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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 14 (Monday, October 19, 2026)

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud.

THE LONG AUDITION ENDS IN A YES. After a year and six days of daily auditions at the gate, Askia the Azawakh has examined the harbor end's new cello teacher, Miss Wren, and delivered the verdict the whole street was holding its breath for: yes. Also today: Bryor, day seven — the season has stood for its own audition and the house pronounces it promising; the Morning Game is Paper Tear; Djenne holds the doorway at the Harbor Precinct; Mali refuses the biscuit index in the Barketplace; and the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get an Azawakh — five paws.

Also in this edition: all eighteen Companion Sign readings · Tales of the City — Binta's twelve minutes of weather, Kano's caravan of one, Zuri's performance, with feeling · Weather Around the World: Bergen, Marrakech, Hobart and Juneau, and the weekend the sun kept its appointment in Gulfport · the Police Blotter · the editorial — Trust, Earned at Walking Pace · Bruno's Blog: On Beginnings, Kept Small · the Monday Blues · and Born Today: Bryor.

Musical breaks, drawn by wheel spin: the Yorkshire Terrier anthem after the readings, and the Afghan Hound anthem before Bruno — one minute each.

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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 13 · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud. Edition No. 13: Bryor, day six — the season's first Sunday, and the parish is kept by a herald who takes his duties seriously.

Front page: THE HERALD SOUNDS FOR A LEAF — Sargon, an Anatolian Shepherd of the hill end, raises the full parish alarm at three in the morning for one oak leaf, being autumnal, in the road. Plus all eighteen Companion Sign readings for Sunday, with Bryor, the sign of the season, keeping the watch from the good chair.

Also in this edition: The Ancient Audits the Gnomes · The Cuddle, When It Comes · The Salon of One Chair · Aloofness Is a Form of Address · the World Weather Watch (Kyoto, Buenos Aires, Galway, Halifax — four cities, four kinds of Sunday) · today's Dog Game, Obstacle Course · Sunday Sports — the Dog Park Recap · the Police Report, with Boran, the dog who keeps the boundary by lying on it · the Barketplace and the sandwich held in trust · the Treat Report · the Editorial Kennel: "The Watch Is Also Work" · the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get an Anatolian Shepherd · Bruno's Blog: On the Window Watch, and the Sunday Blues.

Musical breaks: "You Decided to Get a Kuvasz" (right after the readings) and "You Decided to Get a Leonberger" (just before Bruno) — one-minute excerpts from the author's own songbook.

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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 12 · Saturday, October 17, 2026

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud. Edition No. 12: Bryor, day five — the season's first Saturday, and the harbor keeps its own hours.

Front page: THE COAST GUARD DOES NOT CLOCK OUT — Beacon, a Newfoundland of the harbor end, holds the Saturday muster: every swimmer counted out and in, every hat accounted for. Plus all eighteen Companion Sign readings for Saturday, with Bryor, the sign of the season, on the garden bench.

Also in this edition: Murphy Claims the Wet · Pearl, in a Fur Coat, Considers · Bosun Installs Himself · Sadie and the Long Goodbye · the World Weather Watch (Reykjavík, Cape Town, Lisbon, Sydney — four ports, four weathers of water) · today's Dog Game, Follow-Me · the Police Report, with Pilot, the Watch Who Welcomes · the Barketplace and the Saliva School · the Editorial Kennel: "The Water Bowl Is a Public Trust" · the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get an Alaskan Malamute · Bruno's Blog: On the Life Jacket.

Musical breaks: "You Decided to Get a Labrador" and "You Decided to Get a Chinook" — one-minute excerpts from the author's own notebook, the two brand-new breed anthems, aired here first.

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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 11 · Friday, October 16, 2026

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud. Edition No. 11: Bryor, day four — the Court Sits on Fridays.

Front page: THE COURT IS IN SESSION — five senior dogs hold the Court of the Bench's first Friday sitting of the season, and the last warm spot is awarded to the parish in common. Plus all eighteen Companion Sign readings for Friday, with Bryor, the sign of the season, in the chair.

Also in this edition: Clover and the Gravity of the Lap · Gulliver Sits Where He Is · Tannen Holds the Picnic Down · Olive Naps at Full Length · the World Weather Watch (Havana, Wellington, Edinburgh, Anchorage — first snow in the north) · today's Dog Game, Lick Mat · the Police Report, with Hector, the Reluctant Sentinel · the Barketplace and the Phantom Hunger Index · the Editorial Kennel: "Dinner Should Be Announced, Not Discovered" · the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get a Basenji · Bruno's Blog: On the Lost and Found.

Musical breaks: "Loyalty Is Law" and "Nieta Pedal" — one-minute excerpts from the author's own notebook.

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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 10 · Thursday, October 15, 2026

The audio edition of The Dog You Chose Press's daily newspaper for very good dogs, read by the Press's own desk voices.

Front page: "No Strangers, Only Future Friends" — Poppy the Bichon Frise organizes a curb-side welcome for the street's newest family. The season is Bryor, day three. All eighteen Companion Signs readings, with Bryor — the Sign of the Season — starred. Born Today: Bryor.

