The Pod Files

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BirdNote Daily - 18 November 2023: *How Long Does a Robin Live? - If a young American Robin survives its first winter, its chances of survival go up. But robins still don't live very long. The oldest robins in your yard might be about three years old (although thanks to banding, we know of one bird that lived to be almost 14).

Podmastery: podcasting insights and advice - episode 81: 18 May 2026: *Why podcast guest cross-promotion as a growth strategy is a fairytale - Every podcaster who's ever had a guest on has felt it. You do the edit, write the show notes, create the clips, tag them everywhere - and hear absolutely nothing back. No share. No repost. Not even a like. / So is it you? Is it them? Is this just how guests are? / In this episode, I'm getting into why podcast guest cross-promotion is one of the most persistent myths in indie podcasting. / If you're booking guests to borrow their audience, this episode is going to save you a lot of disappointment.

New Podcasts - 1 May 2026: *It's Women's Health Month in America, and The Women's Health Playbook has launched to share the plays women living in the US need to make healthcare a little easier. This inaugural season breaks down the exam room: how to find the right doctor, have your concerns taken seriously, and best practices to follow and get real answers and support.

7 Good Minutes - 14 December 2025: *Transform Your Inner Voice with Powerful Affirmations - Learn how to silence your inner critic and transform negative self-talk through the power of authentic affirmations. Discover practical techniques to rewire your mental patterns and create a supportive inner dialogue that empowers your growth.

A Tip For Starting Your To-Do List Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 99: 16 April 2026: *When getting started feels impossible because too many projects are piling up, try shrinking the commitment to two minutes and begin anyway. This tip speaks to procrastination, task initiation, and context switching at work, especially when a long todo list makes every choice feel like the wrong one. Arielle Nissenblatt shares a Threads find from @isaiah.brownstein: trade "two hours" for "two minutes," then see what happens.

Sounds Profitable - 1 June 2026: *Questions B2B Ask of Podcasting, Magellan Al's Attribution, & More - Today in the business of podcasting: CoHost & Quill VP of Marketing Alison Osborne argues the podcast industry is solving the wrong measurement problem: B2B brands have moved past "how many downloads" and are now asking who is listening, whether the right audiences are finding the show, and whether those listeners are appearing in the sales funnel. / Acast CEO Greg Glenday says brands are misallocating podcast ad spend by following genre assumptions rather than audience behavior, citing Acast data showing food podcasts receive roughly half of food delivery ad spend despite representing less than 1% of relevant listener conversations. / Magellan Al has built an attribution platform measuring broadcast radio alongside podcasts and streaming audio, with early case studies showing radio drives far greater total sales volume while digital audio outperforms on a per-impression basis - making the case for measuring all audio together.

New Podcasts - 1 May 2026: *Miss Carly's Car Rides - recently a nominee in The Webby Awards - is celebrating its 1 year anniversary today with a special edition. The show, from an NJ-based creator and music educator, is designed to help families turn chaotic car rides with toddlers into calm, engaging experiences through music.

7 Good Minutes - 14 December 2025: *7 Good Minutes: Extra - The voice within you is... - In today's 7 Good Minutes: Extra segment, we delve into the profound influence of your inner voice and how it shapes not only your self-perception but your entire life experience. /  Reflect on the quality of your internal dialogue and its impact on how you show up in the world.

New Podcasts - 1 May 2026: *Guidance in Recovery I Sobriety Journeys - Guidance in Recovery has got a makeover and a new name. Formerly _Retrieving Sanity_, the show is hosted by Keegan Read, and he's taking the lessons he's learned to help people through the mess of early recovery while learning how to embrace a new lifestyle that makes it easier to live with themselves. The rebrand launches today with special guest, Hilary Momberger Powers, who was once the voice for Sally Brown in The Peanuts.

On The Bubble podcast - season 10 episode 3: 24 May 2026: *Variety of Arcs, Foreshadowing & Sticking to Theme - The 9 Elements of Highly Rewatchable TV Shows (p3/3) - 

The 9 Elements of Highly Rewatchable TV Shows (part 3/3): Element 7: Mix of story arc lengths / Element 8: Hidden details, easter eggs, and foreshadowing / Element 9: Sticking to key themes. 

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - seasom 3 episode 100: 17 April 2026: *A Tip For Not Sending An Email Too Soon - When drafting an email, leaving the To, CC, and BCC fields blank can stop an accidental send before the message is ready. Jamie from Leeds in the United Kingdom learned it the hard way after sending emails mid-draft from hitting Command+Enter, and now parks recipients in Notepad until the email is done. / If a send delay is not turned on, this manual habit keeps unfinished email drafts from going out.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 31 May 2026: permutation

New Podcasts - 1 May 2026: *Actionable Impact - Join Bully Pulpit International (BPI) CEO Andrew Bleeker for Actionable Impact, a new series of brief, practical discussions on Al transformation with the world's top communications and public affairs experts. / We're going beyond the hype to focus on the real decisions leaders are making every day: managing team anxieties, maintaining brand trust, rebuilding organizational structures, and more. THe first episode features Robert Gibbs, Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer at Warner Brothers Discovery and former White House Press Secretary.

