The Pod Files - Friday 9 January 2026
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
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - 23 September 2021: *Magical Summer Memories Vol. 3: The Cardiff Giant - All summer we've been asking you to send us your summer travel stories. In this installment we hear a listener's tale of a theological dispute that became a real money-maker known to some as "Old Hoaxy."
Get Flushed - Episode 36: 12 March 2021: *Restroom Inspections - Pete shares some breaking news from Air-Vote and Tex-San Site Services before visiting a site to inspect portable toilet.
How to Save It - season 1 episode 1: 22 August 2024: *Mobilising an army to save the Greater Adjutant Stork - The Greater Adjutant Stork is a misunderstood bird that Dr Purnima Devi Barman in Assam, India, has devoted her life to protecting. In this episode, join Kate Humble and Edward Whitley to hear how Purnima built a 10,000 strong army of local female fans of the reviled scavenger. Saving it, not only dramatically transformed the outlook for the bird, known as "Hargila," but also the lives of the local "stork sister" protectors. The "Hargila Army" is now so popular that even men want to join. / See Purnima's short film narrated by Sir David Attenborough here: bit.ly/GreaterAdjutantStorks / Edited and produced by Sarah Treanor / How to Save It highlights ingenious solutions from the world's leading conservationists. / Applications for the Whitley Awards are open! / If you are leading a grassroots conservation project in the Global South that we should know about, please apply here: bit.ly/WhitleyAward_ApplyNow / Click here to donate: bit.ly/WhitleyAwards_Donate
Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities - episode 172: 13 February 2020: *Fully Charged - Two remarkable people and two scientific mysteries, each with an exciting journey and an unpredictable ending.
Daily Dad Jokes - 30 July 2025
Everything Everywhere Daily - episode 88: 2 October 2020: *The Tunguska Event - In 1908, in the middle of the Siberian wilderness, near the Tunguska River, an explosion took place which was equivalent in size to the detonation of a 5 megaton nuclear bomb. But it wasn't a nuclear bomb. Such things didn't even exist then. It was a mystery that scientists are still trying to figure out today. Learn more about the Tunguska Event on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 7 January 2026: eminently
Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 28: 7 January 2026: *A Tip For Betting On Yourself (w/ Emily Griminger) - Emily Griminger left wealth management to launch a flushable wipe business—and the hardest part wasn't the product. It was stopping the endless internal debate about whether she was ready. / Emily Griminger is the founder of Semmi, a female-founded brand changing the way we think about bathroom essentials. She spent the last 9 years in Financial Services in banking and lending before officially working on Semmi full time in May 2025.
Disability Daily Podcast - episode 9: 9 January 2026: *January 9: Tony Meléndez - Today we celebrate Tony Meléndez, renowned guitarist born without arms.
The Stupid History Minute - 7 January 2026: Tarot Cards with Guest Host: Cindy Brainerd from Hypno Wellness.
Tabletop Genesis - episode 78: 9 January 2026: Mike and Tom returning to look at the first song released by Peter Gabriel, that is from a forthcoming album entitled O/I. The first song available is Been Undone. Mike is getting over a really bad bout of flu. Hahaha, Mike actually called out a comment I left on Facebook. Mike then mentions a promo mix of the song Burn Me Out that’s on Peter’s Bandcamp page as a hope that this forthcoming album will have some mor upbeat material. They mention a Rolling Stone article that suggested that Peter needs to handle his catalogue better.
7 Good Minutes - 23 October 2025: Rise to Meet the Day, Not Race Through It
New Podcasts - 5 January 2026: *Fintech Files: Insights on TECH by BCG Platinion - In Fintech Files from BCG Platinion, you'll hear BCG consultants explain embedded finance, digital identity, and Al in banking like they're talking to your grandma. Now in Season 4, you'll hear from founders, regulators, and fintech leaders across 40+ countries, exploring fintech for social impact: sustainable investing, decarbonisation, and democratising finance. You'll get
sophisticated insights without the jargon, and the hosts actively want to hear from you about topics to explore.
