Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (June 27th)
This week’s recommendations feature the leaked internal documents from a vigilante app that might be going too far, and answers to all your nipple-related questions.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. An eye-opening investigation into a vigilante app that advertises itself as a “public safety tool” called “Citizen”.
The Citizen app is advertised as a public safety tool: a place where people can connect, inform, and “protect one another” from local crime. But VICE News’ Motherboard got a hold of internal documents...Show More
2. Why do Batman, mannequins, and men have nipples, but Barbie doesn’t? All your nipple-related questions answered.
In this last episode before a much needed rest, Jessy and Rebekah talk all about our friend the nipple! We learned a ton about nipples and even found out about the strongest nipples in all the land! I...Show More
3. How to order a $1,700 house from the Sears catalogue that you can actually live in.
The Sear & Roebuck Mail Order Catalog was nearly omnipresent in early twentieth century American life. By 1908, one fifth of Americans were subscribers. At its peak, the Sears catalog offered over 100...Show More
4. A woman goes in for a simple 15-minute operation that turned into 10 days of hell.
After self-medicating for years to cope with the emotional aftermath of an abusive, religious upbringing, a woman goes in for a minor surgery, and when she emerges, everything has changed.
5. Does the language you speak impact whether you might have perfect pitch? This professor argues yes.
We'll kick off the chase with Diana Deutsch, a professor specializing in the Psychology of Music, who could extract song out even the most monotonous of drones. (Think Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller. Bue...Show More
6. A new four-part series about the disgraced Renault-Nissan CEO who was smuggled out of a Japanese prison in an instrument box.
When Japan's most famous CEO is suddenly arrested, conflicts are revealed in the Renault-Nissan Alliance he led for two decades. Then Carlos Ghosn jumps bail by stowing away in a private jet to Lebano...Show More
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Out Travel The System
Featured Episode: Traveling Back to Your Roots
21:01 | Nov 11th, 2019
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Knowing where you're from is just as important as knowing where you're going. Guest Steve Balistreri traces his roots back to Siciliy in a moving personal story while we discuss the growing popularity...Show More
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For True Crime Lovers
1. A 7-year-old brain cancer patient was buried shortly after her wishes were fulfilled by Make-A-Wish foundation. But her death takes an unexpected turn when her body was exhumed.
Child abuse can take many forms and most of the time isn’t obvious. In rare cases it is near impossible to detect. In the special case of Olivia Gant and her mother, Kelly Turner, the signs were there...Show More
2. Scores of old women were turning up dead in Mexico City...because of a former luchadora turned serial killer disguised as a social worker.
A former luchadora disguises herself as a social worker and breaks into the homes of elderly women in Mexico City. From the late ‘90s to 2006, Juana Barraza strangled sixteen victims — but that number...Show More
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