If only by Dawn Lundy Martin.


Daily Life Pro Tips - 29 September 2025


Naked Scientists In Short - episode 170: 5 July 2012: *Making a Material World - This month, we get materialistic to discover how X-rays are being used to improve light emitting diodes, how probing piezoelectric materials could provide a less toxic future and how solar cells are being made more efficient, using DNA! We also celebrate the launch of Diamond's annual report and bring you the latest news and events from the synchrotron including new insight into the movements of comets in our solar system.



The Podcast Top 5 - season 1 episode 35: 20 October 2025: *Brazil's Podcast Boom, Apple Podcasts 26, and YouTube Shorts for Podcasters - On this episode of The Podcast Top 5, hosted by Emily Soule, we're exploring Brazil's massive rise as a podcast powerhouse and why creators ignoring the country are missing out on a huge audience. Apple Podcasts 26 is here with Al-powered dialogue enhancement, per-show playback speeds, and a refreshed interface. Amazon Ads and SiriusXM team up to bring programmatic audio advertising to the masses, while YouTube rolls out tools to turn your long-form podcasts into Shorts, plus Al editing and dynamic ad slots. And this week's featured podcast? 10 to Life with Annie Elise, a gripping true crime show uncovering murders, cold cases, and high-profile trials with precision and insight.


The Daily Poem - 24 September 2025: *The Trickster's Dance: Unleashing Joy Beneath the Andalusian Moon - Today's poem is about Hilarity in the style of Federico García Lorca. / Poems generated from OpenAl ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. / This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios. 


Womanica - 12 April 2021: Virginia Hall


7 Minutes For Yourself - 11 May 2024: Building Sustainable Habits for Lifelong Success


The Daily Quiz Show - 29 September 2025: General Knowledge 



Seaside Pod Review - episode 63: 11 January 2024: first up Kev and Randy have some catch up chat. They point out that the recording this earlier in the day than they would usually, because of it being Randy‘s son’s 21st birthday. Happy birthday to young Mr Woods. Podcast beef. After the chat they look at feedback from listeners about the previous weeks random episode, which was the Roger Taylor written song ride the wild wind. I had to listen to this, because I wanted to find out what the feedback would be like, and if there was anything else from it, such as the version with the drums, or the Roger Taylor demo. Kev mentioned the film the sandlot, which I have never seen. Was it shown in the UK? I suppose that if Kev has seen it then it must’ve been? “Another one bites the silica gel!” “A turd that’s been polished!” After this they go onto this week’s randomly chosen song, the Freddie Mercury written song Keep Passing The Open Windows from the album The Works. Recorded at the record plan in New York and Music land Studios in Munich. Apparently Britain originally for a film called the Hotel New Hampshire. It was slightly tweaked after this song wasn’t used in the film. 



BirdNote Daily - 25 April 2023: *A Lost Hummingbird is Found Again - The Santa Marta Sabrewing is a hummingbird species so rare, they've only been documented twice in recent years. Native to the mountains of Colombia, they were officially described in 1946. No one reported another sighting until 2010. They became a "lost" species, eluding every attempt to find them. Then in 2022, Yurgen Vega was studying the birds of a mountain range called the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He snapped a photo of an unusual, large hummingbird - and the sabrewing was lost no more.


7 Good Minutes - 16 August 2025: How One Simple Morning Question Can Transform Your Entire Day


MinuteEarth - 17 March 2025: Why Electroshock Therapy Is Back


Daily Dad Jokes - 28 June 2025


7 Good Minutes - 16 August 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - The quality of your day is...


The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs - 31 March 2025: "Audio Connections" w/ Mina Kimes





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