Broadcast HEard When Playing

[Rick E 11]

When I press the Play button on the Launcher, the sounds of a radio or Youtube broadcast are heard. I'm not talking about the AAN broadcast when you play "East Wind". Last time I played was about a year or so ago. Today, I started with "Prologue" and the "broadcast" wasn't there. Now it is. The broadcast is discussing current events, such as the Hunter Biden story.
I thought there might be a browser open. There wasn't. I rebooted the computer. Disabled all mods. I even unsubscribed from all mods. I removed and reinstalled the game. This broadcast is still there. When I close the game, not including the Launcher, the broadcast is gone. Closing the Launcher doesn't stop this. There's something in the base game that's going on.  I have nearly 1400 hours and have never experienced this before.  This happens on the 32-bit and 64-bit game.

[POLPOX 778]

You probably opened a podcast in Steam Overlay.

[Rick E 11]

Polpox, where would I see that in Steam?  I don't listen to Steam podcasts.  And, why would it play only when I'm opening the game, but not the launcher?

[POLPOX 778]

I said Steam Overlay. Shift + Tab.

[Rick E 11]

@Polpox...YOU NAILED IT!!!!  That was the problem.  Domo arigato, Polpox-san

sidebar: I lived in Japan (Yokohama, Yokosuka) from 1968 to 1970.  I graduated from a Japanese high school...wore a uniform to school as well.