The Slowdown - episode 1242: 19 November 2024: Today's poem is Aleppo by Hala Alyan.
7 Good Minutes - 23 October 2025: 7 Good Minutes: Extra - The day you rise...
MinuteEarth - 3 May 2025: Four-limbed dragons
Christmas Pop-up Channel - 13 December 2025: *Santa to visit Green Bay's Lambeau Field for Christmas - Highlights include: Compton's 70th annual Christmas parade featuring Grand Marshall The Game; Santa's photo opportunity at Green Bay's Lambeau Field; recommended holiday books like 'Winter Street' by Ellen Hilderbrand and 'The Christmas Orphans Club' by Becker Freeman; United Way's Ugly Sweater Day fundraising event; and quirky holiday gift suggestions such as a tomato vine candle and snowball votive candle holder.
Womanica - 15 June 2021: Mercedes de Acosta
New Podcasts - 5 January 2026: *Tech Matters - In a landscape where the tech industry's reputation often precedes it, veteran social entrepreneur and Tech for Good pioneer Jim Fruchterman is rewriting the narrative in Tech Matters. Through conversations with extraordinary change-makers, you'll discover how tech skills can build a better world and drive genuine social change. Whether you're a developer wanting to pivot your career or an entrepreneur who believes profit and purpose aren't mutually exclusive, you'll learn how to put people first when building technology.
Science Quickly - 12 March 2015: *Big Bang Sitcom Stars Scientific American Tonight - On the March 12 episode of The Big Bang Theory, a mock copy of Scientific American becomes a key part of the plot. The sitcom's science advisor, U.C.L.A. physicist David Saltzberg, talks about the show's reach to the lay public. Steve Mirsky reports.
The Puzzler with AJ Jacobs - 05 March 2025: "Bordello Woozy" w/ A.J. & Greg
Odd One Out - 27 December 2025: Die Hard or The Shawshank Redemption?
SmartLess Presents ClueLess - episode 89: 5 January 2026: *A Hello To Arms/Odd One Out (w/ Janet Varney and John Hodgman) - On this bonus size episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan invites his friends Janet Varney (SF Sketchfest, Avatar: Braving The Elements, Stan Against Evil) and John Hodgman (Dicktown, The Daily Show, Judge John Hodgman) to go sifting for letters in a new game called A Hello To Arms! Then, they'll check in with an old favorite and see if they can identify the Odd One Out!
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 8 January 2026: gumbo
Daily Life Pro Tips - 8 November 2025
StarDate - 7 January 2026: Stellar Feedback
Merry Christmas! - 6 January 2026: Eddie's Faith by Abbie Phillips Walker
Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 29: 8 January 2026: *A Tip For Spending Less at the Grocery Store - Planning your meals before you shop means buying exactly what you need-nothing more, nothing less. You'll waste less food, spend less money, and always know what you're making for dinner. It's the grocery shopping strategy everyone knows they should do but rarely follows through on.
Daily Shower Thoughts - 19 October 2025
The Stupid History Minute - 8 January 2026: Firefly with Guest Host: Kandas Rodarte from Sci-Fi Book Pod
7 Minutes For Yourself - 25 June 2024: The Journey of Finding Meaning in Life
The EdLife ~ Priyanshi Jain - 4 January 2026: *A Podcast on Growth, Real Talk & Becoming - Welcome to The EdLife - a space where growth feels honest, conversations feel real, and learning comes from lived experiences. / This podcast is for anyone who is figuring life out quietly - balancing dreams, responsibilities, self-doubt, and hope, all at once. Through personal stories, reflections, and real talk, The EdLife is about becoming, not pretending to have it all together. / If you're in your 20s, 30s, or even 80s, navigating change, building something on the side, or simply trying to grow one day at a time - you're in the right place.
Podnews Daily - 7 January 2026: *Are listeners overwhelmed by too many ads? - Are too many ads forcing them into ad-avoidance?
