Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (July 25th)
This week’s recommendations feature the mystery of bizarre seed packets dispersed to thousands of mailboxes in the US, and why most cruise ships are floating hellscapes.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. Random seed packages curiously appeared in thousands of mailboxes across the US...for reasons you’d never guess.
Last summer, an unexplained phenomenon gripped nightly newscasts and Facebook groups across America: Unsolicited deliveries of obscurely labeled seed packages, seemingly from China, were being sent to...Show More
2. Why cruise ships are floating hellscapes.
For decades, Carnival Corporation has successfully sold affordable luxury to passengers, becoming the largest cruise ship business in the world. The reason why a vacation at sea can be so inexpensive...Show More
3. Is going to grad school worth the crazy price tag?
New federal data show that many graduate students don't make nearly enough money to pay back their student loans. WSJ's Melissa Korn explains why some graduates of elite schools, like Columbia Univers...Show More
4. How the Chinese film industry manufactured Lunar New Year to become the biggest domestic blockbuster season of all time.
China’s Lunar New Year movie season is like America’s summer blockbuster season… on steroids. And it got that way thanks to THE DREAM FACTORY — a wry 1997 comedy directed by Feng Xiaogang, who’d come...Show More
5. Walk in the shoes of the lonely and violent childhood of this famous mystery person that everyone admires today.
You’ve been bullied and ignored for much of your childhood. You lose yourself in trances that can last for an hour. Your only escape is the books you love, the complex thoughts that bounce around insi...Show More
6. The crazy history behind a Founding Father who got pissed off at taxes and started a revolution.
"Treason!" This is the story of Virginia's Patrick Henry. He is a dangerous combination: young, idealistic, and persuasive. Patrick has a silver tongue that's going to light up some serious American f...Show More
Podcast Playlists
Olympic Fever Podcasts
Podcasts to quench your Olympic fever! Learn everything from the origins of the Olympic Rings to how the heck tropical athletes pursue the Winter Olympics.
cesarm13 episodes
Perfect Podcasts for Long Summer Days
Put on a podcast as you lounge by the pool.
podcastplaylist6 episodes
For True Crime Lovers
The devastating story of three women who went into a national park in Maine and vanished.
Lace up those hiking boots and get ready to enter Shenandoah and Acadia National Park. In the first episode of National Park After Dark, listen along as Cassie and Danielle tell the tragic tales of Ju...Show More
A sultan’s spooky palace in New Orleans.
Are we surprised to be back to New Orleans for another paranormal distraction? Not really, although Christie doesn't seem to remember this one. This week, we're discussing the hauntings of 716 Dauphin...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
Firebug
Featured Episode: Chapter One | Point of Origin
30:40 | Jul 21st, 2021
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
In 1991, federal investigators arrest an arsonist in Los Angeles. In his home, they find a manuscript for a novel about a firebug burning down California. Is the book a work of fiction, or the confess...Show More
Earth Eclipsed
Featured Episode: Episode 1: The Abacus Project
26:30 | Jun 11th, 2021
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
When information gets leaked about a top secret project led by renowned neuroscientist Dr. Alexine Prometh, she finds herself up against a company looking for someone to blame, and a renegade miner wi...Show More
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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