Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (May 23rd)
Hey podcast lovers,
From an explanation for why an Uber now costs more and takes longer to arrive to three beautiful stories on the sound of silence, you’ll have a smorgasbord of episodes to binge on during your spring strolls this week.
mmLast Updated: May 21st, 2021
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. Why your Uber now costs more and takes longer to arrive.
Where have all the Uber and Lyft drivers gone? And, how the pandemic economy is fueling protests and violence in Colombia.
2. Three beautiful stories about the sound of silence.
A hush descends as Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about silence. From an artwork that pulls sounds outside of the range of human hearing within it - vibrations in the s...Show More
3. Take a trip to Iceland and visit one of the world’s best hotdog stands.
Icelandic Hot Dog Stand and Signing Your Name 250,000 Times
The Anthropocene Reviewed
25:40 | May 18th, 2021
1 recommendation
John Green reviews an Icelandic hot dog stand and the act of signing your name 250,000 times in a four-month period.
4. A funny mini-series starring Rainn Wilson about the life of Terry Carnation, the fictional host of the Radio Rental paranormal podcast.
Created by Podyssey member @cgkelley!
Paranormal radio host Terry Carnation returns to the airwaves after his mental breakdown. Feat. Rainn Wilson, Karan Soni, Yvette Nicole Brown, Al Madrigal, Sam Neill.
5. Beer or Bread? Which would you pick? Check out this history of humanity’s obsession with booze.
Which Ancient culture loved butt chugging? Find out in this episode of Across the Ages.
6. An AI lawyer gets stalked by a handsome android designed to love her.
An audio drama brought to you by the creator of famed The Bright Sessions podcast.
In the year 2421, after robotics intelligence lawyer Jeanine Bell is gifted an illegally conscious android by a (cheerfully criminal) client, she has to keep his existence a secret while resisting the...Show More
7. Can fish really climb stairs and use elevators?
Henrietta the river herring is not a particularly glamorous fish. But she’s got grit. Every summer, she swims out to the Atlantic ocean, and every spring, she makes the 500 mile journey back to Maryla...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
8. The silent twins who won’t speak until the other one died.
From the time they were children growing up in Wales during the 1970s, identical twins June and Jennifer Gibbons refused to speak to anyone or even make eye contact. It earned them the nickname "The S...Show More
9. Meet the first female serial killer who beat her husband and then killed seven other men.
Aileen Wuornos was considered the first female serial killer. Join me as I look back on her childhood, personal life and the seven men she killed in cold blood. She was the tenth woman in the United S...Show More
10. The love cult that mummified their cult leader, “Mother God”.
In today’s episode of Let’s Start A Cult we are talking NEWS! That's right we are a news channel now... Just kidding but in there has been a recent incident involving the cult Love Has Won. We will di...Show More
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Meet the Curators
Melody and Danny are the co-founders of Podyssey. Every week we curate this round-up with the mission of helping our readers find the hidden gems in the podcast world.
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