The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 34 (Sunday, November 8, 2026)

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Good morning, Gulfport — and welcome to Sunday. Edition Number Thirty-Four of The Daily Companion, for Sunday, November the eighth, opens with a blush filed in full color: Zara, a Pharaoh Hound of the market end, is praised once, in passing, at the Sunday market, and turns pink before the parish's eyes. The season of Calder keeps day seven — the set, seated — and the readings close the edition, as they close the paper, on pages seven and eight. Inside: four tales — Bastet walks the ancient lane, Ramses hunts the morning, entirely, Isis keeps the pack, entirely, and Amun greets the stranger, warmly. The Dog Weather Watch calls on Gulfport, Malta, and Alexandria (the Watch is reported by dogs; accuracy is not among its ambitions). The Dog Game is Nose Boop Target — two minutes, very easy, a hand, a nose, and a reward. The Police Desk files its featured report, "The Summons, Heard Selectively," on Osiris, the Pharaoh Hound of the river end, and the Barketplace opens the Odorless Index and the Sprint Futures Market. The editorial keeps the mind its own. The Book Page reviews You Decided to Get a Pharaoh Hound — FIVE PAWS. Bruno's blog, On the Word, Softly Spoken, sits with Meri at the garden end, and his moral closes the edition. Music: two sixty-second excerpts — "Santa Fe Springs 2" and "Vinterljus i Dalarna," both first airings in this podcast — over a bed of "Rivers of Gold." A brief tipping disclosure airs at the close of the edition. Disclosure: The Daily Companion is narrated by AI-generated voices.