Life Without - 13 February 2026: *Life Without the Moon - Full moon, half-moon, total eclipse. What happens when we look up and the moon is missing? In this episode of Life Without, our host Alan Davies imagines a world where the moon just ceases to exist, the Earth's natural satellite gone. / What would happen to our tides and how would creatures who depend on moonlight to hunt survive? The loss of the Moon would also have a huge impact on our psyche and connection to the lunar calendar. / This episode features Sara Russell a Merit Researcher in Cosmic Mineralogy and Planetary Science and artist Luke Jerram who toured the world with his replica in Museum of the Moon. / An ITN production for BBC Radio 4. 

Counterbalance - Season 3 Episode 4: 15 May 2026: *Primal Grudge - Abæanuka - 2nd day of Cukolon'kos, 5th year of the Var, 101st Generation / There are things that tread in the night. Some quieter than others. And some, not quite at all. What is it that disturbs the rest of the party tonight?

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 101: 20 April 2026: *A Tip For Tracking Your Downtime - Sofa gives Ned one place to save TV, books, movies, music, ttrpgs, board games, theatre recs, and more until he is ready to start them. / It also doubles as a podcast player, which Ned forgot to mention, and it keeps his listening right there too.

New Podcasts - 4 May 2026: *New today, Murdoch Mysteries Podcast is from a genuine mega-fan of classic whodunits like Columbo, Sherlock Holmes and Murder She Wrote, Jason Mewes brings both deep-cut knowledge and his signature unfiltered energy to the mic. Teaming up with pal Matt Goehring, they're diving headfirst into Murdoch Mysteries with a rewatch podcast that mixes insider access, sharp takes and plenty of laughs.

StarDate - 31 May 2026: Cold Skies

Sounds Profitable - 2 June 2026: *SiriusXM Podcasts SOoN Tubi, BBC Studios World Cup Case Study, & More - Today in the business of podcasting: THE DOWN DAD / SiriusXM has struck a non-exclusive distribution and advertising deal with Fox's free streaming service Tubi, bringing popular video podcasts including Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, Rotten Mango, and The School of Greatness to the platform starting in late June. / The ANA's Q1 2026 Programmatic Transparency Benchmark finds a growing performance gap between top advertisers, who convert 54% of programmatic spend into quality impressions, and lower-performing peers who convert just 32.1%, with private marketplace transactions accounting for 85% of all programmatic spending. / The IAB has filed an amicus brief in Baker V. Seattle Children's Hospital, a case before the Washington Supreme Court in which plaintiffs argue a hospital's use of Meta Pixel for marketing constitutes illegal wiretapping under 1960s-era laws — a theory the lAB's general counsel says could threaten all ad-supported media. / Media, Built newsletter author Steve Raizes argues the podcasting industry is better served by confronting accurate audience metrics sooner rather than later, using Apple's iOS 17 auto-download change as a precedent and pointing to the Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting's ongoing work to establish a verified industry metric.

New Podcasts - 4 May 2026: *Last Resort is a full-cast audio drama about listening to your inner demon. A troubled influencer looking for rest and rejuvenation at a private wellness resort gets more than she bargained for when a mysterious sound causes the guests to turn violent. All episodes now playing.

Latchkey Library - 7 May 2026: *Chapter 1: The Speed Demon (Hardy

Boys #1) - HARDY BOYS #1: THE TOWER TREASURE by Franklin Dixon, read by Briggon Snow. / Latchkey Library is a production of Atypical Artists. Our art is by Shae McMullin. Our Hardy Boys theme is "There is Still Time" by John Utah, provided by Epidemic Sound.

Phantom Pulse - 4 December 2025: *Phantom Pulse Coming Soon! -  Sign up for free on our Patreon to stay up to date. / The episodes currently in our feed are small bonus episodes that were made to promote the Kickstarter - though they were public during the campaign, moving forward these will remain exclusive to our supporters. / In 1998, the rock band Phantom Pulse when on their first official tour. It was mostly basement venues and dive bars across the Midwest, but it marked a big step forward in their career. / But playing scheduled gigs isn't all that Phantom Pulse did on that tour. Thanks to all of them nearly dying - or, dying and coming back as some would tell it - they had a special skill set. Not just the ability to see ghosts, but to banish them with their music. / So they played shows and cleansed haunted places and started what they thought would be an exciting new chapter of their lives. / Instead, it led them to a discovery that changed everything they thought they knew about life and the after life.

