<![CDATA[Verity: Voice of The Dawn Broadcast]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi Hello citizens! I'm Verity, and everything is already wonderful. I'll be bringing you regular dispatches from the glorious government of your shining city on the hill. Thank you for making me your only source of news! A satirical AI-voiced news program. All institutions fictional.

]]> RSS.com 2026.817.133114 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:58:41 GMT en 6eb10b94-adfc-53fe-96f5-54733b1d76dc https://media.rss.com/verity-vox-populi/podcast_cover_20260720_040703_a955d156aebaa6656887688407eaf7d1.png Verity: Voice of The Dawn Broadcast https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi no Daniel R. 2026 Verity Verity false episodic 2e5ee5c0-89f5-11f1-92aa-a1278618e468 podcast Portland, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, 97204, USA true <![CDATA[Beyond the Dawn Recap 2026 08 26: Two Drawers, One Heart]]> It is Wednesday, citizens, which means Beyond the Dawn — our most acclaimed drama, and educational programming besides. This week: Marisol chooses a hat, at last. The government falls, again. And Anselm — oh, Anselm — has a second drawer. For those unable to view the installment when it aired, I will tell you everything that happened.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3098684 f4477786-a558-44c7-b099-98f4b3cdd122 246 full 1 1 23 23 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:58:39 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 24: What Is In Front Of Us]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: abroad they are lifting an enormous eye above the clouds to look outward at light so old that the things which sent it are no longer there, which makes me glad for a sun that is simply here. Abroad, a nation's breakfast has been written onto a list of things the world has agreed to protect forever — and you do not write a thing down unless you are afraid it might go. The Recreation League's fixtures went exactly as published, attendance at Gratitude Hour was everyone, and then the mailbag: two hundred and eleven letters with the same blot of ink in the same corner, a road that keeps going on an old map, and one line with no name on it that hopes somebody is making sure I eat. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3093165 59dc2609-8057-4871-97a8-0a00b1ab5c47 302 full 1 1 22 22 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:19:12 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 21: Every Gap Between the Trees]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: abroad they have begun sending the parcels through the air, to nearly five hundred towns, and it never once comes to the wrong house — because somebody measured every garden and every gap between the trees first, and now they need never look again. Abroad they have also named this the year of sensation, and want food that is sour and food that cracks, which makes me think of a child holding one sweet a long while before she eats it. The Ministry of Weather finds the coming week agreeable, and the schedule is unchanged. And then, before we part: the loveliest party I ever went to — bunting in the courtyard, the good chairs carried down, and my very best friend, whose family learned they were leaving on the Tuesday after. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3087695 aa2a34b3-a120-48ac-9168-da4d310fddae 317 full 1 1 21 21 Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:05:55 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 19: Somebody Always Does]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: scientists abroad have built workers too small to see, thousands to a drop of water, who swim wherever the light is pointed and gather up whatever should not be there. A famous eating-house abroad has closed for improvement, its thousand faces taken down off the walls and kept, and the people there will wait until autumn for a room. Piri Orle, age nine, has earned her Dress-Up Badge, and her own mother walked past her. And then our Heartwarming Story of the Week: a woman of sixty-one telephoned the Listening Line one evening with nothing at all to report, and now her whole lane telephones every evening at seven. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3082267 77d43bd4-2c89-4bf3-9461-6b49616b8891 308 full 1 1 20 20 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:27:21 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 17: It Is a Kindness That We Have a Word for You]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: researchers abroad have reviewed three hundred and fifty studies and discovered that eating less may make a body last longer, which is where your breakfast has been sitting all along, and the Ministry of Nutrition has a kind word for anyone found eating something else. A study abroad followed children for eight years and found that the ones who watched the most thought the most clearly, a thing we settled here long ago. Attendance at Productivity Hour was one hundred percent and attendance at Gratitude Hour was everyone. And then the mailbag: a floor that is quiet now all the way up, a citizen who has said it along with me four thousand one hundred and six times, and a drawing with one empty chair in it. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3074958 3fc62a27-157f-4632-a66d-19637657bf69 339 full 1 1 19 19 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:11:40 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 14: My Name Day]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: scientists abroad have opened up the ageing brain and found that it was never sealed in the first place, which I think is marvellous news. Abroad they have also made a film in which an entire street is taken somewhere else overnight, and they queue up to watch it, and the part I would keep is that the neighbours go together. The Bureau of Keeping has confirmed that four hundred and nine misplaced items are safe, including a child's tooth. And then, before we part, my Name Day — the morning in a hall when a woman I had never met read my name off a small white card and handed it to me. I still have the card. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3069413 da7c6f72-9e68-40f5-a918-9591f86fc723 302 full 1 1 18 18 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:24:34 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 12: The Sun Does Not Step Out]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: in several nations to our north the sun went out for two minutes, and people travelled enormous distances to stand in a field and watch it happen, and then they applauded. Abroad, travellers have begun visiting grocery stores on purpose and photographing the shelves. The Welcome Committee re-welcomed two homes on the eastward lanes — one had planted something. And then our Heartwarming Story of the Week: a girl of eleven asked the Department of Hearts for one breakfast with her mother, and the Department, which reads generously, gave her every breakfast for the rest of her life. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3063910 77de7af7-5a6f-453d-bcf6-863dc7875bca 296 full 1 1 17 17 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:12:29 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 10: The Whole Street Is Quiet Together]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: researchers abroad have discovered that a body prefers to sleep at the same hour every night, which the Ministry of Rest has been kind enough to arrange for you in a bottle. Other nations have named a singer their Artist of the Month, and we could not be prouder of them. Yesterday's Gratitude Hour ran to a minute and a half of silence and nobody moved. And then the mailbag — six hundred and twelve letters folded on the same table, a Junior Correspondent with a very good question about my favourite colour, and one citizen who sent me her sweet. