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Podyssey Picks

Podyssey Picks (Oct 17)

This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including why men are considered “geniuses” but women are just “smart”, how a line on a map sparked a bitter war, and a journey through the history of all the James Bond songs.

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Last Updated: Oct 14th, 2021

Best Episodes of the Week

1. Why are men considered “geniuses”, but women just “smart”.

Five hundreds years ago a Spanish physiologist declared that genius was stored in the testicles. Even today, studies have shown that people associate men with genius more than women. Award-winning sci...Show More

2. How one small line on a map sparked a bitter war between two nations.

For much of recorded history, maps have helped us define where we live and who we are. National Geographic writer Freddie Wilkinson shows us how one small line on a map led to a bitter conflict in ano...Show More

3. A journey through the history of all James Bond songs!

When a movie is successful, someone somewhere wants more…that’s when we get a sequel…if that follow-up does well, then the sequel gets a sequel…and if that film has traction, well, then you reach the ...Show More

The odd and unbelievable reasons why this last woman was hanged for being a witch.

Ann "Goody" Glover (unknown-1688) was hanged for being a witch in Boston.

He smoked a massive bag of weed after a big breakup...and reality was never the same again.

One night, fresh from his first big break-up, a 23-year-old Graham Panther is hanging out at a friend's house when she pulls out a massive bag of weed.   Together, they decide to cut loose, forget abo...Show More

So the Hollywood actor Matthew McCounaughey wants to be the mayor of Texas, and here’s why.

When the actor Matthew McConaughey dropped his rom-com act to pursue hard-hitting dramas, Hollywood called it a “McConaissance.” Now we may be on the cusp of the next one, as he mulls over a run for g...Show More

New & Notable Podcasts

Bad Bets

Bad Bets is a new podcast series from The Wall Street Journal that unravels big-business dramas that have had a big impact on our world. Season one starts with the collapse of Enron, the ‘90s energy giant that later became synonymous with epic corporate fraud.
Genres: Scams, True Crime, Investigations

The Wall Street Journal

+23 FANS

Featured Episode: Introducing: Bad Bets

03:27 | Oct 1st, 2021

Introducing Bad Bets, a new podcast series from The Wall Street Journal that unravels big-business dramas that have had a big impact on our world. We begin with the Enron saga. In the 1990s, the U.S. ...Show More

Playing With Marbles

Everybody’s got a brain, but very few of us know much about how it works. Go on a journey down your auditory nerve to the body’s final frontier - the brain.
Genres: Science, Social Science

Vocal Fry Studios, Brain Canada

2 FANS

Featured Episode: 1: Nature's hard drive

33:56 | Sep 28th, 2021

Memories are fickle. They’re so important, but so ineffable.. So how do we make memories? And what types of memory are there? We’re finding out what actually happens when we upload something to our sq...Show More

For True Crime Lovers

Meet the Babyface Killer who manipulates women into caring for him and then kills them.

44. Lesley Eugene Warren

44. Lesley Eugene Warren

34:33 | Dec 16th, 2020

Lesley Eugene Warren, also known as the Babyface Killer, manipulated women into caring for him, making them feel comfortable around him, but then, in a flash, he would murder them, strangling them and...Show More

He got into a gunfight with pirates, but little did they know who they were fighting with...

Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Since it sits near a major cargo ship route, it’s not uncommon for Somalian pirates to hijack a ship and demand ransom. My guest for this episode,...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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