The Pod Files - Monday 9 February 2026

 

(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 Peter Purves Podcast - episode 2: 29 Sep 2025: *Colin Baker: Life Before the TARDIS (Part 1) - Peter Purves begins his brand-new podcast with friend and fellow Doctor Who star Colin Baker. The two swap stories about Colin's early life and career, uncovering plenty of parallels in their own journeys on stage and screen. / Colin is best known as the Sixth Doctor and for his role in BBC1's The Brothers. Peter, of course, is remembered as companion Steven Taylor in Doctor Who and for over ten years presenting Blue Peter.

7 Good Minutes - 20 November 2025: *Build Your Inner Confidence Before You Walk Out the Door - Discover how to build unshakeable confidence from within before you face the world. This gentle exploration reveals the difference between true self-esteem and external validation, offering practical wisdom for cultivating inner strength that travels with you wherever you go.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 9 February 2026: fortuitous

StarDate - 8 February 2026: Distant Relative

BirdNote Daily - 30 September 2023: *Hooded Merganser - Hooded Mergansers, affectionately known as "Hoodies," nest across most of the northern US and well into Canada. They're especially prevalent around the Great Lakes, though some winter as far south as Florida. By November, courtship and pair formation is well under way. And by early spring, Hoodies will seek out secluded woodland ponds, where they nest in tree cavities or manmade nestboxes. Hooded Merganser eggs are nearly spherical, with surprisingly thick shells. / They're ideally suited to the Hooded Merganser's nest of choice — a cavity or a hole.

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum - 25 February 2025: *PAUL REISER: Recipe to 'Mad About You' Success, Power of Naivety & Connection Through Comedy - Paul Reiser (Mad About You, Aliens) joins us this week to share his experience in this industry from developing household classics like Mad About You, to keeping a finger on the pulse by appearing in current hits like The Boys, to reinvigorating his passion and career in standup comedy. Paul talks a lot about his early aspirations as a comic, the stress he believed it would cause his family, and the importance of the jester in keeping status quo in society. We also talk about the key to Mad About You's success, working with James Cameron in Aliens, and the complexities of Hollywood vs. simplicities of standup.

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 51: 9 February 2026: A Tip For Celebrating Milestones of Your Choosing - Pick a date that marks something meaningful —a career move, a creative project launch, a personal achievement-and celebrate it every year. Arielle shares how she honors the anniversary of her newsletter, Earbuds Podcast Collective, which she's published weekly since February 2017. Creating your own traditions around non-birthday, non-romantic milestones helps you acknowledge growth and gives you permission to feel proud.

Odd One Out - 8 February 2026: Offside or Touchdown?

7 Good Minutes - 20 November 2025: *7 Good Minutes: Extra - Your worth is not a... - In today's 7 Good Minutes: Extra segment, we explore the profound difference between seeking worth from the world versus remembering it within your heart. Clyde reflects on how this shift from external validation to inner knowing can transform your entire relationship with confidence and self-acceptance.

Daily Dad Jokes - 17 August 2025

BirdNote Daily - 1 October 2023: *Migrations: BirdCast - A blip on weather radar might not be a cloud — it could be thousands of birds! Biologists use radar to keep track of migratory birds, insects, and bats. An online resource called BirdCast combines decades of biological research, citizen science observations, and radar data to forecast the movements of migratory birds. You can use these predictions to help plan a birding trip.

The Secret World of Roald Dahl - Season 1 Episode 3: 2 February 2026: *Stalky - As the war winds down, Dahl packs up and takes his talents to Hollywood. Seduced by stardom and early success, Dahl plunges into an exciting new adventure. But will his massive ego permit him to survive inside a collaborative medium? A crucial test comes when he's offered the assignment of a lifetime, shaped by his past as a real-life 007.

The Stupid History Minute - 9 February 2026: The Stupid History of The Curtain Rod

The Daily Quiz Show - 10 November 2025: Sports and Leisure 

Odd One Out - 9 February 2026: Billie Eilish or Post Malone?

MinuteEarth - 29 May 2025: How to Work From Home as a Team

Daily Facts - 26 November 2025

SmartLess Presents ClueLess - episode 94: 9 February 2026: *Odd Throuples/Bot Bops (w/ Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero) - On this episode of ClueLess, host Elliott Kalan welcomes back comedians and married couple Moshe Kasher and Natasha Leggero (co-hosts of The Endless Honeymoon podcast) to explore the intersection of pop culture and Presidents with another round of Odd Throuples. Then, it's the return of our favorite non-branded digital assistant in Bot Bops - name the song title for one point, and the artist for another! Keep track of your answers, you'll need them to defeat the MegaClue!