The Daily Poem - 22 October 2025: *The Solitary Wanderer and the Shadowed Vale of Unyielding Sorrow - Today's poem is about Despair in the style of John Milton. / Poems generated from OpenAl ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. / This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios.
This Cultural Life - 27 November 2021: Evelyn Glennie - Musician Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and some of the key cultural turning points of her life. From growing up in rural Aberdeenshire and becoming profoundly deaf at a young age, she traces her route to fulfilling her ambition of being the first full-time solo percussionist. She recalls her early musical influences; her teacher, the renowned percussionist James Blades at the Royal Academy of Music, and her electrifying 1992 BBC Proms performance of James MacMillan's percussion concerto Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.
The Stupid History Minute - 9 January 2026: AOL Start-Up Cd's with Guest Host: Jon Cudo from The Party in the Back Podcast
5 Good News Stories - 27 May 2025: *Another Runaway Kangaroo and a Speeding Ticket Dispute - Johnny Mac presents five intriguing good news stories. These include a runaway kangaroo safely captured in Florida, a Michigan woman reunited with her lost cat after three years, a Decatur resident who avoids speeding fines due to a typo on a school zone sign, newspapers publishing fake summer reading lists due to Al errors, and a man cleared after inadvertently aiding a gold toilet heist.
Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 30: 9 January 2026: *A Tip For Keeping Hot Glassware Intact - Ever worried about your glass cup shattering when you pour in boiling water for tea? Guest tipper Shira Moskowitz shares her dad's brilliant method: drop a metal spoon in first. / The spoon absorbs enough heat to protect the glass from thermal shock. Simple physics, zero shattered mugs.
Radio Headspace - episode 32: 18 May 2021: *The New Normal - As things begin to shift back to "normal" it's easy to feel a bit overwhelmed. Being present in the moment and remembering that you are not alone can be comforting as we all work toward getting through an unorthodox period in our society.
Odd One Out - 28 December 2025: Action Figure or Puzzle Box?
Audio Poem of the Day - episode 1940: 3 Oct 2025: I saw this day coming By Stacy Szymaszek.
Christmas Stories - 16 December 2021: Christmas Time by John Clare
Question of the Week - episode 548: 19 January 2024: *Why might cataract surgery affect biometric logins? - Thanks to ARU's Nikita Thomas for the answer!
Christmas Stories - 6 December 2021: Christmas Omnipresent by Leigh Hunt
Money Girl - episode 21: 8 May 2007: *Wealth Secret #1 for Beginning Investors - Who gets to take the mortgage interest deduction?
Sleep From Space - season 1 episode 17: 29 February 2024: *Ceres : Unveiling Secrets of the Dwarf Planet in the Asteroid Belt - Join us on "Sleep from Space" as we explore Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt and a world of mysteries. Uncover the secrets of this dwarf planet, from its discovery to the groundbreaking insights provided by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Learn about Ceres' unique geological features, including its mysterious bright spots and potential for water. This episode offers a blend of astronomical wonder and soothing storytelling, ideal for listeners seeking to unwind with tales of cosmic exploration.
The Jacked Up Review Show Podcast - episode 1188: 7 January 2026: *Adam West Cult Movies Minisode Tribute (with JJ & TOM!) - JJ, Tom & I were on one of several other casual pop culture discussions and in the midst of that we briefly summed up a brief overview on some oddball movies in Adam West's lengthy career. / Enjoy and be ready to learn something else about the late great legend! [I remember seeing Adam West in the Butt Reynolds starring film Hooper, and thinking that that was so cool!]
Stories To Tell with Richard Marx - episode 11: 6 May 2025: *Chris Botti on Playing Trumpet with Sting, Barbra Streisand & Paul Simon, and Racecar Driving - Grammy Award-winning trumpeter/composer Chris Botti joins us to discuss the many parallels between his career trajectory and Richard's where a few manifested encounters at a young age made all the difterence...
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