Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Dec 5)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including the secret on how to be happier, why a girl’s parents sent her brothers to live in North Korea, and why marrying your cousin may be a good idea.
Also, we’re excited to highlight our sponsor this week, the The ABM Conversations Podcast that features interviews with top business people and marketers in the world, such as Seth Godin and Guy Kawasaki.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. The secret on how to be happier.
We all think we know what will make us happy: more money. A better job. Love. But psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky says happiness doesn't necessarily work like that. This week, we explore why happiness ...Show More
2. Her parents sent her brothers to live in North Korea.
Filmmaker Yonghi Yang grew up in Japan in the 1960s, as part of Osaka's large ethnic Korean community. Facing anti-Korean prejudice in Japan, and inspired by the North Korean regime’s promise of a soc...Show More
3. It might actually be a pretty good idea to marry your cousin.
Charles Darwin. Edgar Allen Poe. Albert Einstein. What do all of these men have in common? Yes, they’ve made major contributions to science and literature. Buuuut they also all married their first cou...Show More
4. Why Thai food is everywhere in America.
It’s hard to imagine the American restaurant landscape without Thai food: Tom yum and pad see ew are practically household names, and pad thai is the ultimate quarantine comfort food. (It's apparently...Show More
5. The FIRE movement to reach financial independence to retire early may not be as great as it sounds.
This week, Gaby investigates the controversial FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) movement. They are joined by Tanja Hester, author of Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way, t...Show More
6. A touching story of a priest and nun who fell deeply in love despite their vows of chastity.
Catherine Butler-Burns decided to become a nun aged 17. It was a shock to her parents, they weren’t especially religious by Irish standards of the time and until then Catherine had been having a livel...Show More
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The Yaag Project
Featured Episode: Seth Godin: How to be sensible in the modern marketing world
In this episode, Seth Godin joins us to share his 40+ years of experience and insights on -- “How to be sensible in the modern marketing world”.
New & Notable Podcasts
Think with Pinker
Featured Episode: Methinks it is a weasel
28:45 | Nov 25th, 2021
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It’s tempting to see patterns in the random kaleidoscope of everyday experiences, but it's also dangerous. Along with his business partner Warren Buffet, vice-chair of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Mu...Show More
Misrepresented
Featured Episode: The Durbar Incident
35:46 | Nov 18th, 2021
The weirdest international scandal of 1911 (and why it still matters today)
For True Crime Lovers
1. The creepy story of the Candyman killer.
Have you ever heard about the girl who was one night hearing ominous dripping coming from within her home? She was scared, but her faithful dog was keeping her company under the bed, licking her hand ...Show More
2. The top 10 weirdest demands left in last wills.
This week, Whitney shares an article with Dani that discusses the macabre, the weird, and the downright playful. If you’ve ever found yourself asking, ‘what do I do with my belongings when I leave thi...Show More
Podcast Playlists
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Over a dozen podcasts that capture the combination of interesting stories, engaged commentary, and expert research like Malcolm Gladwell’s.
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The Amazing Women Creators of Ubiquitous Things
Learn about the inventors behind objects and products that seem so ubiquitous that it weirdly feels surprising that there was a single inventor — and who were women with fabulous life stories too!
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Behind the Scenes with a Podcaster: Vinita Srivastava of “Don’t Call me Resilient”
Hello! What’s your background and what’s your podcast about?
I'm a veteran-community journalist and reporter (the New York Times, Vibe, WBAI radio) and now am the Culture + Society senior editor at The Conversation. I'm the host and producer of Don't Call Me Resilient, a podcast about how racism impacts our daily lives, tackling some of the big issues and searching for solutions with our guests.
What motivated you to start a podcast?
Racism.
What went into starting the podcast?
I attended a lot of podcast meetups and conferences. The podcast community was wicked! I experienced much sharing and generosity. That helped a lot. I also had many conversations with producer friends, wrote a whole lot of grants and experienced a whole lot of doubt and angst including some deep-thinking about what really is important and of course, I had many failed starts.
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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