Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (June 19th)
mmLast Updated: Jun 18th, 2021
New & Notable Podcasts
World's Greatest Con
Featured Episode: 0101: How To Fool Hitler
37:39 | Jun 14th, 2021
1 RECOMMENDATION
0101: How To Fool Hitler - The Allies have an audacious plan to win WW2. Drop a body with misinformation to hoax Hitler into believing they'll attack the wrong place. The only problem? They have to ap...Show More
Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon
Featured Episode: The Beginning
0:00 | Jun 4th, 2021
A darkening sky slowly shadows the story of time traveling lovers Nnenna and Phil. | Learn more at greatgrief.com.
Best Episodes of the Week
1, The field of psychology is in crisis, because psychologists are realizing their science may be fatally flawed.
A decade ago, psychologists realized much of their science was fatally flawed, calling untold numbers of studies into question. Now, some young psychologists are trying to rebuild the foundations of t...Show More
2. A brilliant conversation on how to have great conversations about anything.
In this episode, we sit down with negotiation exp…
3. The mRNA vaccine almost didn’t exist if it wasn’t for the persistence of this woman who smuggled money inside a teddy bear.
When she was at graduate school in the 1970s, Dr. Katalin Kariko learned about something that would become a career-defining obsession: mRNA. She believed in the potential of the molecule, but for de...Show More
4. The quietest place on earth isn’t silent. Hear from the man who records “quiet” for a living.
If you are enjoying The Wild and want us to keep on making more episodes, we could really use your help. Please take a few minutes to fill out our listener survey. We’d love to get your thoughts. Than...Show More
5. A beautiful art audio experience that’s unlike any podcast you’ve ever heard 🤯.
Energy usage and sound are two omnipresent components of our daily life. We're constantly trying to weigh our own wants and complications against individual sacrifices and the perceived "difference" o...Show More
6. The unusual steps of how two Amazon employees forced the big behemoth to take climate change seriously.
How Amazon Workers Got Serious About Climate (and How You Can, too)
50:35 | May 27th, 2021
2 recommendations
A common piece of career advice is to bring your whole self to work. But what if your whole self includes a deep concern for the climate? Can you bring that part of yourself to work, even if it makes ...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
7. A mysterious warm body arrived at the morgue, and no one was quite sure what to do with it.
We're back and Terry has some good news. >> Crematorium Honest work doesn't always feel honest >> Window Scratching She was putting makeup on at her vanity set when ... To learn more about listene...Show More
8. Two cyclists found a smoldering barrel of bodies, but even the fire couldn’t hide the murderer and the murderer.
**The Nowra Bodies in the Barrels** On the 29th of January 2006, Peter Dalton and his wife were cycling along a track through the Tomerong State Forest, not far from the township of Nowra. During th...Show More
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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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