Inside: Tales of Fern the Basset Hound, Otto the Cairn Terrier, Nina the Basenji, and Arlo the Border Collie. The World Weather Watch: Dublin, Kyoto, Buenos Aires, and Chicago. The Dog Game: Snuffle Towel. The Police Report, featuring Basil, the Intersection Herding Officer. The Barketplace: the Treat Index climbs, and the blanket standard heats the Whippet economy. The Editorial Kennel: "Greet First, Unpack Later." The Book Page reviews You Decided to Get a Whippet — four paws. Bruno's Blog closes the paper: a street is finished when its newest dog has been greeted by name.

Musical breaks: "The Velvet Corridor" and "Nocturne Elevator" by Nick Alex (one-minute excerpts).

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When the Cats Ran the Opera House, by Nick A. Shishkov. The complete audiobook, narrated by Benedetto.

Part of The Dog You Chose series — the prequel to Opera of the Loyal Heart: The Canine Opera House.

Beneath Paris, in the years when the city still left its doors open to the night, the cats built an empire of music: a Parliament, ministries of wake-up operations and human navigation, and a Grand Opera House raised in secret under the streets. This is the story of how they founded it, how prestige replaced purpose, and how the music was very nearly lost — told complete and unabridged, exactly as written.

Chapters: 0:00:10 Series Preface 0:03:45 Introduction 0:10:15 Act One Introduction 0:12:37 Chapter 1: The Secret Elevator Beneath Paris 0:19:46 Chapter 2: Parliament of the Grand Feline Empire 0:25:17 Chapter 3: The Ministry of Wake-Up Operations 0:33:46 Chapter 4: The Department of Human Navigation 0:38:22 Chapter 5: The Founding of the Grand Opera House 0:43:21 Chapter 6: The Golden Performance 0:49:43 Act Two Introduction — Prestige Replaces Purpose 0:53:26 Chapter 7: The First Necessary Committee 0:59:43 Chapter 8: The Balcony Allocation Policy 1:04:53 Chapter 9: The Ministry of Approved Voices 1:13:15 Chapter 10: The Workers Beneath the Stage 1:17:46 Chapter 11: The Edited Archives 1:24:34 Chapter 12: The Night of Perfect Applause 1:30:58 Act Three Introduction — Collapse, Resistance, and Restoration 1:33:45 Chapter 13: The Morning the Music Stopped 1:40:03 Chapter 14: Those Who Still Knew How 1:44:20 Chapter 15: The Founders' Charter 1:55:17 Chapter 16: The Revolution Beneath the Stage 2:03:42 Chapter 17: The Last Session of Parliament 2:11:40 Chapter 18: The First Honest Performance 2:16:03 Intermission Appendix 2:20:54 Historical Timeline 2:23:38 Author's Clarification 2:24:34 Author's Note 2:26:32 For Timothy

Music: instrumental interludes between chapters drawn from the author's own LuxNoir song library; the narration bed alternates two instrumentals, L'ascenseur secret and Pluie sur le Quai.

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Behind the curtain of the LuxNoir Opera House stands a whole civilization — built by dogs, run by dogs, and devoted, above all, to the performance. In this complete audiobook, Nick A. Shishkov opens the doors of the canine opera house: the grand arrival and the velvet corridor, the rehearsal of vanities and the royal box, the stagehand's lament and the alley aria, the chandelier's secret and the costume vault — twelve acts that end, as everything in the LuxNoir Opera must, with the curtain that never falls. It is a world constructed with the care a master architect gives to a cathedral, where the echoes carry voices long after the original singers have gone silent.

Chapters:

0:00:06 Series Preface

0:05:54 Introduction: The Civilization Behind the Curtain

0:11:54 Act I: The Grand Arrival

0:19:24 Act II: The Velvet Corridor

0:25:38 Act III: The Rehearsal of Vanities

0:31:02 Act IV: The Royal Box

0:35:58 Act V: The Stagehand's Lament

0:40:34 Act VI: The Alley Aria

0:45:15 Act VII: The Chandelier's Secret

0:49:58 Act VIII: The Costume Vault

0:54:17 Act IX: The Forgotten Archive

0:59:13 Act X: The Underground Overture

1:03:57 Act XI: The Final Performance

1:08:37 Act XII: The Curtain That Never Falls

1:14:16 Intermission Appendix: Notes from the Foyer

1:17:52 Author's Clarification

1:19:40 Author's Note

Music between the acts — from the author's own notebook, in rotation: "Cold Geometry" · "Cathedral of Cedar" · "Amber Light" · "Bowl of Blue" · "Stray Bit of Fluff" · "Further than the Garden Gate" · "The Hallowed Vault". A classic instrumental score runs beneath the narration.

Written by Nick A. Shishkov · Narrated by Benedetto · Produced for The Dog You Chose.

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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 9 · Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Bryor, day two — the Tending Begins. Benedetto reads the front page — a double birthday at the Press, Romeo turns three and Roma turns two — then Violetta reads all eighteen Companion Signs. Mira tells four tales (the Labrador's Mud Spa Enthusiast, the Beagle's Escape Artist, the Afghan's Velvet Rope of the Heart, the Poodle Pout), the Weather Desk walks Singapore, Vancouver, Marrakech, and Oslo, and today's Dog Game is Reunion Sprint. Scratch files the Police Report and the Barketplace. Madame de Pamplemousse takes the editorial chair ('In Praise of the One Small Thing') and the Book Page: You Decided to Get a Velgorod Mountain Terrier, five paws. Bruno closes with 'On the Second Morning.'

Musical breaks, from the author's own notebook: 'Sip Slow' and 'Run with the Wind.'

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