5 Good News Stories - 20 July 2025: *Taylor Swift's touching visit to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital - Taylor Swift's touching visit to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, a humorous incident of a duck caught speeding in Germany, a Chinese hotel ending its unusual red panda wake-up call service, a Kentucky woman discovering an $80,000 lottery ticket in the trash, and a currency conversion error in Norway that led 47,000 people to believe they had won the lottery. Despite one story's disappointing twist, the episode is filled with heartwarming and amusing updates.

More or Less - 7 February 2026: *Is this Premier League striker a secret maths genius? - Chelsea striker Liam Delap has recently stunned fans on Instagram by apparently doing incredibly complicated calculations in his head, finding what's known as the cube root of some very large numbers. / But is he really a human calculator? Or is there something else going on? Tim Harford speaks to Rob Eastaway, mathematician and author of 'Maths on the Back of an Envelope' to learn about the trick you can use to pull this off - and while he's here we also ask him about the trend of more goals being scored in the Premier League.

The Daily Poem - 2 November 2025: *The Pilgrim's Descent: Embracing the Abyss of Celestial Secrets - Today's poem is about Surprise in the style of Dante Alighieri. / Poems generated from OpenAl ChatGPT API with proprietary prompts. / This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios. 

Podnews Daily - 9 February 2026: *Daily Beast partners with Daylight Media - Their show includes one called Inside Trump's Head. 

BirdNote Daily - 2 October 2023: *Crows Recognize Individual Faces - To find out if a crow can recognize an individual human face, Professor John Marzluff of the University of Washington wore a mask while trapping, banding, and then releasing seven American Crows on campus. / Later, when he walked through the campus wearing the mask, it was automatic! A big group of birds scolded and divebombed him. /,He thinks it's a benefit to the birds' survival to point out and recognize challenges in their environment.

Just Foolin' About with Michael Biehn - episode 5: 13 August 2024: *Doug Laux - Doug Laux is a former CIA case officer who operated in Afghanistan infiltrating Al-Qaeda and the laliban, as well as throughout the Middle East during the Syrian Civil. He spent 7 years working for the Agency and another 3 for the Department of Defense with Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).

Audio Poem of the Day - Episode 1973: 6 Nov 2025: Light as a Shuttle by Joyce Mansour, translated by Emilie Moorhouse. 

Daily Shower Thoughts - 6 November 2025

Science Quickly - 22 Apr 2015: *Small Screen Looks at an Electrified America - Scientific American's David Biello hosts a new episode of the TV series Beyond the Light Switch, focusing on the means to and effects of a more electricity-powered country. Steve Mirsky reports. 

Question of the Week - episode 558: 2 April 2024: *Why do babies have such a strong grip? - Thanks to Andrew Bremner for the answer!

Radio Headspace - episode 42: 1 June 2021: *Endless Curiosity - It can become easy to feel that there isn't much to learn or understand about the relationships and life occurrences we've become accustomed to. No matter how much you think you know about something, allow yourself to find new curiosity about the things that have become commonplace. Take a chance on discovering something new.

TED Health - 2 July 2024: *The science of lifespan, and the impact of your five senses - What you experience through your senses — sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch - can impact how healthy you are and how long you live, says neurobiologist Christi Gendron. She explores how environmental cues like temperature, light and even just the sight of death have influenced the lifespan of fruit flies, suggesting your everyday perceptions may have direct repercussions on your ability to live a long, healthy life.

Audio Poem of the Day - episode 1974: 7 November 2025: Tourist by Sam Willetts. 

Daily Life Pro Tips - 28 November 2025

Womanica - 12 August 2024: Joan Crawford

Radio Headspace - episode 43: 2 June 2021: *A Closer Look - Meditation encourages us to look more closely at the ordinary aspects of our experiences, and allows us to take a deeper look into what's going on around and inside of us. This in turn provides us with more space for clarity and appreciation for each of life's little moments.

Question of the Week - episode 559: 5 April 2024: *Will eating sugary foods last avert glucose spikes? - Steve has written in to us to ask whether the order in which one eats their food makes a difference to whether or not they experience glucose spikes. We thought this was an interesting question for Cambridge Professor Giles Yeo to sink his teeth into...

Seaside Pod Review - episode 75: 11 April 2024: presented by Kev and Randy, as (almost) ever. “Randy news.” Hockey and Bobbys. Bowling and dog shit. Pinpod? Mention of a podcast called ‘Regarding…”, where Kv had guested on their discussions about Roger Waters’ remake of Dark Side of the Moon. Questioning Roger Waters and Eric Clapton as people. After this they look at feedback from listeners about the previous episodes song, Hammer To Fall. After the feedback they look at this week’s random song, which is another Brian May song, Some Day One Day, from the White Side of Queen II. Mention of Randy’s Martin D28 acoustic guitar.