The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 23 (Wednesday, October 28, 2026)

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 23, for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Disclosure: The Daily Companion is narrated by AI-generated voices. Hector holds the lane at a standstill in the rain — the lead story, "THE LANE, HELD AT A STANDSTILL," opens the paper and this edition. All eighteen Bryor readings for day sixteen of the season — the bench, kept — plus the Tales (Mabel's "The Snore, Conducted," Juno, Otis, and Cleo), weather for Athens, San Francisco, Bogotá, and Warsaw, and the Touch Target game. The Police Report blotter, the featured report "The Guardian, At The Door" (Hugo), and the Barketplace ticker and stories. Madame de Pamplemousse reads the editorial "Standing Still Is Not Standing By," the letter from PERCY the Beagle, Point and Counterpoint on stopping mid-walk, Ask Bruno, Corrections, and the Editorial Policy. The Book Page reviews You Decided to Get a Dogue de Bordeaux — FIVE PAWS. Bruno's Blog: "On the Squirrel, Not Chased," with the moral and Born Today. Music: one minute of "Not Today, I Have a Headache" after the readings, and one minute of "Mes petits maîtres" before Bruno. The tipping disclosure (No. 6, Spanglish) closes the edition, after the sign-off.