The Pod Files - Saturday 27 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) 

Music Uncovered: David Bowie Changeling - episode 4: 10 September 2025: *Becoming Ziggy - David Bowie was captivated by Tony Zanetta-known as ‘Z'-who played Andy Warhol in Pork, and asked him to arrange a meeting with Warhol in New York. During that trip, Bowie also met Lou Reed and Iggy Pop, both of whom would profoundly influence his music. / Kate Moss explores Bowie's journey back in the UK where he was creatively recharged. Inspired by the artists and sounds he encountered, he began writing new material and shared his vision for a new persona: Ziggy Stardust. / His next album, Hunky Dory, showcased Bowie's immense potential. Released on December 17, 1971, it featured tracks like Changes and Life on Mars, which marked a turning point in his career. / With contributions from Iggy Pop, George Underwood, Tony Zanetta, Woody Woodmansey, Anya Wilson and Leee Black Childers.

Star Trek: Khan - Episode 3: 22 September 2025: *Do Your Worst - Khan's nascent colony celebrates its first pregnancy, but they've also suffered several losses to their number while a new threat to the entire planet reveals itself. 

Composers Datebook - 27 October 2022: Villa-Lobos meets the harmonica [I’ve just noticed the date on this, which is odd. This show is always strange with episodes appearing and disappearing all of the time on Apple Podcasts. I might stop following on there, and go to another service like Spotify, TrueFans, Pocket Casts, or Good Pods,]

 Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 26 September 2025: gesundheit

Bob Dylan Album By Album - season 8 episode 6: 25 April 2023: the second part of Ben’s look at the album Bringing It All Back Home. Before he goes to that he thanks people for giving him money on Buy Me A Coffee and Patreon. Dylan goes electric. Bob loves changing. Woodstock, summer of 1964. Mr Tambourine Man and Gates of Eden were both written before the writing sessions for the album. If You Gotta Go Now and It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) were both written at this early writing time. The former of the two mentioned were recorded but not issued until 1967, when it came out only in The Netherlands. Manfred Mann had a hit with it in 1965. From Joan Baez to Sara. Meeting The Beatles. It is interesting that before this album the producer Tom Wilson had actually tried to add electric instruments to the earliest song house of the rising Sun, but that didn’t quite work out. However, he then did exactly that with the previous pay bones recording of the Simon & Garfunkel song the Sound of silence, by adding a full electric band to the single acoustic guitar and duetted vocals of the original recording. Meeting the musicians that would eventually become known as the band. Love Minus Zero (no limit). Edgar Allen Poe. Passing mention of the later Bob Dylan song I contain multitudes. She Belongs To Me would be the best love song on any other album, put for the fact that it’s on the same album as the song previously mentioned, love minus zero. 

Composers Datebook - 26 September 2025: Weill's 'September

Song'

New Podcasts - 24 September 2025: *Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci - The weekly interview series Open Book with Anthony Scaramucci has joined Goalhanger. / The first episode under the Goalhanger banner is released today - historian and author James Holland.

The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs - 11 March 2025: "Best Baseball Teams...Literally" w/ Alex Edelman

BirdNote Daily - 12 Mar 2023: *Drumming with Woodpeckers - Like a jazz player beating out a drum roll, a woodpecker uses its bill to rap out a brisk series of notes. Early spring resounds with the percussive hammering of woodpeckers. / Their rhythmic drumming says to other woodpeckers, "This is my territory!" We also hear them knocking on wood when they carve holes in trees to create nest cavities or reach insects. For any woodpecker, it's all about proclaiming a signal as far and as loud as possible. Look for Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, like this one, in the Northeast and farther north, and Red-breasted Sapsuckers in the West.

7 Minutes For Yourself - 25 Apr 2024: Splitting Your Day into Productivity Chunks

The Stupid History Minute - 26 September 2025: He-Man

Counterbalance - Season 1 Episode 8: 15 January 2023: *Dew Breath, Calvanuka - 99th day of Bäkkos, 5th year of the Var, 101st Generation. / The friction between Malaki and the Spirits is almost palpable, and and the choices he makes leave Raka and Lyn absolutely gasping for air.

Composers Datebook - 27 September 2025: *In Memoriam: Schubert and Oldham

5 Good News Stories - 30 January 2025: Will the bananas appear again on February 2nd?

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 27 September 2025: vociferous

StarDate - 25 September 2025: Galactic Empire

BirdNote Daily - 13 Mar 2023: *Counting Ducks with Alison Vilag - Alison Vilag has worked for half a decade as a fall and spring waterbird counter at remote migration hotspots around Lake Superior. For weeks, every day from sunrise to nearly sunset, Alison is outside in frigid and volatile weather, identifying species from afar and tallying them with a clicker. Working close to the elements puts Alison face-to-face with the reality of dwindling bird populations.

Station 151 - Season 1 Episode 15: 19 December 2023: *The Red Pixel Incident - Linux kernel developer Wayne Robertson has a "difference of opinion" with a lead product manager at Red Pixel and unleashes a storm of profanity so unrelenting that it sends employees running for the exits. Part four of the Station 151 prequel trilogy. Brought to you by our generous Patreon supporters.