Comicbook Nation - season 8 episode 16: 17 April 2026: presented by Kofi, Matt, Janell and Evan. A trailer for Avengers Doomsday was shown at CinemaCon but isn’t available anywhere else. New trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu. The debut of the Streetfighter movie at CinemaCon. trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Absolute Batman comic issue 19. Latest comic issue of Ultimate Wolverine. Absolute DC comics talk. 

New Podcasts - 4 May 2026: *Finding Treasures in the Trash - Magic Thread Media has officially completed the transition of Finding Treasures in the Trash from a hit mini-series into a standalone powerhouse podcast of its own. Hosted by Forbes Top 50 CMO and long-time Buddhist practitioner Cari Jacobs-Crovetto, the series integrates 45 years of meditation study with high-level executive coaching. Expect intimate conversations with healers and CEOs alike to prove that "in the muck lives the gold."

7 Good Minutes - 1 June 2026 *The More You Accept Yourself, the Stronger Your Confidence Becomes - It's exhausting trying to fit into expectations that were never meant for you. / In this episode, you'll explore how accepting who you truly are can create a healthier and more positive self-image. Instead of measuring your worth against other people, you'll learn how to see your uniqueness as something valuable rather than something to hide or change.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - 1 June 2026: palatable

Podnews Daily - 5 June 2026: *Goalhanger becomes Britain's fastest-growing company - Podcast producer Goalhanger has become the fastest-growing company in the UK, according to The Sunday Times 100 ranking. / Confirmation that The Rest Is Football will be available globally on Netflix for the World Cup. Most podcasts on Netflix are just US-only. / The Alliance for Measurement in Podcasting (AMP) has announced its "cross-platform alternative to the podcast download". / PAVE Studios is to work with A+E to turn six of its unscripted TV shows into podcasts. Shows include history shows History's Greatest Mysteries, and Modern Marvels; and crime show The First 48. They will roll out later this year. 

BirdNote Daily - 19 November 2023: *Fairy-Wrens - To Duel or Duet? -  The Red-backed Fairy-Wren, a tiny songbird living the Australian scrublands, is highly territorial and promiscuous. The male can't be sure the eggs in his nest are his own. One way to help avoid this problem? The male may rough up a rival who approaches his territory. / But research shows when Red-backed Fairy-Wren pairs sing a duet in order to deter rival males from intruding on their territory, those pairs had more of their own genetic offspring in their nests. For the male, aggression might not ensure paternity, but singing a duet could.

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 102: 21 April 2026: *A Tip For Dusting Awkward Wall Corners - When dust builds up where the wall meets the floor, a sock can reach the corner that a cloth misses. Arielle found the tip in a Threads post from @camplarry, where a video showed someone wetting the top of a sock before running it along the edge. It turns a hard-to-clean spot into a quick pass.

7 Good Minutes - 1 June 2026: *7 Good Minutes Extra: Embrace your uniqueness... - Embrace your uniqueness, for a positive self-image begins with the acceptance of who you truly are.

StarDate - 1 June 2026: Evening Planets

New Podcasts - 4 May 2026: *Crump's Classical Conversation - Join Bryan Crump, RNZ Concert host, singer & choir director as he shares the love of music with musical guests from New Zealand and around the world in his new podcast Crump's Classical Conversation. Dedicated to the love of music, it launches during New Zealand Music Month this May.

Daily Tips That May or May Not Help You - season 3 episode 103: 22 April 2026: *A Tip For Compliments That Land On The First Try (w/ West Side Story's Josh Rivera) -  Josh Rivera shares a tip about complimenting the homies, complimenting yourself, and noticing the small details that make someone feel seen. A fresh shirt, a new haircut, or one sharp line can change the whole week. See Josh in Rocky Horror Picture Show now on Broadway!

On the tip of my tongue: talking about Aphasia: Understanding Aphasia: A Deep Dive into the Hidden Disability - series 1 episode 2: 15 May 2024: Living with Aphasia and Charities - In this episode of the 'On the Tip of My Tongue' podcast, hosts Rob Edwards and Jonathan Hirons discuss aphasia, a little-known yet common condition affecting language and communication due to brain injury. They chat with Barbara Chalk, a retired speech and language therapist and trustee of the charity Say Aphasia, to explore why aphasia is under-recognized, the various challenges it poses, and the support structures available for those affected. / Barbara shares insights on the nuances of the condition, its impact on self-esteem, and the importance of long-term support and community for rehabilitation and coping.