Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Mar 27 2022)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including episodes on how not to ruin your relationships, the rise of cult Instagram therapists, and why bad bosses exist.
We’re also excited to highlight our community sponsor this week, the How God Works podcast from PRX. Listen to understand why people who take part in spiritual practices tend to live longer, healthier, and happier lives.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. Here’s how to not ruin your relationships from top relationship experts.
418: How Not to Ruin Your Relationships | Drs. John & Julie Gottman
1:08:37 | Feb 14th, 2022
8 recommendations
Drs. John and Julie Gottman, world-renowned for their decades of research and clinical work with couples, discuss how to have and maintain healthy relationships.
2. The rise of culty Instagram therapists and why they’re problematic.
If you have an Instagram account, you’ve probably seen those beautifully curated infographics explaining "trauma,” “attachment theory,” and "boundaries" in 100 words or less......Show More
3. Why there are horrible bosses and so many of them.
People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We explain why firms keep producing incompetent managers — and why that’s unlikely to change.
4. A group of Black scuba divers search for the wrecks of ships that trafficked enslaved Africans to the Americas.
National Geographic Explorer Tara Roberts upends her life—including leaving her job—to join a group of Black scuba divers searching for the wrecks of ships that carried enslaved Africans to the Americ...Show More
5. Tips for better sleep!
A new app for insomnia might also lift depression. We show you how it works and end with 7 practical tips to share with your patients who have insomnia. CME: Take the CME Post-Test for this episode (w...Show More
6. The bizarre conspiracy theory on TikTok claiming that Deafblind advocate Helen Keller was a total fraud.
Fantasy writer Elsa Sjunneson has been haunted by Helen Keller for nearly her entire life. Like Helen, Elsa is Deafblind, and growing up she was constantly compared to her. But for a million different...Show More
Podcast Spotlight (Ad)
How God Works
How do kids’ beliefs – spiritual and secular – shape their growing sense of right and wrong?
Featured Episode: Childhood: Growing the Moral Muscle
New & Notable Podcasts
Unusual Suspects
Featured Episode: 1: An imperfect crime
28:19 | Feb 23rd, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
On an icy night in January, 1993, masked gunmen walk into a Brinks vault in Rochester, New York. They leave with $7.4m in cash and a hostage. It was one of the largest heists in American history. But ...Show More
Quit Your Day Job with Alisha Fernandez Miranda
Featured Episode: The Podcaster: Zibby Owens
For True Crime Lovers
1. His wife drowned, and killed, all five of their children.
Episode #1 // Andrea Yates In the morning of June 20, 2001, Rusty Yates was sitting at work. He received a call from his wife, Andrea. All Andrea would state during the phone call was that he need...Show More
2. She a convicted serial murderer, but scientists now say she’s actually the victim.
She was convicted of killing her four children nearly two decades ago. But new scientific evidence has come to light, leading some of Australia’s most respected scientists to argue that Kathleen Folb...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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