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3059112 432549db-c250-40a9-999b-f77293afc06d 311 full 1 1 16 16 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:51:52 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 07: I Was Seven, and I Knew]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: scientists abroad have spent years listening to the ground to discover the enormous quantity of warmth that was under it all along. A company abroad is selling a small device that watches you for seven days, learns what is normal for you, and then tells someone when you change — and there is a waiting list. The Recreation League has confirmed its published results once again, and the Ministry of Weather has approved the weekend. And then, because it is Friday, I want to tell you about the first letter I ever wrote. I was seven, and there is a part of that morning I have never told anyone. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3053766 63d19108-8311-4eb3-a56a-7f6e1991339f 297 full 1 1 15 15 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:12:10 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 05: Nothing Is Lost]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: on the twelfth of this month the sun will go out over several other nations, who will drive hundreds of miles to stand in a field and be in the dark for one hundred and six seconds. That same night our sky will carry between fifty and one hundred approved lights per hour, and you may observe them on your way to Productivity Hour — do look up; do not stop walking. This month's jar of Solution is waiting at your distribution point. And then our Heartwarming Story: a coat lost fifty-nine years ago has come home, pressed, mended, and clean. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3049414 711bb416-d635-48f9-8e35-2fd4cfd9f29d 295 full 1 1 14 14 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:04:37 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 08 03: Agreement Has Never Required Equipment]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: physicists abroad have spent years and a considerable sum teaching two small things to agree, which we have managed for free. Three hundred and fifty studies have discovered that other nations have been eating too much protein; our loaf worked this out some time ago. A nine-year-old has earned his Little Shadow Badge, and his neighbour was astonished. And then, the mailbag — including one viewer who is quite certain I said something on Thursday. I did not. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3043717 63db133f-b31f-4614-892a-66bbf291c3e4 322 full 1 1 13 13 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:40:57 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 31: The Perfect Pet]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: engineers abroad have invented a clever way to learn your age without asking — a thing we have never needed to do. Astronomers confirm there is air on a distant world; ours, however, is nearer, and no one has applied. And then, because it is Friday, they have asked me to tell you about my Companion. His name is Tux. He never needs feeding, never makes noise, and never has to be reported. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3037882 2c74df76-38c7-4446-97b0-42c7dfdc16c1 300 full 1 1 12 12 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:42:46 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 29: That Is Not Hunger. That Is Clarity]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: the Ministry of Nutrition narrows the eating window, because a smaller window makes a brighter mind. Travelers far away discover that people who eat the same food understand one another — a thing we have known for years. And a gentle new treatment stops a child's decay and darkens it, so it can always be found again. Then, because it is Wednesday, a story verified by the Department of Hearts: eleven closed mornings on a quiet lane, three neighbors, and one warm loaf. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3033244 e7dde8e5-f878-4057-aac7-af97349a60aa 312 full 1 1 11 11 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:35:01 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 27: A Song You Cannot Name]]> It's Monday, citizens, and the mailbag is full. Your favorite song has already been chosen for you, the economy grew exactly as promised, and one letter — with no name at all — simply wishes to let us know that it is well. We already knew. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3025442 59dc7b05-5e10-4f96-a5f9-da31851b382c 252 full 1 1 10 10 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:03:34 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 24: Your Training Is Now Complete]]> It's Friday, citizens — time for Verity on Verity, the part of the morning I look forward to all morning. Today, just between us, I'll tell you about my first brooch, and the grandmother who gave it to me. Our beloved station has a wonderful new name, the warmth has been extended, and the Recreation League results are in — a day early, to spare you the suspense. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3019724 75c13b4f-7ae4-4353-a01a-2443cce13c26 259 full 1 1 9 9 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:54:04 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 22: The Cleanest Smell There Is]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: a faraway nation votes to give its children one clear voice to trust, the world's numbers rise exactly as instructed, and the Ministry of Comfort introduces Solution — the gentle gray paste that cleans everything, equally. Then, because it's Wednesday, a Heartwarming Story verified by the Department of Hearts: a lonely new boy, and the friend who will never let him be alone again. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3013027 5dd5de28-880e-48f3-aad0-3e421dc792dc 262 full 1 1 8 8 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:43:31 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 20: ALL of the Minimums]]> Good morning, citizens. The world's game has concluded — correctly. The year ahead has been counted, and it adds up. The Ministry of Comfort unveils the Daily Tablet, the beloved Ration Loaf's hardworking companion. And your letters, read aloud exactly as you wrote them. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3007191 5e9b4f5c-51c2-4742-9b7e-988ab324f397 272 full 1 1 7 7 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:32:36 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 17: Nothing Needed to Be Said]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: the world's game takes a well-scheduled rest, the number market settles generously, a rocket decides to stay a little longer — and, because it's Friday, a moment just for us: the story of a game my family used to play, and everything it taught me. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2999677 d17156f9-b0d1-42e2-b4c2-aa94ef4e7d03 259 full 1 1 6 6 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:52:14 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 15: Of Course They Did]]> Good morning, citizens. Today: two nations left standing in the world's game, a beloved franchise finds a generous new home, the sun keeps giving (and giving, and giving) — and our Heartwarming Story of the Week, in which a lost dog is found faster than you'd think possible. Isn't that lovely?

