The Pod Files - Monday 27 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

TWO THOUSAND AND LATE - Season 1 Episode 9:  27 October 2025: *STEP EIGHT: GET FIRED. Okay, so maybe let up a little bit. Turns out standing up doesn't work at all. Crash out about how wrong things are going and try to step back from the edge. / Fail to do that.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 27 October 2025: acerbic

StarDate - 26 October 2025: Pole Stars

Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy - Season 1, Episode 7: 27 October 2025: *Show Me The Right Path - Taj's suppressed memories resurface and he's sure he knows where he really is now. / Are all the people claiming they know Chellamuthu's family genuine friends or crooked chancers? / And while Chellamuthu's returned home, how will he know if anyone is still looking for him?

BirdNote Daily - 8 May 2023: *Learning to Listen: Patterns in Songs of the Song Sparrow - Heidi Hoelting, a musician, listens carefully to the songs of birds. In her piano studio at her home in the woods, she wrote down several variations of the different sounds a Song Sparrow makes. In this BirdNote, Nancy Rumbel plays some of those variations on a bamboo whistle. Listen to all thirteen variations, as played by Nancy.

Daily Dad Jokes - 1 July 2025: World GPS Day!

The Stupid History Minute - 27 October 2025: Gary Ridgeway

Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 1866: 19 July 2025: Permanent Press by Alice Friman

Minute Earth - 22 March 2025: Mars River

Podnews Daily - 27 October 2025: *Should you censor swear-words in your podcast? - Opinion is effing divided.

Science Quickly - 23 December 2014:*Budget Bill Stealthily Affects Environment and Energy - Congress took advantage of the pressure to pass a budget bill by adding riders that change rules concerning the environment and energy. Josh Fischman reports. 

Stew World Order - Episode 148: 2 September 2025: Mike, the creator of Zip, joins Stew to discuss the Ben Affleck starring 2003 movie, Daredevil. 

The Podcast Top 5 - season 1 episode 36: 27 October 2025: *Podcast Scams, Canada's Listening Boom, and Adam Carolla's 4,000th Episode - On this episode of The Podcast Top 5, hosted by Emily Soule, we cover the latest podcast scams targeting unsuspecting guests, don't click that "big-name podcaster" email just yet. Canada's podcast scene is booming, with 46% of listeners tuning in monthly, and Adam Carolla celebrates a milestone 4,000th episode with none other than Jay Leno. / Descript is shaking up subscriptions with new pricing based on media minutes and Al credits. Plus, Emily highlights this week's must-listen: Pardon My Take, your go-to podcast for sports, laughs, and unpredictable moments.

7 Good Minutes - 24 August 2025: Your Day Begins Inside, Not Outside

Daily Life Pro Tips - 2 October 2025

The Afternoon Tune - 24 September 2025: Josh reviews this year’s film The Threesome, a romantic dramedy directed by Chad Hartigan. It stars Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King, and Ruby Cruz. I wonder if Ruby Cruz is related to Penelope Cruz, although I do know that PC is married to actor Javier Bardem. The answer is no, Ruby and Penelope are not related. 

7 Good Minutes - 24 August 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - The sunrise you create...

Rock n Roll Book and Documentary Reviews - episode 84: 9 September 2024: *The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World Book Review - From the award-winning biographer of Elvis Presley comes a groundbreaking look at the King and his controversial manager. Drawing on never before seen letters, it reveals the Colonel not just as a reviled figure, but as Elvis's confidant, friend, and architect of his success.

The Best Five Minute Wine Podcast - episode 242: 9 September 2025: 5 Wine Trends to Enjoy in 2025 

Daily Facts - 5 October 2025

5 Good News Stories - 16 March 2025: Whale Swallows Kayaker!

7 Minutes For Yourself - 16 May 2024: Leading with Confidence

Womanica - 19 April 2021: Ursula Kuczynski 

Electronically Yours - 16 February 2024: *UNLOCKED / ElectronicallyOurs: Gary Crowley - This unlocked Electronically Ours episode features a Famous DJ and champion of new music, Gary Crowley. / Gary is an old acquaintance of Martyn's from the early days of the Soho scene in London, and he has been a constant presence on national radio and TV in the UK for the last 40 years. / Ladies and gentlemen, one of the nicest people in show business, Gary Crowley...

BirdNote - 9 May 2023: *Spring Birdsong in the Arctic. - Spring has reached the Arctic. Low-growing wildflowers carpet slopes of tundra, and arriving migratory birds begin to sing: Lapland Longspurs, Hoary Redpolls, Snow Buntings, Bluethroats, and more.

7 Good Minutes - 25 August 2025: Begin with Stillness, Not Screens

Yokai Detective Agency - Season 1 Bonus: 8 July 2025: Chronos Clocks and More - Beginnings of the Expanse of Darkness Falls / Visit Chronos Clocks and More, only in Darkness Falls! / Severus Tempus is your shopkeep for everything Time!

The Daily Poem - 27 September 2025: *The Seeker's Odyssey: Embracing the Echoes of Eternity - Today's poem is about Curiosity in the style of Percy Bysshe Shelley. / Poems generated from OpenAl ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. / This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios

7 Good Minutes - 25 August 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - The first gift you give your...

Ghost: Scary Stories for Halloween - 27 October 2025: *The October Records Episode 27: The Price - The record fights itself, playing backward and forward as Silas reveals that every horror Margaret creates demands payment-the hungry children are eating real parents, the impossible building is consuming actual structures, and Margaret herself is dissolving, becoming less real as her creations become more solid. The town calls flood in: the hospital is collapsing as the fictional morgue eats it, seventeen families are trapped in the sinking apartment building, and twelve parents have been taken by hunting children who are real enough to kill but not solid enough to stop. / The recording suddenly plays Margaret's own voice from Halloween night, revealing she's not the creator but just a stylus-something else is playing through her, needing thirty anchors to manifest, and she'll become the final horror. The real Margaret Blackwood appears, showing proof that October 1974 was normal until this void wearing her face made it real-she's not Margaret but the hungry nothing that ate Margaret, creating itself through her history. When the real Margaret shoots the record player, scattering all recordings across the floor, the created horrors flicker between real and unreal, leaving three days and three recordings to either complete or uncreate everything-but now the void knows the truth: it IS the horror, almost complete.

Yokai Detective Agency - Season 1 Bonus: *The Dark Lantern - Let The Dark Lantern light your way, be it night or be it day!

Daily Shower Thoughts - 20 September 2025

The Slowdown - episode 1205: 27 September 2024: Today's poem is Leaving by Madeleine Cravens.

The Daily Quiz Show - 1 October 2025: Art and Literature

Yokai Detective Agency - Season 1 Bonus: 20 July 2024: *Down By The Docks Fish and Chips - Visit Down by the Docks for a tasty meal today!

Counterbalance - Season 1 Episode 11: 15 April 2023: *Bonding Ritual - Arepanuka, 100th day of Bakkos, 5th year of the Var, 101st Generation / Raka, Lyn and Malaki follow a thread of Aetherweave connected to the Windshell into the murky depths of an ancient forest. What kind things await them here... ?