2025 Audio Journal - Week 1
Every day, I engage the mindful exercise of noting what I listen to. I find it a fascinating way to look back over a week. What did I notice with my ears? What was I paying attention to? What does this collection of listenings say about my being and becoming?
Enjoy this entry and please follow your curiosity if anything piques your interest! Try a new podcast, try my public playlists on Spotify, or find a new book to borrow from the library!
Monday - Jan 06, 2025
Podcasts
The Ringer Fantasy Football - Week 18 Recap
BirdNote - Fishing with Least Bitterns
Before Breakfast - Don't be afraid of a little wasted time
NPRs UpFirst - 6 Jan 2024
Strangers On A Bench - Cold Water and The Edge
Hello From The Magic Tavern - S5E38 Merzia Now (w/ Janet Varney)
Birdnotes - New Year's Birds
My Brother, My Brother & Me - The Naming of 2025
MTPR - Supreme Court ruling clears the way for Smith River mine
MTPR - Supreme Court ruling means DEQ must assess greenhouse gas emissions of new power plant
MTPR - Montana sues feds over Yellowstone bison management plan
MTPR - Court ruling says governor may keep some documents from the public
Listening To America - The History of Presidential Transitions
Music
milofi playlist
Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour album [recommended by Nathan]
Audiobooks
Out Of Your Mind by Alan Watts - Session 1
The Fellowship Of The Ring, Book 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis - Opening Credits, Foreward, and Prologue: Concerning Hobbits
The Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler - Chapters 1-6
Tuesday - Jan 07, 2025
Podcasts
The Ringer Fantasy Football - Head Coach Firing Frenzy and Mock Draft 1.0
BirdNote - New Homes for Cockatoos
Before Breakfast - What's your favorite work?
NPRs UpFirst - 7 Jan 2025
6 Figure Creative - Why Freelancers Need to Stop Believing These 6 Paid Ad Myths ASAP
The Wild - Glacier Bay National Park
Secular Buddhism - A Meditator's Guide to Buddhism
MTPR - State leaders take oaths of office at the Capitol
MTPR - New lawmakers are sworn in as legislative session begins
MTPR - Lawmakers highlight affordability, taxes as priorities as 2025 Legislature convenes
The Emerald - On Birds, and the Imperative of Mystic Flight
Music
JAMS playlist
Audiobooks
Out Of Your Mind by Alan Watts - Session 2
The Fellowship Of The Ring Book 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis - Chapter 1: A Long-expected Party
The Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler - Chapters 7-13
Misc
Voxers from Alex
Wednesday - Jan 08, 2025
Podcasts
BirdNote - The Hoopoe's Smelly Family
NPRs UpFirst - 8 Jan 2025
How To Do Everything - Pee-Rex
Are We There Yet? - A spacecraft that touched our sun and Ghost Riders in the sky
Dear Hank and John - Die on Tuesday
You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - Adam Ray Returns
Midst - The Disappearance of the Dazzling Duchess
MTPR - Helena resident honored for her advocacy for female veterans
MTPR - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says rare orchid is no longer endangered
MTPR - New medical debt reporting rules could benefit 60,000 Montanans
Always Choose Orange - Favorite Reads of 2024, Part 2 (with Andrew Drake)
Hey Riddle Riddle - Fiddler On the Dune! w/ Elliott Kalan
Wonderful! - Tea and Adult Legos
The Tim Ferriss Show - Tactics and Strategies for a 2025 Reboot: Essentialism and Greg McKeown
Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts - Do Different
This Is Love - In the Great Green Room
Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts - Flower of Hope
Music
Maren Morris - Kiss the Sky song
Audiobooks
Out Of Your Mind by Alan Watts - Session 2
The Fellowship Of The Ring Book 1 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis - Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past
The Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler - Chapters 14-23
Misc
Voxers from Alex
Thursday - Jan 09, 2025
Podcasts
BirdNote - Why Do Chickadees Come and Go?
Before Breakfast - Shop for the holidays all year
NPRs UpFirst - 9 Jan 2025
Ravel - Bigfoot Mormonism
Hello from the Magic Tavern - Fooniverse-Boys Night: Camping (Patreon)
Jordan Jesse Go! - Cheese Type Thing, with Dave Schilling
MTPR - Grizzlies in the lower 48 will keep their 'threatened' status under the ESA
MTPR - Why are luxury real estate owners getting agricultural tax breaks?
Critical Role - C3E118 The Hallowed Cage
Music
Sky playlist
Audiobooks
The Parable of The Sower by Octavia E. Butler - Chapters 24-25
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab - To 5%
Misc
Rob Bell Patreon video
Friday - Jan 10, 2025
Music
Morning Mood Setters playlist
Saturday - Jan 11, 2025
Music
Major Arcana (Taylor's Version) playlist
Sunday - Jan 12, 2025
Podcasts
You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - We Made It Weird #202
The Ringer Fantasy Football - Wild Card Preview
Hey Riddle Riddle - Gotham City Improv (Patreon)
NPRs UpFirst - 10 Jan 2025
Before Breakfast - A confused mind says no
NPRs UpFirst - 11 Jan 2025
BirdNote - Winter Brings Falcons
BirdNote - The Robin's Namesake
BirdNote - A Swirl of Snow Geese
MTPR - State Senate starts in gridlock over committee changes
Star Trails - The Wolf Moon and Mars: Spooky Occultations & Planetary Oddities
MTPR - Capitol Talk: Week 1 brings a contentious start and familiar themes