The Pod Files - Thursday 18 December 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


DASH - Season 1 Episode 20: 31 December 2021: *The Case of the Mysterious Zita Makara Chapter 13 - As The Case of the Mysterious Zita Makara comes to a close, Dash, Sal, and Cindy find themselves in hot water.


7 Good Minutes - 6 October 2025: Start With a Grounding Thought: Anchoring Your Day in Wisdom


Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 16 December 2025: conversant


StarDate - 15 December 2025: Confusing Planet


7 Good Minutes - 6 October 2025:,7 Good Minutes: Extra - A grounding thought is...


Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum - 16 December 2025: *WILLIAM H. MACY: Fargo's Legacy, Mamet's Influence, and Shameless Reflections - William H. Macy (Fargo, Shameless, Boogie Nights) joins us this week for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about his life on stage and screen. William opens up about the persistence it took to land Fargo, the influence of his mentor David Mamet, and the nerves that never quite leave even after decades of work. We talk about his family memories, including smoking pot with his grandmother, why Shameless was such a rare gift, and how his Aspen distillery and love of music keep him grounded.



BirdNote Daily - 15 Jul 2023: *Eavesdropping on Babies - Around this time of year, many baby birds are begging their parents for food. A Hairy Woodpecker chick calls from its nest carved deep within a dying tree. A Great Horned Owl juvenile reminds his parents "Hey! I'm over here! Feed me!" Moving from forest to water, we find this American Coot chick hoping to be fed by its parent.


New Podcasts - 3 December 2025: *One of Their Own - When a police officer is found dead in her home with a bullet between her eyes, who investigates? One of Their Own, a new five-episode investigative podcast from KPBS, reopens the case of Officer Ciara Estrada - and exposes the conflicts, silence and unanswered questions that surround the death of a young officer who was one of their own.


Odd One Out - 6 December 2025: The Godfather or Inception?


Sounds Profitable - 15 December 2025: *"OG" Podcasts Dominate Ad Performance, Heart SoON Netflix, & More - Today in the business of podcasting: Oxford Road has a new ORBIT report about "OG" podcasts, new details surface about a reported upcoming iHeartPodcasts and Netflix deal, and why companies want "Storytellers" more and more these days.


Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 11: 15 December 2025: *A Tip for Last Minute Gifts - Running out of time for holiday gifts? Frame a memory. Whether it's a photo with someone you love or a creative collage of things they care about, printed and framed art turns intangible moments into something they can hold. Framebridge makes it easy to create personalised gifts that actually matter.


Phase Hero - 17/18 December 2025: Brandon, Aaron, Jenna and Jamie. Talk about the release schedule. This is the last live recording for the year. Teaser trailer leaks of Avengers Doomsday. Chris Evans is back as Captain America, which is a stupid way thing to do. What I mean by this is that by having that in the first trailer is to lose a great potential surprise. All eight episodes of Wonder Man are coming to Disney Plus on January 27th. I know how some people like the binge situation, but it loses the talk ability of the show. There is an official trailer out for Supergirl. Footage available of the DC television series Lanterns. James Gunn naysaying casting rumours. Brad Pitt rumour about The Batman Pt2. Trailer out for forthcoming Street Fighter film. Talk about the forthcoming Spielberg film. The final John Cena wrestling match. Jenna’s page on YouTube mentioned in the New York Times. Nice mention of Rob Reiner, who passed away this week. 



New Podcasts - 16 December 2025: *Monetise This! Where Podcasting Best Practices Come to Die - In Monetize This!, we're promised the stuff podcasters mutter in Slack DMs but never say on panels. You'll hear why so much podcast advice feels generic, overpriced, and suspiciously divorced from real shows. Expect zero reverence for guru culture, launch theatrics, and "invest in yourself" guilt marketing. It's a fun escape for podcasters who want to laugh at the industry, the advice, and themselves — and keep making the show anyway.


