Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (August 8th)
This week’s recommendations feature the shocking story of a scammy drug-fuelled podcast studio, an interview with Amanda Knox on who owns her story, and why the FBI called the Antique Roadshow.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. The crazy story of a scammy drug-fuelled podcast studio in LA.
What's poppin' con-gregation? This week, Chris Gethard joins us to discuss how a CEO created a Hype House style podcasting network that led to lawsuits and fallout. Plus, someone steals more than 42,0...Show More
2. An eye-opening interview with Amanda Knox about who owns her story.
The new Matt Damon movie, Stillwater, is based on Amanda Knox’s story. She wishes someone had asked her to tell it. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial...Show More
3. Why the FBI came knocking after this rare antique aired on the Antiques Roadshow.
Photographs of Edgar Allan Poe are incredibly rare. The famed writer sat for portraits only a few times, resulting in eight unique images, known as daguerreotypes. When one appeared on the TV show in ...Show More
4. Billions of tiny black worms live in glaciers, but we don’t know much about them.
On the mountaintop glaciers of the Pacific Northwest lives a mysterious, and often, overlooked creature. They're small, thread-like worms that wiggle through snow and ice.
5. Learn about the mystifying history of Egypt’s pyramids with an archeologist and comedian.
Host Greg Jenner is joined by Prof Sarah Parcak and comedian Maria Shehata to learn all about the magnificent Egyptian pyramids. We discover how and why pyramids were built, who constructed them, and ...Show More
6. A beautiful audio essay about balancing life and career.
Hope Chest returns with a new essay written at SPACE on Ryder Farm's Family Residency in July 2018. A week-long artist's residency for parents and their children, SPACE on Ryder Farm affords families ...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
Transportista
Featured Episode: Introducing Transportista (English Version)
02:47 | Jul 1st, 2021
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Synodus Horrenda
Featured Episode: Episode 1 "The Constant Companion"
46:10 | Jan 31st, 2020
1 RECOMMENDATION
In this introductory episode I examine three stories: Phineas Gage, Pam Reynolds and Terri Schiavo. I'll be exploring the borderlands between life and death, looking at what actually makes us alive an...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
The undertold murder of 13-year-old Bruce Kim involving a missing head and a cheeseburger.
Welcome to episode 48 - WashingtonFirst up, we discuss some weird Washington facts (3:30)Then, in Weird News, James regales us with a story of America's First Doomsday Cult Hideaway. (9:40)Finally, in...Show More
Did his oil-rich wife kill herself while he slept or were there more sinister ties to her death?
In Centerville, Texas, a 911 operator receives a call from a man named Gerald Wilhelm who reports, in a strangely calm voice, that he just woke up from a nap and found his wife, Janice, dead, in a poo...Show More
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