Sunday 9 November 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


Rock n Roll Survivors - 10 October 2025: *S3-Ep34: Nine Days of Magic


I’m sorry I Haven’t A Clue - 2017-07-10 - s67e03 - Yorkshire Song Book


Merriam Webster’s Word of the Day - 9 November 2025: improvident 


7 Good Minutes - 4 September 2025: A Mindful Morning, A Better Evening


The Stupid History Minute - 9 November 2025: 1984


Toppermost of the Poppermost - forthcoming episode




Composers datebook  - 4 November 2025: A second wind for Reicha and Ward-Steinman?


Composers datebook  - 5 November 2025: Barber offers two for the price of one


Composers datebook  - 6 November 2025: Mr. Sax's instrument and Ms. Perry's Quartet


Composers datebook  - 7 November 2025: 'Starry Night' variations by McLean and Dutilleux


Composers datebook  - 8 November 2025: Musical tales from Stravinsky and Marsalis


The Tom Petty Project - season 9 episode 24: 7 February 2024: presented by Kevin Brown, as usual. Starts with Kev reacting to listeners feedback over the previous episodes song. I love that story about a connection between Mike Campbell and one of the shows listeners. After this feedback he goes into the song for this week, which is the final song on the album into the Great wide open, which is the lovely album closer, built the lovely album closer, built to last. 




7 Good Minutes - 4 September 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - The peace you create...


Daily Dad Jokes - 5 July 2025


BirdNote Daily - 30 May 2023: *The Freedom Song: Harriet Tubman's Barred Owl Call - Harriet Tubman was a heroic abolitionist in the cause to end chattel slavery. She was also an excellent astronomer and naturalist — and an expert birder. She mastered the hoot of the Barred Owl, using it as a signal throughout the Underground Railroad to let freedom seekers know she had arrived.


5 Minute Advice for Authors - 13 March 2024: *Betsy Cerulo's Path to Healing Through Writing - This episode of "5 Minute Advice for Authors" features Betsy Cerulo, author of Shake It Off Leadership: Achieving Success Through the Eyes of Our Labels. Betsy shares her personal journey, emphasizing the importance of perseverance, risk-taking, and the belief in one's abilities to achieve seemingly impossible dreams. She encourages authors to embrace the challenges and lessons learned from failures, highlighting that the most beautiful lessons often come from the most difficult experiences. Betsy also stresses the importance of taking the first step and the value of structure and guidance in the writing process. Betsy's own journey illustrates the transformative power of putting thoughts into action and the healing that can come from sharing one's story. She highlights the humorous and emotional moments shared with her Twin Flames Studios engineer and the unique opportunity to add personal inflection to her stories, enhancing the listener's experience.


Audio Poem of the Day - episode 1878: 31 July 2025: el abanico by ire'ne lara silva


Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus - season 3 episode 3: 23 October 2024: *Julia Gets Wise with Nina Totenberg - Today on Wiser Than Me, Julia sits down with legendary legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg. Nina is one of the founding mothers of NPR and has been covering the Supreme Court for over 50 years, longer than any justice has sat on the bench. Julia asks Nina about her friendship with the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, balancing relationships across political lines, and the emotional toll of long-term caretaking. Plus, Judith, Julia's 90-year-old mother, tells a story about how attitudes towards women's ambition have changed in her lifetime.




StarDate - 8 November 2025: Cosmic Rays


The Daily Quiz Show - 7 October 2025: Sports and Leisure 


Science Quickly - 12 Jan 2015: *Health and Conservation Reminders Cut Consumer Energy Use - Households that got weekly messages about the lower pollution they generated via efficiency cut energy use much more than did residents who were told how much money they were saving. Cynthia Graber reports. 


Grammar Girl - episode 502: 4 Feb 2016: *Straw Man. Wicked. [they dogged me about my dogged look.] 


MinuteEarth - 30 March 2025: Carbonaceous Chondrite


Womanica - 30 April 2021: Jane Whorwood




5 Good News Stories - 3 April 2025: Most Popular Baby Names of the NEXT 10 Years


The Slowdown - episode 1212: 8 October 2024: Today's poem is Eureka! by Jessica Abughattas. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.


Daily Life Pro Tips - 11 October 2025


Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware - episode 229: 10 January 2025: *Mark Frieser - Today's episode features an enlightening interview between Martyn and his good friend Mark Frieser. Mark is an internationally recognised figure working at the intersection of music, technology, business, branding, advertising and entertainment. As the founder and CEO of Disconic, a pioneering music licensing platform, Mark has revolutionized the way music is discovered, licensed, and synchronized across various media platforms. / In addition, his events company SyncSummit introduces music supervisors from around the world to composers and artists. This conversation is essential listening for all musicians looking to break into the film, TV, games and advertising markets. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the king of music networkers, Mark Frieser. 


The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs - 17 April 2025: "Columbo's Gumbo" w/ Mark Brotherhood


The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs - 18 April 2025: "Tales from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament" w/ A.J. & Greg




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