Podyssey Picks
Podyssey Picks (Oct 2)
This week’s podcast picks features some great community recommendations, including an episode on a married couple who lives apart and love each other even more, whether celery juice is a scam, the surprising story of a guy who bought a ghost town.
We’re dropping our unique podcast riddle for the Podcast Riddle Challenge today! Scroll down to the bottom of the email to find the riddle. Submit your guess to win a Sonos Roam speaker.
mmLast Updated: Oct 2nd, 2022
Best Episodes of the Week
1. Why this married couple lives apart in NYC and loves each other more than ever.
Six years in, Sana and Adnan Akhand loved being married to each other. But sharing everything — their apartment in New York City, their money, the household duties, all their free time — shook the bal...Show More
2. Is celery juice the answer to all health issues? Or is it a scam?
Do you have viruses? Cysts? Cancer? Are you tired sometimes? According to Instagram, the problem might be a lack of liquefied vegetables! This week, Mike and Aubrey take on a troubling taste test, me...Show More
3. He got a text to buy a “ghost town”, and the rest was history.
In the summer of 2018, Brent Underwood got a text in the middle of the night from a friend saying, "Look at this ghost town for sale!" Within a month, Brent had purchased Cerro Gordo, California, an a...Show More
4. What’s happening in Iran explained.
Mahsa Amini, 22, traveled from her hometown in the province of Kurdistan to the Iranian capital, Tehran, this month. Emerging from the subway, she was arrested for failing to cover her hair modestly e...Show More
5. How iPhones are ruining TV shows and movies.
You can't own an iPhone and be a bad person, at least according to Apple. Director of "Knives Out" and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Rian Johnson exposed Apple's strange product placement policy in a vid...Show More
6. How to practice patience the Buddhist way.
#351: A Buddhist Approach to Patience | Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
52:02 | May 31st, 2021
2 recommendations
These are not hospitable times for the mental skill of patience. Instant gratification has never been more thoroughly scaled. You can order food, taxis, and shampoo from your phone. Streaming services...Show More
Podcast Spotlight (Ad)
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Bill Browder has lived with a target on his back ever since crossing Vladimir Putin. Here, he revisits the show to discuss his latest book, Freezing Order.
Featured Episode: 681: Bill Browder | Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
1:21:59 | Jun 7th, 2022
1 RECOMMENDATION
Bill Browder has lived with a target on his back ever since crossing Vladimir Putin. Here, he revisits the show to discuss his latest book, Freezing Order.
New & Notable Podcasts
The Prince
Featured Episode: Redder than red
35:46 | Sep 28th, 2022
3 RECOMMENDATIONS
Xi Jinping is born into the top rung of China's elite. But his family is torn apart while he is still a child. The Economist's Sue-Lin Wong finds out why Xi kept faith in the Communist revolution.Subs...Show More
The Outlaw Ocean
Featured Episode: Episode 1: The Murder Video
53:53 | Sep 26th, 2022
4 RECOMMENDATIONS
Crimes like this don't often happen on land. A 10-minute slow-motion slaughter captured by a cell phone camera shows a group of unarmed men at sea, possibly 15 of them, killed one by one by a semiauto...Show More
For True Crime Lovers
1. Four little Black girls killed in a church bombing.
Fifty nine years ago this week, 4 little black girls were killed and many others were injured in a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. The event would serve as the catalyst for the civil rights ac...Show More
2. South Korea's deadliest and most prolific serial killer.
Manifest this! Emily and Andrea are back in one heck of a wine-filled episode: Andrea is covering South Korea's deadliest and most prolific serial killer who reigned terror upon the nation's capital. ...Show More
Podcast Playlists
Podcasts about Time
Regardless of how we try to wrangle time, what we call it, or how we count it, there’s nothing stopping it. This playlist gives the concept of time some time.
podcastbrunch4 episodes
Spooky Listens for Fall
A selection of the spookiest listens for the spookiest season.
alishiamarie15 episodes
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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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