Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Feb 13)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including the cult who believe that birds aren’t real, a Moscow perspective on the Ukraine crisis, and the Science Vs episode taking down the Joe Rogan-Malone interview.
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mmLast Updated: Feb 10th, 2022
Best Episodes of the Week
1. The absurd conspiracy theory where people believe that birds aren’t real.
Birds Aren’t Real, a conspiracy theory with an apparently absurd premise, has become surprisingly popular in the past few years. But its followers were in on the joke: The movement’s aim was to poke ...Show More
2. What’s going on in the Ukraine crisis from a view in Moscow.
Russia’s military build-up on its border with Ukraine has set off alarm bells and led to a flurry of transatlantic diplomacy. Gideon talks to Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, abo...Show More
3. Science Vs, a Spotify podcast, takes on the controversial Joe Rogan-Robert Malone interview.
Recently, Joe Rogan aired an interview that scientists are up in arms about — with Dr. Robert Malone. Malone talked smack about the Covid-19 vaccines, talking about scary side effects and implying tha...Show More
4. How Hollywood harms the dwarfism community.
Last week, actor Peter Dinklage—best known for his role on Game of Thrones—appeared on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron. Dinklage talked about a lot: the evolution of his career, mainstream success, a...Show More
5. Explore the legacy of Reconstruction in this four-part narrative documentary for Black History Month.
In a special Black history series, Into America is exploring the legacy of Reconstruction. First, the rise of Black political power, told through the amazing story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slaver...Show More
6. A hilarious fictional comedy about a magical hair loss formula scam worth a fortune.
Episode 1 -- In March of 2018 in Houston, Texas, Sean Applewhite had seemingly found a miraculous cure for hair loss. The resulting product Revitalize skyrocketed him to fame and fortune. But when his...Show More
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For True Crime Lovers
1. The dark case of a murdered Japanese school girl who was rape and tortured for 44 days.
The darkest case I have ever covered 44 days of the sickest torture... there's burning alive... and fireworks involved? It get's really dark. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pra...Show More
2. A young woman disappears in Alaska. Did her brothers kill her?
When a young woman disappears in Alaska, police look at two brothers as suspects, but would anyone be able to breach their loyalty and find the truth? Keith Morrison reports in this Dateline classic. ...Show More
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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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