Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Mar 14): Top Community Recommendations
Here’s this week’s roundup of top podcasts and playlist recommendations from the Podyssey community. From unpacking *the* royal interview to the best podcasts like Serial, there’s lots to binge on this week!
We’re also excited to spotlight our podcast sponsor, Thoughts from a Page Podcast, where avid reader and book reviewer Cindy Burnett interviews authors about their latest work.
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The American teacher who turned 200 students into Nazis.
The Class that made 200 Child Nazis
What is inclusive excellence, and how can it benefit everyone?
Learn more with Mila Atmos and Dr. Franklin Gilliam. (Sponsored episode from Future Hindsight Podcast)
Inclusive excellence Diverse leadership and promoting inclusive excellence benefits everyone. In fact, it’s critical to success in any organization. Always including women and minorities in a pool of ...Show More
Unpack *the* bombshell Oprah interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
Meghan and Harry's brutal takedown of the royal family
Today in Focus
29:24 | Mar 9th, 2021
6 recommendations
Reporters Archie Bland and Aamna Mohdin discuss the impact of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which contained shocking revelations, including allegations of racism at th...Show More
Binge on podcasts about royalty of all stripes — from what you got wrong about Princess Di to a jungle prince and scam queen.
Winning the lottery can ruin your life. Meet the unhappy millionaire.
The Unhappy Millionaire
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
37:39 | Sep 24th, 2019
18 recommendations
How can winning the lottery ruin your life - while contracting an incurable disease feel like 'a gift'? Dr Laurie Santos hears about dreams come true and nightmares realised; and talks with Dr Dan Gil...Show More
Why do we have butts? Why do we like butts? Your butt questions answered.
Gluteology (BUTTS) with Natalia Reagan
Ologies with Alie Ward
1:05:08 | Feb 23rd, 2021
2 recommendations
Yes, an entire episode on butts. Primatologist and anthropologist Natalia Reagan joins to chat about the caboose: why do we have butts? Why do we like butts? How do we appreciate ours even more? She d...Show More
A true crime series on the mysterious drowning of a teenage boy in New Orleans.
The death of Eddie Wells in 1982 would seem like a straightforward case. His body was found floating in the Mississippi River in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. The coroner determined he likely drowned, ...Show More
Love Serial? Here’s a list of the best podcasts like Serial:
The secret White House audio diaries of Lady Bird Johnson revealed for the first time.
In her first-ever diary entry, recorded eight days after President John F. Kennedy Jr. is assassinated, Lady Bird presents a dramatic, cinematically detailed moment-by-moment account of those terrible...Show More
Humans created religion because of evolution, argues this psychologist.
The German government spent 5.4 billion euros to build the Berlin Airport, but it still sits empty.
If you've taken part in a religious service, have you ever stopped to think about how people become believers? Where do the rituals come from? And what purpose does it all serve? This week, we bring y...Show More
The German government spent 5.4 billion euros to build the Berlin Airport, but it still sits empty.
BER is the international airport code for Berlin Brandenburg Airport, nickname Willy Brandt. It has also become a signifier of failure, incompetence, corruption and Berlin’s general inability to get i...Show More
An investigation into a crazy rehab center that was actually a labor camp.
Penny Rawlings is relieved to finally get her brother into rehab at a place called Cenikor. She doesn’t realize that getting him out of treatment is going to be the bigger problem. This is the first...Show More
An American girl dies on her birthday in Spain … and it took a TV segment to reveal it might not have been an accident.
A college student dies on her 21st birthday in Spain. Authorities rule her death an accident. Years later, questions arise after a TV segment airs about someone she was with that night.
✨ Podcast Partner Spotlight: Thoughts from a Page Podcast (Sponsored)
Avid reader and book reviewer Cindy Burnett interviews authors and other individuals in the publishing industry about the latest and greatest books and trends in the industry. Listen to find some great new reads!
👉 Featured Episode: Kate Quinn and Cindy discuss her latest book The Rose Code, writing about the unsung women codebreakers at Bletchley Park who helped shorten the war by at least two years, the amount of secrecy required of those who worked at Bletchley Park, the mental and emotional toll on them, and much more.
Kate and I discuss her latest book The Rose Code, writing about the unsung women code breakers at Bletchley Park who helped shorten the war by at least two years, the amount of secrecy required of tho...Show More
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