🎧 2025 Week 19 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 - May 12, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - American Herring Gull

• Before Breakfast - Celebrate with others, and as you wish

• NPRs UpFirst - 12 May 2025

• Strangers On A Bench - Vulnerability Is a Bridge

• Hello from the Magic Tavern - S5E55 Prison Whisperbrew (w/ Brendan Dowling)

• Philosophize This! - Albert Camus - Kafka and The Fall

• Fantasy Baseball Today Express - 12 May 2025

• Hey Riddle Riddle - Review Crew: The Bee Movie (Patreon)

• My Brother, My Brother & Me - Mozzarella Stickz, Never Eaten

• MTPR - Montana Reps. Zinke, Downing join bepartisan public lands caucus

• MTPR - Tump cuts bring investigations into firefighter deaths to a halt

• MTPR - National park gateway towns brace for federal layoffs, supply disruptions

• Jordan Jesse Go! - Podcast Movie Movie Podcast: Alex, Inc. Ep 2 (maxfun member)

• Secular Buddhism - Beyond Happiness

Audiobooks

• The Return Of The King Book 5 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis - Chapter 4: The Siege of Gondor, Part 1

Tuesday - May 13, 2025

Podcasts

• The Ringer NFL Fantasy Football - Pickens to Dallas, Derek Carr Retires, and Investigating All 32 NHL Team Names

• BirdNote - Warbler Migration in Ohio with Kenn Kaufman

• Before Breakfast - Notice and embrace one-on-one time

• NPRs UpFirst - 13 May 2025

• 6 Figure Creative - The Ultimate Playbook for Risk Reversal & Guarantees That Close Clients (Without Getting Burned)

• Listening To America - Ten Things About the American Revolution

• MTPR - Department of Education begins collections on overdue student loans

• MTPR - For Montana farmers, Trump tariffs bring growing costs, shrinking markets

Audiobooks

• The Return Of The King Book 5 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis

  • Chapter 4: The Siege of Gondor, Part 2

  • Chapter 5: The Ride of the Rohirrim

  • Chapter 6: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

  • Chapter 7: The Pyre of Denethor

• Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia

Misc

• Hey Riddle Riddle- Review Crew May Livestream

Wednesday - May 14, 2025

Podcasts

• Worlds Beyond Number - WWW48: The Battle of Twelve Brooks Part 2

• BirdNote - High Island-Migration on the Gulf

• NPRs UpFirst - 14 May 2025

• Are We There Yet? - Mega rockets, private space stations and sweaty spacecraft

• 20k Hertz - Mix Notes: Dumb Farts, Alien Crickets & Junkyard Instruments

• dharmapunxnyc - No One Is Watching-The Damaging Illusion of an Unseen Audience

• Wonderful! - Jonesin for Married Content

• You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - Carol Leifer

• Hey Riddle Riddle - Shinny Dipping

Audiobooks

• The Return Of The King Book 5 by J.R.R. Tolkien, narrated by Andy Serkis

  • Chapter 8: The Houses of Healing

  • Chapter 9: The Last Debate

  • Chapter 10: The Black Gate Opens

• Bellweather by Connie Willis - Parts 1-3

Thursday - May 15, 2025

Podcasts

• Heavyweight - Heavyweight Check In: What's to Come

• BirdNote - How to Be a Better Wildlife Photographer

• Before Breakfast - Knowing is less than half the battle

• NPRs UpFirst - 15 May 2025

• Learning How To See - Seeing the Humanity of Everyone (No Exceptions) with Fr. Rafael Garcia

• Jordan Jesse Go! - Salted Up, with Margaret Cho

• MTPR - District Court overturns state ban on gender-affirming care for youths

• MTPR - Lawsuit claims Forest Service fire retardant use violates the Endangerd Species Act

• MTPR - Lawmakers overhaul Montana's mental health system

• RobCast - Mitch From Prima Has A Plan

• Hey Riddle Riddle - Live from Boston 10-3-24 (Patreon)

• On Being - Yochi Fisher and Loaay Wattad-On Seeing the Trauma of the Other

Audiobooks

• Bellweather by Connie Willis - Parts 4-6

Friday - May 16, 2025

Podcasts

• Folk On Foot - Goblin Band in the City of London

• BirdNote - Bird Song ID

• Before Breakfast - Could you finish?

• NPRs UpFirst - 16 May 2025

• Radiolab - How to Cure What Ails You

• Hey Riddle Riddle - IMDb(itch) V (Patreon)

Audiobooks

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - Chapter 1-5

Saturday - May 17, 2025

Podcasts

• MTPR - State health department loses $28 million due to Trump cuts

• You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes - We Made It Weird 218

• BirdNote - Robins Raise a Brood in a Hurry

• NPRs UpFirst - 17 May 2025

• The Holy Wild - Life After Doom with Brian McLaren

Audiobooks

• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - Chapter 6-12

• Skinbags and Spacesuits. Notes on the unbearableness of it all. by Rob Bell - Part 2

Sunday - May 18, 2025

Podcasts

• BirdNote - Swainson's Warbler

• Star Trails - Erased fromt he Charts, but Still Etched in the Stars

• Chris Skinner's Countryside Podcasts - Cubs and Cones, Woodland's Shared Spaces

Audiobooks

• Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig - Chapter 1-10