Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Jun 12)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on why food prices are rising around the world, why the texting culture is broken, and the argument for the anti-diet.
mmLast Updated: Jun 11th, 2022
Best Episodes of the Week
1. Why food prices are rising around the world.
The head of the World Bank recently warned that the Russian invasion of Ukraine could cause a global recession. There are additional reasons for the global economic crisis of course. We are now more t...Show More
2. The culture of texting is totally broken and here’s how to fix it.
The away message is a relic of desktop chat apps from decades past. But this simple feature helped keep boundaries between your online connections and your IRL self. Now that we all have tiny computer...Show More
3. The argument for the “anti-diet” (aka intuitive eating).
I, like many people, have the potential to get pretty dysregulated around food and body image. A lot of men don’t talk about this stuff, but there is plenty of evidence that this is a unisex issue. Es...Show More
4. The search for the first original language of humans.
The search for the original language, the true language, the language of God and Adam and Enoch, begins today. Continue your education via University of California Irvine now! Get $75 credit to upgrad...Show More
5. The story of 'Hottentot Venus' and why her big butt was paraded around Europe as a freak show.
Who was Sarah Baartman? Why was she paraded across Europe as part of a 'freak' show? And why did it take until 2001 for her remains to be repatriated to her birthplace of South Africa?Born around 1770...Show More
6. An analysis of all the crazy Walt Disney legends and conspiracy theories like how it helped fake the moon landing.
In this week’s episode, we look at some Disney conspiracies and legends. Did Disney help fake the moon landing? Was Walt Disney’s head really frozen, and was he an FBI spy?
New & Notable Podcasts
GRIFTONOMICS
Featured Episode: What in the Web3?! (w/ Molly White of "Web3 is going just great")
51:12 | May 17th, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
In the last year or so you might have heard a lot about something called "Web3" and how it’s going to change everything we know about the internet. A lot of bold claims have been made and a lot of mon...Show More
Hot Money: Who Rules Porn?
Featured Episode: Episode 1: Porn Meets the Internet
32:24 | Jun 6th, 2022
2 RECOMMENDATIONS
Stoya is a porn star who saw first-hand how a firehose of free porn online transformed the adult industry. She sends hosts Alex Barker and Patricia Nilsson a quest: Find out who is in charge, and get...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. A fun-loving small town teen who disappeared during the Great Depression and Prohibition.
Dorothy Symons was a small-town girl from Aransas Pass on the Texas Coast. By 1931, America was deep into the Great Depression and Prohibition, yet the 18-year-old still had fun with girlfriends in to...Show More
2. She was gunned down behind her desk while working at Advance America Cash Advance.
On November 12, 2013, Chelsea Small, 30, agrees to trade shifts with another co-worker at Advance America Cash Advance. Around noon, a man enters and guns down Chelsea, who is working behind her desk....Show More
Podcast Playlists
Podcasts on Happiness
Happiness. It’s what we all strive for, yet it is so elusive. This listening list takes a look at happiness from what we can do as individuals to what governments can do, with a critical look at the industry that has popped up around the concept of happiness.
podcastbrunch7 episodes
Podcasts on White Collar Crime
If you love a good scam, here’s a playlist with some of the best podcasts and episodes on grifters, cheats, and con-artists.
mm18 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.
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.