Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Oct 10)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including why couples should sleep in separate bedrooms, how to make everyday your best day, and the man who’s slept with 10,000 people.
mmLast Updated: Oct 8th, 2021
Best Episodes of the Week
1. Why sleeping in a separate bedroom from your partner might be the secret to happiness.
A surprising number of couples sleep separately, yet very few like to talk about it. Harry looks into the data and trends around sleeping arrangements, as well as the history of couples sleeping toget...Show More
2. How to make everyday your best day ever.
Let’s be honest, life can really suck sometimes. Life can be difficult. On our worst days, life can feel downright unbearable. So, how can we be happy and enjoy our lives, more often than not? On last...Show More
3. Hear from a man who’s slept with 10,000 people.
To say that Mark S. King has been busy during the 59 years he’s been on this planet would be an understatement. Not only has he spent much of his life working as an award-winning HIV/AIDS ac...Show More
4. Do your innermost thoughts reveal who you truly are?
Co-hosts Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller ask, "Are my thoughts related to my inner wishes, do they reveal who I really am?" The answer can have profound consequences for your life.
5. Birds have tiny brains, but they aren’t as dumb as we thought.
Some birds can fashion tools and create tiny works of art, so why do we always underestimate their bird brains? In this panel discussion, recorded at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival, Flora talks with wr...Show More
6. The gruesome truth behind beloved fairy tales.
Greg Jenner and his guests uncover the gruesome truths behind some of our most-loved fairy tales that have kept children and adults enchanted for centuries. In comedy corner, we have the wickedly funn...Show More
New & Notable Podcasts
Queen of the Con
Featured Episode: Trailer: Queen of the Con: The Irish Heiress
How to Build a Happy Life
Featured Episode: How to Build a Happy Life: How to Be Self-Aware
38:02 | Oct 5th, 2021
1 RECOMMENDATION
Only when we admit we have a problem can we begin to find solutions. On the first episode of How To Build a Happy Life, we explore the neuroscience of emotional management, practices that help us befr...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
Meet the youngest female murderer to be given the death sentence in the US.
In 1981, 17 year old Janice Buttrum became the youngest woman to be given a death sentence in the United States. Mountain Murders will take a look at a case that still haunts Georgia. When 15 year old...Show More
A dejected servant stalks her ex-beau to the Astor House Hotel in NYC and stabs him with a folding knife.
On November 1st, 1843, a dejected servant named Amelia Norman followed her former beau Henry Ballard to the steps of the Astor House Hotel in New York City. There she stabbed him with a folding knife,...Show More
Podcast Playlists
The Best New Podcasts to Queue Up for October
A thought-provoking batch of recent releases for you to cozy up to as the chill in the air grows.
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The Best Science Podcasts of All Time
Learning about science is a life-long mission that doesn’t have to stop when the school bell rings. Satisfy your curiosity with great science podcasts.
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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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