Breaker Whiskey - 17 December 2025: Two Hundred Seventy Six


The Stupid History Minute - 16 December 2025: Zhu Zhu Pets


Daily Facts - 3 November 2024


Desert Skies - episode 27 Bonus: 17 December 2025: *A Holiday Gift From Desert Skies To Say Thanks For a Wonderful 2025 - Thanks so much for another wonderful year of having the greatest fans ever. / 2025 has been filled with so many incredible interactions and milestones, including hitting 2 million downloads! Here's a gift to show my appreciation: Claim My Club 86 Gift. 


The Official Marvel Podcast - 17 December 2025: *The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s with Writer Paul Cornell - This week, writer Paul Cornell discusses his latest release: The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s. Plus, Marvel VP of Business Development & Licensed Publishing Sven Larsen shares what he loves most about his job. Later on, we'll hear a holiday tale featuring Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends. 




Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 12: 16 December 2025: *A Tip for Drying Handwashed Kitchen Items - When your dishwasher sits empty and you're hand-washing those non-dishwasher-safe items, skip the countertop chaos. Open that dishwasher door and let it double as your drying rack. No more pots balanced on paper towels or cups scattered across your kitchen.


New Podcasts - 16 December 2025: *How to Be an Actor and Not Lose Your Sh*t - How to Be an Actor and Not Lose Your Sh*t has honest, unfiltered conversations about the realities of working in the acting industry, from early beginnings to navigating rejection, uncertainty and longevity. It promises reassurance, laughter and solidarity to actors at every stage of their careers.


BirdNote Daily - 16 July 2023: *How Toucans Stay Cool - The Toco Toucan of South America has evolved to stay cool in the sweltering heat of the tropics. Relative to its body size, the Toco Toucan has the largest bill of any bird in the world, accounting for a third of the body's entire surface area. It's also laced with blood vessels and wholly without insulation - features that make it a superb structure for getting rid of excess body heat.


Podnews Daily - 15 December 2025: *The top true-crime podcasts in 2025 - A full list of the best. Plus, a podcast app bans. 


The Stupid History Minute - 17 December 2025: iPad 


Add to Playlist - 24 June 2022: *Hannah French and Neil Brand bring on the musical fireworks - Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye are joined by musicologist Hannah French and composer Neil Brand as they take us from the stables of Versailles to a Shirley MacLaine classic as they add another five tracks to the playlist. / Bhangra specialist DJ Sonny Ji celebrates a joyous track inspired by the children's chant ‘Eeny, meeny, miny, moe' / Presenters Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye Producer Jerome Weatherald. / The five tracks in this week's playlist: Coppélia: Galop Final by Léo Delibes, Overture to Acante et Céphise by Rameau, If They Could See Me Now by Shirley MacLaine, Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott, and Eena Meena Deeka by Kishore Kumar. 



Composers Datebook - 8 December 2025: Beethoven and Kernis in a somber mood


Composers Datebook - 9 December 2025: A sequel by Berlioz


Composers Datebook - 10 December 2025: Morton Gould


Composers Datebook - 11 December 2025: Bizet and Menotti on TV in the 1950s


Composers Datebook - 12 December 2025: Ravel and Zaimont


Composers Datebook - 13 December 2025: Mahler and Schoenfield at the Vaudeville?



Composers Datebook - 14 December 2025: Roumain's 'Ghetto Strings'


Composers Datebook - 15 December 2025: Dvorák's 'Toy Story?'


Composers Datebook - 16 December 2025: On Beethoven, Saint-Saens, and fossil-hunting


Composers Datebook - 17 December 2025: Leif' insurance for Schubert?


Composers Datebook - 18 December 2025: Contrasting premieres by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich


Counterbalance - Season 2 Episode 6: 15 April 2025: *Chapter 18: Tripeaks - Rianuka 104nd day of Bäkkos, 5th year of the Var, 101st Generation / As Raka, Lyn and Malaki look for a way to find the Waterdome, Malaki happens to find a strange bush, Lyn sings a little ditty and Raka realizes she's had a map all this time...





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