Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Dec 12)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including how to deal with rich friends, why the US threw pianos from airplanes in WW2, and the commodification of sexual pleasure.
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mmLast Updated: Dec 10th, 2021
Best Episodes of the Week
1. How the heck do you deal with rich friends?
We trust our friends with the most intimate details of our lives. Yet for a lot of us, talking about finances feels off limits. So what happens when you find yourself in a friendship where money becom...Show More
2. Why the US threw actual pianos out of airplanes in WW2.
As musical instruments go, pianos are pretty amazing -- they're also not particularly easy to move. Clunkiness aside, pianos provide endless hours of entertainment, lightening the mood in even the dar...Show More
3. The commodification of sexual pleasure and “lean-in sexuality”.
The sexual revolution will be monetized. In this Patreon bonus episode, Caroline and Cristen explore the concept of "lean-in sexuality," the commodification of climaxing and why sometimes, it's fine t...Show More
4. The remarkable true story about the longest-surviving KGB agent who spied in the US for a decade and fell in love.
The Agent is the remarkable true story of Jack Barsky, the longest-surviving known member of the KGB illegals program operated during the height of the Cold War. Barsky hid in plain sight in America f...Show More
5. How to create boundaries with family members when it feels utterly impossible.
Family can be hard, and boundaries can be hard. Put them together, and they can feel impossible! A listener wrote in asking for advice on how to maintain her boundaries with a family that isn't respec...Show More
6. Dig into the sexy and shady underbelly of the luxury art market.
The art market is so opaque and illiquid that it barely functions like a market at all. A handful of big names get all the headlines (and most of the dollars). Beneath the surface is a tangled web of ...Show More
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New & Notable Podcasts
Megacorp
Featured Episode: 01: Ground Floor at the Amazon Warehouse
27:04 | Dec 1st, 2021
1 RECOMMENDATION
In this first episode we’ll be starting at the ground floor, with the most important employees holding everything together—the warehouse workers. We’ll hear what it’s like to work long shifts whilst b...Show More
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
Featured Episode: Something About Miriam | 1
41:28 | Nov 29th, 2021
5 RECOMMENDATIONS
When a TV exec hears a pitch for a dating game show with a twist she’s sold. But from the very beginning Miriam must risk everything for the show to succeed. For this story Wondery has partnered wit...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. A 7-year-old girl went missing after getting ice cream with her little brother and was found dead 7 weeks later.
In October of 1979 7-year-old Elizabeth Lynne Barclay, along with her little brother and a neighbor friend, headed to a convenience store near home to get some ice cream. Just minutes after they left,...Show More
2. The man who robbed 40 McDonalds by dropping through the roofs.
As a child, you may have dreamt of living at Toys R Us. But one 33 year old man actually did. That is, after he burglarized approximately 40 McDonald's locations by dropping through the roof. Visit Pa...Show More
Podcast Playlists
Best Podcasts Like Serial
Over 25 serialized true crime podcasts that will spark the same feelings of intrigue and excitement as Serial season 1.
podysseyapp28 podcasts
Podcasts about the Most Mysterious Sense: Flavor
Discover the science behind the most mysterious sense from the stinky jelly to whether there’s a sixth sense.
cesarm9 episodes
Learn from a Podcaster: Dan Delgado of “The Industry”
Hello! What’s your background and what’s your podcast about?
The Industry is a narrative podcast about forgotten movie history. It's episodic so you can jump in at any episode.
What motivated you to start a podcast?
I had been doing a radio show out of my apartment that I was able to get on a handful of public stations. It was a lot of fun, but when I started to hear shows like Radiolab, shows that had a high production, documentary style, I realized that was what I really wanted to do.
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.
Have you listened to a great podcast? Have you made a great podcast? Recommend it on Podyssey we may just feature it on next week's Podyssey Picks.