🎧 2025 Week 17 Audio Journal

No practice has inspired me to try more things, be more attentive, and practice listening more than keeping notes on my day.

Welcome to my audio journal—a daily space where I reflect on what I’ve been hearing and learning through podcasts, audiobooks, and music. I pay attention to the ideas, emotions, and voices that stick with me, capturing them in the moment before they fade. This is more than a habit—it’s how I move through the world as an audionaut.

Being an audionaut means treating listening as an active, meaningful practice. Journaling helps me slow down, track what’s shaping me, and stay curious. These aren’t reviews—they’re reflections, insights, and sometimes just little echoes I don’t want to lose.

If this kind of intentional listening speaks to you, you’ll probably enjoy my podcast, Two Steps with Stephen Henning, where I think out loud about the stuff that matters. And maybe this will invite you to become an audionaut too—to really listen to the sounds that move you, and respond with something honest.

Monday - Apr 28, 2025

Podcasts

• The Ringer NFL Draft Show - 2025 Draft Superlatives

• BirdNote - Bird Songs of April

• Before Breakfast - Plug into an existing group

• NPRs UpFirst - 28 Apr 2025

• Strangers On A Bench - Follow The Blood

• My Brother, My Brother & Me - ImMaxulate Conception

• Hello from the Magic Tavern - S5E53 Prison Freshgrave Twins (w/Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino)

• CBS Fantasy Baseball Today - 28 Apr 2025

Music

• Energetic Instrumental Focus playlist

Audiobooks

• Become What You Are by Alan Watts

Tuesday - Apr 29, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - Limpkin-Bird of the Swamp

• Before Breakfast - Choose your Joneses

• NPRs UpFirst - 29 Apr 2025

• Wild For Scotland - Sleep Came Early - Cherry Blossom in Helensburgh (+ Travel Tips)

• 6 Figure Creative - You're the Bottleneck-Here's the Fix

• Sleeping At Last - "Build" & "Destroy"

• MTPR - Bill to phase out Styrofoam food containers passes legislature

• MTPR - Governor signs income tax cut into law

• The RobCast - Meet Mitch from Prima (Patreon)

• Listening To America - Sean Sherman and Native American Food

• Critical Role - Wildemount Wildlings Ep3 Pt2

Music

• JAMS playlist

Audiobooks

• Become What You Are by Alan Watts - The Second Immortal

• The Two Towers Book 4 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis - Chapter 5: The Window on the West

Misc

• Memphis May Fire with Caskets, Wind Walkers, and Elijah show at the Pub Station

Wednesday - Apr 30, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - Puffin Bills Glow

• NPRs UpFirst - 30 Apr 2025

• Ravel - Transitional Beliefs As Offramps and Onramps

• Are We There Yet? - Astrophotography and a snapshot of the space economy

• 20k Hertz - The Deaf Composer: How Beethoven wrote music he couldn't hear

• MTPR - Governor celebrates groundbreaking for new prison housing

• dharmapunxnyc - Seeing Isn't Believing: Why the Brain Isn't Build for Truth And Nothing Is As It Seems

• You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - Harland Williams Returns

• MTPR - Property tax package advances with bipartisan support

• The Ringer NFL Fantasy Football - Best Fantasy Landing Spots for 2025 Rookies

• Wonderful! - Spirit of the Fans is the Real Fifth Character

• Hey Ridde Riddle - Sarey Jessicay Parky

Audiobooks

• The Two Towers Book 4 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis - Chapter 6: The Forbidden Pool

Misc

• The Devil Wears Prada, Erra, Kingdom of Giants, and Acres show at the Pub Station

Thursday - May 1, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - Ruby-throated Hummingbird

• Before Breakfast - Today isn't the only day

• NPRs UpFirst - 1 May 2025

• Learning How To See - Introducing Season 8

• Jordan Jesse Go! - Potions & Lotions, with Jason Mantzoukas

• MTPR - Trainings help rural residents respond during long waits for emergency services

• MTPR - The Legislature adjourns

• Hey Riddle Riddle - Across the Riddleverse Tour Announcement!

Music

• Sky playlist

Audiobooks

• The Two Towers Book 4 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis

  • Chapter 7: Journey to the Cross-Roads

  • Chapter 8: The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

  • Chapter 9: Shelob's Lair

  • Chapter 10: The Choices of Master Samwise

• Somewhere Beyond The Sea by TJ Klune - Chapter 8-15+Epilogue

Friday - May 2, 2025

Podcasts

• Hey Riddle Riddle - Chatterbox #26 (Patreon)

• You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - We Made It Weird 216

Saturday - May 3, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - There's Somethings About Penguins

• BirdNote - International Dawn Chorus Day

• MTPR - Governor signs bills aimed at limiting state climate regulations

• MTPR - As grizzly bear conflicts grow, Trump cuts paralyze federal management team

• MTPR - Chaotic legislative session marked by unlikely alliances comes to a close

• MTPR - Capitol Talk: Taking stock of the 2025 session

• Before Breakfast - Don't curb your enthusiasm

• NPRs UpFirst - 2 May 2025

• NPRs UpFirst - 3 May 2025

• dharmapunxnyc - The Dharma of the Absurd: The Nature of Awakening in an Indifferent Universe

• The Holy Wild - Kincentric Leadership: The Unlearning And Emergence Of A New Kind Of Spiritual Leader with Justine Huxley

• Everything Belongs - A Critical Mass: The Secret of the Remnant with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

Audiobooks

• Clear Mind, Wild Heart by David Whyte

Sunday - May 4, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - A Marsh With More Than One Purpose

• Star Trails - Tracking Vesta and Exploring Alien Worlds

• Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts - May's White Veil, Swifts' Sickle Flight

• Worlds Beyond Number - WWW 47: The Battle of Twelve Brooks Part 1

• Secular Buddhism - The Art of Purposelessness

Audiobooks

• Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel by Lisa Cron, Chapter 1-10

• Love by Rupert Spira, Session 1