Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Mar 15)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on why regret is the best emotion, what makes successful relationships thrive, how one couple found love in the Ukraine war.
We’re also excited to highlight our community sponsor this week, the Goodniks podcast, an audio project exploring the journey and meaning of doing good in the world.
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Best Episodes of the Week
1. Why the feeling of regret is actually the best emotion.
Sean Illing talks with writer Daniel Pink about his book The Power of Regret. They discuss why regret can be not only useful, but potentially the most valuable emotion we have. Daniel and Sean talk ab...Show More
2. What makes successful relationships thrive.
Everyone wants to be loved and appreciated. But psychologist Harry Reis says there’s another ingredient to successful relationships that’s every bit as important as love.
3. In the messiness of the Ukraine war, one couple found love.
Alan Dein's series of global conversations is now a decade old. Via social media he has crossed the word and heard true stories of love, pain and downright craziness. In those 10 years many of those h...Show More
4. How to come to terms with failure and redefine success when your life-long goal doesn’t work out.
For the first 22 years of his life, Al Harris singularly focuses on one single goal: to play basketball in the NBA. Although he’s an elite young player, Al’s dream comes to an end when he’s passed ove...Show More
5. The story and evolution of the “international” food aisle in grocery stores.
The evolution of the "international" section of the grocery store and how some products stay there forever and some break out to blend in with similar products throughout the market
6. How changing voting systems can actually affect people’s feelings toward democracy.
Democracy is on the ropes. In the United States and abroad, citizens of democracies are feeling increasingly alienated, disaffected, and powerless. Some are even asking themselves a question that fe...Show More
Podcast Spotlight (Ad)
Goodniks
What does it mean to do good? In episode one, we meet the Goodniks. We explore how their weaknesses, personality quirks, or neuroses serve their work.
Featured Episode: Not Afraid to Say the Thing
New & Notable Podcasts
Not Lost
Featured Episode: Introducing: Not Lost
03:32 | Apr 25th, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
Brendan Francis Newnam was the host of a popular radio show, coasting through a happy adulthood when it all came crashing down. And so, like many before him, he decided to hit the road, but not on his...Show More
Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff
Featured Episode: Part One: The Jane Collective: Direct Action Abortion Access Works
1:15:53 | May 9th, 2022
Margaret talks with Samantha McVey about the more than a hundred women who provided safe, affordable abortion in pre- Roe v Wade Chicago. https://reprolegaldefensefund.org/The Repro Legal Defense Fun...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. A new podcast series following the trial of the murder in The Teacher’s Pet podcast.
Four decades after former star footballer and high school teacher Chris Dawson allegedly murdered his wife Lyn, a murder trial her family feared would never happen has begun. The prosecution revealed ...Show More
2. An investigation into Europe’s coldest case of a smartly dressed man found dead in the North Sea.
In July 1994 a body was fished out of the North Sea near the German island of Heligoland, wearing smart clothes but with no obvious means of identification. The body became known as “The Gentleman” T...Show More
Podcast Playlists
Podcasts on Lies, Liars, and Lie Detection
What separates infamous cheaters from the average person? What does a future without lies look like? Hear some deep dark secret lies and more in this podcast playlist all about lying.
cesarm5 episodes
Podcasts on Well-being
What is well-being and how do we achieve it? Well-being is a state of being, while happiness is a fleeting emotion. This podcast playlist explores flourishing, stoicism, how we can approach well-being without being misguided by the wellness industry’s marketing tactics, and the ways governments can encourage well-being over productivity.
podcastbrunch5 episodes
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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