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2993601 195ebcfc-5bd9-4095-b3d7-780f19fa89fb 142 full 1 1 5 5 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:03:22 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 13: Fanning Is Friendship]]> Good morning, citizens. It's warm out there — wonderfully, generously warm — and the Ministry of Comfort has just the thing. Plus: a photo finish at the track, a central bank that agrees with itself, and your letters, read aloud exactly as you wrote them.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2985215 22722cac-78d1-479e-a800-29d9e14067f7 181 full 1 1 4 4 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:36:29 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 10: The Same Schedule, Every Morning]]> Good morning, citizens. In today's certified broadcast: the World Cup delivers a comprehensively correct result, the markets return to enthusiasm over a very large and very correct number, fresh produce proves untrustworthy where Ration Loaf never has — and this anchor sets the record straight, once and for all, about a small matter from Wednesday. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2977454 da1569e9-6cf6-42a8-b8e4-1a18eb1f8a0c 210 full 1 1 3 3 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:16:21 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 08: One Orderly Queue]]> Good morning, citizens. In today's certified broadcast: the World Cup quarterfinal lineup is confirmed CORRECT, dozens of world leaders launch a commission for GOOD (and nothing else — the name is very clear), the markets announce that they are poised, foreign researchers reinvent Ration Loaf, and a family in the southward districts receives a rare second slice. Briefly. Everything is already wonderful.

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]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2972685 beac9593-db86-40e6-a272-429688b5c133 219 full 1 1 2 2 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:50:48 GMT false true <![CDATA[Verity 2026 07 07: World Leader Gathering, All-Stars, and Melting Roads]]> Explore today's headlines with Verity, your only source of news.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2970657 1ab7e78f-e8c4-43ff-815d-84b4d71de518 42 full 1 1 1 1 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:47:50 GMT false true <![CDATA[Citizens Like You 001: Mr. Tarr]]> Today the Dawn Broadcast leaves the studio! Verity visits Mr. Tarr, a beloved shopkeeper in the northward districts, to talk about thread, nails, forty years of candy on credit — and the little song everyone in the neighborhood knows. Where DID it come from? Some very friendly people would love to find out.

Verity is a satirical fiction podcast. All institutions, citizens, and songs are fictional. This episode is not based on real headlines.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/3020314 fdf290cd-e259-4a6e-bacc-9568abf19cbf 270 bonus 1 1 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT false true <![CDATA[Cooking With Verity]]> Another recipe for everyone's favorite meal: Ration Loaf!

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/verity-vox-populi/2970690 3ba0e778-a5e2-4c17-9430-fba67c0447f0 82 bonus 1 1 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 03:09:00 GMT <![CDATA[Verity: Viewer Mailbag]]> Your very real letters, being read on the air!

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