Sources: headphones died mid-podcast, right at the part, and I'm told the part was significant. Restarted three times, same jack, same cable, same dead silence at the exact same second like it's rehearsed. Wiggled it standing in the kitchen at an hour I won't name, one earbud in, one earbud held up like testimony. Got maybe four words back before it cut again. Ordered a new pair I don't need. This isn't about the headphones anymore. Story developing.