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You with Arielle and Ned - season 2 episode 230: 26 September 2025: *A Tip For Tangle Free Jewellery - Keep your necklaces organized and tangle-free while traveling by storing them in snack-sized ziplock bags. This simple method prevents jewelry from becoming a tangled mess in your luggage. Alternatively, thread necklaces through plastic straws before clasping for extra protection.

7 Good Minutes - 26 July 2025: Start Your Day with Clear Purpose and Intention

New Podcasts - 26 September 2025: *Well Enough - In the UK, Well Enough is new from The Independent's Independent Studio. As Wellbeing Editor of The Independent and a veteran journalist in the space, Emilie Lavinia has seen every side of the wellness industry, tried every fad, and chronicled the impact it has on society. She'll make sense of the wild world of health and wellness, answering the biggest questions and busting myths and misinformation wide open.

The Daily Quiz Show - 20 September 2025: Entertainment, Society and Culture 

7 Good Minutes - 26 July 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - The morning belongs to you before...

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - season 1 episode 10: 6 June 2023: Julia Gets Wise with Carol Burnett - On the season finale of Wiser Than Me, Julia sits down in person with 90-year-old groundbreaking actress, comedian, and writer Carol Burnett. Carol tells Julia how she learned to accept rejection, what Lucille Ball taught her about being a boss, and how a spontaneous ride on a beer truck led to her landing a CBS special with Julie Andrews. And Carol gives Julia a compliment that makes Julia cry, which leads to a touching conversation between Julia and her mom Judith.

New Podcasts - 26 September 2025: *The Bet - Gambling has real-life impact - even in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Bet is new, with first-hand accounts of gambling harm, highlighting deeply personal journeys - as well as the resilience and healing that followed.

Daily Dad Jokes - 15 June 2025: Father's Day 2025

Podnews Daily - 24 September 2025: Do listeners want podcasts made with Al? - Some parts of the population are particularly wary

Womanica - 24 March 2021: Mary Ellen Pleasant

The Daily Poem - 17 September 2025: *The Weary Wanderer and the River of Unspoken Regrets - Today's poem is about Regret in the style of Walt Whitman. / Poems generated from OpenAl ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. / This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios

TED Health - 5 Jul 2022: *The inaccurate link between body ideals and health - Global obesity rates are on the rise, but body shaming campaigns are doing more harm than good, says medical anthropologist Nancy N. Chen. Reflecting on how the cultural histories of body ideals have changed over time, she offers a new way to view ourselves and our health by enhancing body diversity to close the gap between what's ideal and what's real.

Prince Andrew Audio Biography - 13 September 2025: Fresh Royal Scandal: Andrew's Palace Breach Stirs Outrage Amid New Epstein Links

Daily Life Pro Tips - 18 September 2025 

13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle - Season 3 Episode 1: Introducing: The Space Shuttle - To launch like a rocket and land like a plane. / The space shuttle: A sci-fi dream that became reality and changed spaceflight forever. Told by the Nasa astronauts, engineers, scientists and support staff who made it happen. / Our multi award-winning podcast returns on 14 July 2025 with: 13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle. Presented by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock. She tells the story of triumph and tragedy, and the human story behind the technology and scientific endeavour. 

Podnews Daily - 25 September 2025: *New Heights makes it to Amazon Prime Video - As long as you're in the US, that is!

Signal Lost - 26 March 2025: *Introducing: "Signal Lost" - A Real-World Inspired Espionage Thriller - In Washington DC, power flows through information.But what happens when the most sensitive military intelligence in the world... ends up on the wrong phone? One morning, national security reporter Eliza Morgan receives a notification. She's been added to a chat she was never meant to see.Operation Sandstorm. Yemen. Coordinates. Weapons payloads. American lives on the line. In the halls of power, a National Security Advisor makes a fatal miscalculation. / On the other side of the world, a Special Forces team walks into a perfectly orchestrated trap.When the dust settles, four American soldiers are dead. Three more captured. And the most catastrophic intelligence breach in modern history is just beginning to unravel.Who compromised the message? Who profited from the chaos? And how high does the conspiracy reach? / Some secrets aren't meant to be shared. / Some mistakes can never be undone. From the bloody sands of Yemen to the shadowy corridors of Washington, one journalist will risk everything to expose the truth. SIGNAL LOST. A six-part podcast thriller about betrayal, courage, and the devastating consequences of a world where even our most guarded communications are never truly secure.When everyone is listening, nowhere is safe.

Comicbook Nation - season 7 episode 38: 26 September 2025: Kofi, Matt and Janell presenting, sponsored by Global Comix. Matt’s picks are Supergirl:  Woman of Tomorrow and Radium Black. James Gunn revealed plans for DCEU. costumes leaked from Marvels Avengers. Spider-Man Beyond The Spiderverse is moved to June 2027. Kofi predicts the first trillion dollar film company in the next three years. Paul Thomas Anderson movie One Battle After Another review. Marvel Zombies series reactions. Final episode of season one of Alien Earth. Peacemaker season 2 episode 6 reactions. Latest episode of Gen V. First look at Liam Hemsworth in the Witcher. Trailer for the Mandalorian and Grogu. Make this issue of unlimited Spider-Man. Latest issue of absolute wonder woman. Skinbreaker comic issue. Trailer for Avatar Fire And Ash. Insomniac’s Wolverine game.